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"Mt Fako Won't Move"
By Wanaku Verdzekov · · The Cameroons
Tags: land-of-ancestors, gendarmes
AMBA: Land of ancestors; NOT the land of any so-called "government".
Ija'iku fɨlasi! Ghel chongnɨ!
CAMEROONS, AFRICA. "Gendarmes" in AMBAZONIA, aka British Southern Cameroons, West Africa. Yes: these are the kind of gendarmes that have ravaged the territory of AMBAZONIA since 1961, leading to the current situation, which I call genocide.
The KILLING of Africans by Africans is NOT kosher. Not at all.
Let Africans be Africans, WITHOUT "gendarmes". OK.
— Wanaku Verdzekov
Reading & grammar
Reading level: Gr 8–10
Understand
- What does "Land of ancestors, not of any government" claim?
- What does the title "Mt Fako Won't Move" suggest?
- What does the author say about Africans killing Africans?
Grammar focus: negative contractions. Won't = will not; don't = do not. Contractions are fine in titles, speech and informal writing, but formal essays usually use the full form.
Try it: Rewrite the title and two sentences from any post without contractions. How does the tone change?
Discuss: Who owns land: the state, the community or the ancestors? Argue.