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We the People Have Work to Do

By Wanaku Verdzekov · · The Cameroons

Date note: Undated Facebook note, written between 2011 and 2014.

Tags: cpdm, organising, literacy, secession-label

We (the people) have work to do. If we wait for solutions from "above", as they usually say, our children's children will not even be in the picture, simply because those who control the guns and bullets absolutely DO NOT CARE.

But the important thing to note (at least I have noted it) is this: the so-called apparatus of the CPDM (which is just the CNU on steroids) is afraid of the people. So the easy way out for them is to use the "men with arms", who have never fought any war worth half a page in the history books.

If you were running a business, could you justify 50 years of military expenses against what was produced? Unless you are an expert in voodoo economics, you will be hard-pressed to balance your books. Does anyone really care if the books are balanced? You tell me.

Hope I did not go slightly out of tune there. Sometimes it is the right time to say something. Our youth cannot afford to lose hope. So… let's keep on keeping on. These people are playing a wait-and-see game, waiting for the kids to die before them. It won't happen.


CPDM is CNU on steroids.
The one-party system made the Cameroons
a fascist-communist state from the get-go.
From Ahidjo to Biya (a total of 50+ years),
if you say anything has changed in the Cameroons,
your head needs to be examined.
All the acting and posturing by the major actors
has been (and continues to be) a distraction
for the MOTS (man or woman on the street), who is
kept entertained and busy with as much beer
as can be produced and distributed.
Without full biographical knowledge of the major
actors in the Cameroons, the important details that
make up the truth about this region will stay
out of reach for most of its people.
Without the truth… well,
you tell me.


Brothers and sisters, you are dealing with a system that is entrenched and has 50+ years of experience. It's like a meat grinder. Guess who is doing the grinding, and who is the meat.

Changing, replacing or upgrading a system is not a walk in the parcours vita. It is a complex project that requires more than singing alleluia to the heavens and whispering amen to your peers. It takes deep thought and conscientious work. There is no magic. If there is, it is the brains of the people. How they can use that power, you tell me.


Bobe Johnson Johnson,

No surprise to me: the process the human brain uses to read and write can best be described as "magic", if you take the time to examine it very closely. It is a very simple way to bring about change. But without common sense, "simple" can become "impossible".

One citizen replied to me that some people are too old to start learning their ABCs. True. But it does not change the fact: a brain that cannot, or will not, process reading and writing is in a very dark place. Offering people a way out of the dark place is like showing them a door handle and letting them decide whether to open the door.

iBoisɨ


Irresponsible journalism at its best.
Why?
The use of the word sécessionnistes makes no historical sense.
That's as simply as I can put it.
"Who" is seceding from "what"?
Generations have been asking questions to a brick wall.
These same generations have grown up to become adults,
and are now looking for answers to their questions.
And you want to stop them?
Then answer the questions.
If not, step aside.

— Wanaku Verdzekov

Reading & grammar

Reading level: Gr 9–11

Understand

  1. Why does the author think waiting for solutions "from above" won't work?
  2. What does "CPDM is CNU on steroids" mean?
  3. Why does the author object to the word sécessionnistes?

Grammar focus: reference words. "These people are playing a wait-and-see game." Words like these, they, this refer back to earlier nouns. Clear reference keeps a text coherent.

Try it: Find three reference words in the post and say what each refers to.

Discuss: Is changing a system harder than changing a leader? Argue.