October 17, 2022-October 17, 2023. One year already since the senator Salomon Madiba Songue is dead. A year since the Sawa people in general and the Bakoko in particular saw the fire go out on their pipes. “ It is a date now inscribed in the annals of the collective memory of the Bakoko people of Wouri, the great Mpo’o family, the great Ngondo institution, as well as that of the Sawa people of Cameroon. », écrit Erick Jamil Songue his successor in a press release. “ This is a new opportunity for us to properly thank all those who, near or far, have contributed to the construction and construction of its journey. “, he insisted. A “course which will be a model to follow for many generations », Underlined the monarch of the Bakoko of Wouri. Opportunity for His Majesty Erick Jamil Songue to renew his thanks to all those who joined their forces and energies with the Bakoko for “ pay him a worthy and deserved tribute at his funeral.” And as a result, “the Bakoko people would like to know how to count on you, for the great moments in their historic march not only to the fulfillment of their destiny, but also that of Cameroon », Hopes its traditional leader.
In 1992, the man became the 16th head of the dynasty ruling over the Bakoko canton of Wouri, comprising seven villages: Bwan, Japoma, Mbanga, Ngodi, Yassa, Yansoki and Yatchika. He marked his time with his commitment to defending the interests of the Sawa people in general and Bakoko of Wouri in particular; and particularly committed to the cause of Ngondo, the cultural festival of the Sawa people. We know, for example, that the late monarch had established a school for learning the Baoko language. Activist of the Democratic Rally of the Cameroonian People (Rdpc), the man saw his activism rewarded in 2013 as senator by the President of the Republic. The man will not complete his mandate, cut down by death on October 17, 2022, at Laquintinie hospital, at the age of 71. While he chaired the general assembly of Ngondo since 2017.
