Re: [camnetwork] Book Review by Prof. Ephraim N. NGWAFOR

"The book is now available in Cameroon at Messapresse and Presbook and should soon go on sale on Amazon." (Mukefor)

You must have inadvertently forgot to mention the price of the book? People like us, who are strictly on a budget, would like to know the SP of everything beforehand. 

Manu

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>Dear Messrs Emmanuel Konde and Ekinneh Agbor-Ebai,
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>We look forward to your no holds barred ebullient reviews.
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>I agree with you that the reviews of Dr, Munzu and Dr. Ngwafor were respectfully restrained and did not wet our appetites to read Senator (Nhon) Victor Mukete's tour de force historical and political account.
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>The book is now available in Cameroon at Messapresse and Presbook and should soon go on sale on Amazon.
>Best regards,
>Dennis
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>Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:28:28 -0800
>From: ekinneh@yahoo.com
>Subject: Re: [camnetwork] Book Review by Prof. Ephraim N. NGWAFOR
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>From the title of the book, it appears it is a self-eulogizing exercise, but I still look forward to reviewing the book when it is eventually published. It however strikes me as disingenuous the excerpt of the book review below:
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>"Senator Mukete refuses to walk in the ugly path of destructive selfishness and does not even perceive himself as a hero. Instead, his book situates the other actors of the reunification story – Victor Anomah Ngu, Ebai Mbiwan, Jacob Achidi Kisob, S.T. Muna, N.N. Mbile, John N. Foncha, R.J.K. Dibonge, S.A. George (who Nfon Mukete thinks is "undoubtedly one of the heroes of the reunification struggle, as he devoted most of his time to the nationalist cause"), and so passing on the message that leadership is a team sport. However Nfon V.E. Mukete regards himself as an actor, an active participant, involved in the reunification chronicle. My Odyssey, is not only laced with historical facts, but it is substantiated with documentary evidence of his involvement and participation in Cameroon's reunification story. "
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>I believe Prof. Ngwafor was not thinking of Pa (read Senator) Mukete's age when he was writing this review. The man is past senility (some say he is 101 years old). Only in a gerontocracy can the word "team" be construed to mean hanging-on like a vampire until death. At 100+ tears and counting, it is inconceivable that Chief, Senator Mukete is still writing his story.
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>Assuming arguendo, that by some combination of circumstance, Anglophones achieve "independence" it will be anyone's guess if Senator Mukete will add an epilogue to his story. My advice to Pa Mukete is to quit the stage while there are people in the audience. 
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>Pa Mukete like Mbombo Njoya (Sports Minister in 1964), Achidi Achu, Nkwain and other gerontocrats, including Paul Biya should stand down and stand tall; or they will be pulled down forcefully by Cameroonian youths who have been left no choice.
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>Ekinneh
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>On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 10:52 AM, Dennis Tambe <dbtmamfe@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>SENATOR (NFON) V.E. MUKETE'S MY ODYSSEY
>Book Review by Prof. Ephraim N. NGWAFOR
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>Senator (Nfon) V.E. Mukete's My Odyssey: The Story of Cameroon's Reunification is an intriguing, historical narrative that combines the personal,
individual account of one man's life and the one nation's destiny.  Nfon Mukete's account leading up to reunification weaves together the social and political sequence of events – the risks, aspirations, the
possibilities of individual commitment and national triumph.  The
Senator's story, like the ancient Greek legends, places him in the arena of the struggle for reunification.
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>Senator Mukete
refuses to walk in the ugly path of destructive selfishness and does not
even perceive himself as a hero. Instead, his book situates the other
actors of the reunification story – Victor Anomah Ngu, Ebai Mbiwan,
Jacob Achidi Kisob, S.T. Muna, N.N. Mbile, John N. Foncha, R.J.K.
Dibonge, S.A. George (who Nfon Mukete thinks is "undoubtedly one of the
heroes of the reunification struggle, as he devoted most of his time to
the nationalist cause"), and so passing on the message that leadership
is a team sport.  However Nfon V.E. Mukete regards himself as an actor,
an active participant, involved in the reunification chronicle.  My
Odyssey, is not only laced with historical facts, but it is
substantiated with documentary evidence of his involvement and
participation in Cameroon's reunification story.
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rightly posit the contention that inadvertently, his studies,
experiences and stay in Nigeria, and his student days in the UK prepared
him for involvement in this noble assignment.  The true mettle of a man
>is tested when you can recognize where he stands in times of challenge,
>adversity and controversy.  In a society where moral principles have
lost their enigmatic lustre only the good-hearted make the grade. Small
wonder that the name V.E. Mukete never found itself in the notes on the
various Commissions of Inquiry in West Cameroon, meant to examine
matters of embezzlement of public funds.  Senator Mukete's success story
is founded on his belief that one cannot reach good ends through evil
means and that well conceived actions should always take precedence over
accolades.
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>CONCLUSION
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>Sometimes Nfon
V.E. Mukete's My Odyssey, like a work of fiction, creates moments of
suspense in the reader . Each statement, each claim, each assertion that
Senator Mukete makes in My Odyssey is validated by either a letter or
some other historical document.  Unlike some Cameroonian historical
books that largely rely on hearsay and doubtful historical material,
Senator V.E. Mukete's My Odyssey is a monumental historical pacesetter
that utilizes first hand historical documents that trace one man's
journey (like the ten year homeward journey of the Greek hero, Odysseus,
King of Ithaca, after the Trojan War) on the arduous passage of the
agonizing odyssey of authentic nationhood. The uniform thread in this
story is real.
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