Community Stewardship

written by Abel Ndeh Sanjou-Tadzong

Ours is a world that is constituted and reinvented through the personal and shared stories we tell. In the spirit and understanding that each and every one of us, however big or small, has a story to tell, I am pleased to share with you this modest account of myself, who rose from very humble beginnings into community stewardship. It is only one story from one vantage point, which I hope will contribute to the dynamism and quest for recreation in eternity that makes our world what it is: a melting pot of experiences. My idea is to expose and share my personal experience with others and hopefully, leave them with a thing or two to take along in their own life journeys. This approach is a school from where people’s minds are tickled with new ideas and sooner or later, develop their intellectual and human capacities as caring and sharing beings. Through the story of my life, I want to create an awareness for people to stay focused on some basic principles or virtues of life such as belief and faith in the forces, big and small, that shape our affairs in ways we can only marvel at. The story is also an invitation to cherish virtues such as hard work, honesty, empathy, justice, love and respect, trust, confidence, transparency and accountability. These virtues are indispensable for in our quest and commitment to peaceful coexistence and to unity in our creative diversity as humans of various races and cultures. Let us accept and emulate shining examples. Let’s reject all forms of animosity, hatred, jealousy, greed, blackmail, corruption, embezzlement, but bow down in reverence to all that is noble, good and accepted by all and sundry. This, in essence, if my modest message in Community Stewardship.

Abel Ndeh Sanjou-Tadzong

Abel Ndeh Sanjou-Tadzong was born in Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon, to Pa Moses Nche Sanjou and Mama Martha Manka'ah Tadzong, both of blessed memory. He is married to Esther Anwi Mofor, a British-trained School and University counsellor (M.Ed.) from the University of Bristol in the U.K. The couple is blessed with children and grandchildren who are a real source of joy and inspiration. Sanjou-Tadzong studied Biology and Botany (Plant Taxonomy) at the Université Officielle du Congo in Lubumbashi and Université Nationale du Zaïre Kinshasa Campus respectively. He returned to Cameroon and served in various capacities, including as a Biology Teacher, Provincial and National Pedagogic Inspector for Biology in the Ministry of National Education. He was also a Botany Teacher at the Advanced Teachers Training College (ENSA) Bambili, University of Bamenda. Prior to his retirement from active public service, Sanjou-Tadzong served as the Executive Mayor (Government Delegate) of the Bamenda City Council for close to two decades.