THE LETTER FROM CANADA

By Tikum Mbah Azonga

THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW A LETTER ARRIVED FROM CANADA FOR A BOY IN A BOARDING SCHOOL IN CAMEROON AND CAUSE A STIR
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                                                 LETTER FROM CANADA


We were about two months into Form One at Sacred Heart College Mankon when the incident I am about to recount happened.



WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE



 Sacred Heart College was – and still is today – a boarding school and I must say my admission into the institution marked a major change in my life. It was a significant turning point. This was so for several reasons. This was the first time I was ever having a bed to myself, not just complete with a mattress and different sets of pillow cases, bed sheets and a blanket – but more so, the fact that they were all new; brand new, having been bought for me and just for me.

I remember that I had spent the last two months in Bamenda town, away from Baforkum-Bambui where I was born and bred, during which time I went around with utter excitement as I accompanied my Uncle (mother`s junior brother Pa Peter Ndah Geh Tamo) who was the one who took me round the town to buy this or that item or to measure this or that piece of garment at the workshop of Pa Kwende, another uncle and the family taylor. My father, Pa Francis Mbah Tayong sponsored me right up to the end of Form Two when he retired from the civil service and Pa Peter assumed the role of guardian fully thereafter.



THE DIFFERENCE IT MADE



Boarding school gave me the opportunity to.. .
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