Victor Youmbi

Victor Youmbi works for an NGO in Cameroon. Programme DAnimation des Quartiers operates in the shanty towns helping out socially excluded members of society.

Bad seeds

In todays world, economic power is what counts. No wonder that Africa is a forgotten continent. Its hopes and dreams are of little interest to outsiders. The worlds

By Victor Youmbi

/ 12 Feb 2004

The WTO, or how patenting crushes Africans

Today, Africas voice is broken from crying out in front of the worlds great and good about the disastrous situation of our oppressed continent. Here we suffer doubly:

By Victor Youmbi

/ 9 Jan 2004

Africa dreams Abrahamland: shanty-town voices on Israel-Palestine

A few days ago, lost in one of Doualas shanty-towns, I came across this place where the unemployed get together. All day long, the men kill time by playing

By Victor Youmbi

/ 13 Nov 2003

Africa: rushing for the exit

Whenever a group of young Africans are invited to a European country to attend a cultural or sports event the original number hardly ever returns. 260 young representatives of the

By Victor Youmbi

/ 11 Jun 2003

Iraq: Through African eyes

The war in Iraq. Before it ever began it was being pushed, launched like a new product. In the drinking dens and squares of Douala, in the markets and business

By Victor Youmbi

/ 16 Apr 2003

Another Cameroon is possible!

The over-arching theme of the World Social Forum which took place in Brazils Porto Alegre in late January 2003 was Another world is possible. Another world, that is, from

By Victor Youmbi

/ 10 Mar 2003