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Topic: Grand Cameroonian Diaspora Summit
Time: Aug 20, 2023 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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UNPRECEDENTED
BREAKING GROUNDS!
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SPECIAL EXTENSION
HONORING 1619-2019 and BEYOND.
Acknowledging the Trial and Triumph
of Historical Black America.
Spiritual, Emotional, and Physical Journey to Africa.
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ROYAL BANQUET GALA AWARD.
HAMPTON CONFERENCE CENTER, CAPITOL HEIGHTS, MARYLAND.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2023: 7:30 PM TO 2:00 AM.
POLICY SYMPOSIUM AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2023: 9:00AM TO 3:00PM.
With Lunch Break.
NYUMBURU CULTURAL CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK.
DRESS CODE: PROFESSIONAL / AFRICAN TRADITIONAL ATTIRE.
UNDER THE OPEN SKIES: AN AFRICAN VILLAGE.
CALLING OUR ANCESTORS TO BE PRESENT,
CONVERSATION WITH HISTORICAL BLACK COMMUNITY.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 2023: 7:00PM TO 10:30 PM.
DRESS CODE: AFRICAN TRADITIONAL ATTIRE PREFERRED.
SOLIDARITY SERVICE AND LUNCHEON:
TRIBUTE TO THE TRIALS AND TRIUMPH OF HISTORICAL BLACK AMERICA.
9:00 AM TO 1:00PM
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC.
DRESS CODE: AFRICAN TRADITIONAL ATTIRE PREFERRED.
LEADERSHIP NETWORK WITH
HIS MAJESTY MUKETE IV, EKOKO.
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 24, 2023.
5:00PM TO 8:00PM.
DRESS CODE: PROFESSIONAL/ TRADITIONAL.
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To promote dialogue among Cameroonian Diaspora residents to strengthen public policies and strategies for diaspora inclusion, integration, and incentivization for Diaspora empowerment and contributions in local, regional, and national developments.
Analyze the elements that make efficient Diaspora policy for identification, inclusion, equity, access and participation in local, regional, and national development.
Identify incentives and strategies for engaging and integrating Cameroonian diaspora in all facets of development.
Identify holistic and systemic measures that facilitate, support, and enhance the capacity of Diaspora organizations to attain their developmental mission.
Spotlight the contributions and achievements of Cameroonian Diaspora organizations as part of Cameroon’s Gross National Product.
Identify and appreciate exemplary apolitical Diaspora leadership as quality indicators for Diaspora representation that unites the Diaspora around national development also to be a link between various associations.
Analyze Cameroonian Diaspora contribution to the Gross National Product of Cameroon.
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS: THE LEGLISLATIV AND EXECUTIVE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMNTS ON DIASPORA POLICY
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Pan African Ideals: Manchester 1945 Award.
Professor Leonard Jefferies: President, World African Diaspora Union, Chairman Emeritus, departmental chair of Black Studies at the City College of New York, public intellectual, and advocate for black unity. Professor Leonard Jeffries is the uncle of US Congressman Hakim Jeffries, Minority Leader, US Congress
Leonard Jeffries - Wikipedia
| African Heritage Month: Legislative Leadership Award. | |
Will Jawando: Nigerian-American (Continental African). Two Term Councilmember, Montgomery County, Maryland.
| Second term swearing-in on December 5, 2022. Councilmember Will Jawando (7th from left). | |
The Diaspora Moral Flame Award.
Physician-(Obstetrician-Gynecologist-OB-GYN), philanthropist, aspiring lawyer, Miss Cameroon 1991. Residence: Montgomery County, Md, USA.
Character, Compassion, Commitment, and Courage:
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Spirit, Body and Soul: Tower of Strength Award.
Reverend William Lamar IV, Pastor, Metropolitan African American Episcopal Church, Washington, DC.
For nearly 15 years, Reverend Lamar has been actively involved with organizations like Direct Action Research Training (DART), Industrial Areas Foundations (IAF), and Washington Interfaith Network (WIN) for faith-based community organizing for justice. Most recently, he has collaborated with Repairers of the Breach, the Center for Community Change (CCC), and People Improving Communities through Organization (PICO) to enact a social justice ministry in surrounding communities and to exhibit a real embrace the beloved community. Under his leadership, Metropolitan remains committed to worship, liberation, and service.
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Legacy Bridge Award.
Dr. Julius Garvey, MD, Dr. Julius Garvey, an accomplished surgeon and the youngest son of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, the father of the 20th century Black freedom struggle. He is on the leadership team of justice4garvey.
Dr. Julius W. Garvey's Biography (thehistorymakers.org)
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Power of Thought Award
Professor Kelsey Collie, Professor Emeritus of Theatre of Arts at Howard University, He served as Assistant Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Howard, and in 1973, founded the world renown Howard University Children’s Theatre and developed a major area of concentration in Children’s Theatre (only one of two accredited programs at African American universities).
Professor Kelsey Collie - Jah Kente International ®, Inc.
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FOR PATRONAGE AND RESERVATION, CALL 202-829-1160
[email protected]
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Guy Djoken, President, UNESCO Center For Peace.
Chairperson, The Continental African Leadership Council, Maryland State Democratic Party.
Chief John Ebika, Manyu Element Cultural Association, Washington, DC.
Asih Akwo Eseme, President, Bafaw Cultural and Development Association, Washington, DC.
Amah Vanessa Sona, President, Bafaw Cultural and Development Foundation, USA. (Hospitality Committee).
Mr. Pie Bayehe, Mbog Liaa Association.
Mrs. Emma Bodog, Co-Founder and President, Devoted Ladies of Washington, DC. (Solidarity Service. 1619-2019 and Beyond Committee).
Mrs. Lilian Fomunung. (Solidarity Church Service. 1619-2019 and Beyond Committee). Mrs. Fomunung is also the President of Lourdes Ex Student Association, USA.
More Leadership Facilitators will be updated.
Official Contact Number Weekdays and Weekends: 202-829-1160
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KEYNOTER.
His Royal Majesty Mukete 1V, Ekoko
The Mukete Dynasty: A Beacon of Consensual Democracy and Leadership Transition in Cameroon (hilltopvoices.com)
From Banking to the Throne
FROM BANKING TO THE THRONE: ‘My dream for Cameroon as paramount ruler of the Bafaw’ | Naija Diaspora (naijadiasporamagazine.com)
PROFILE OF THE KEYNOTER.
His Royal Majesty Mukete IV, Ekoko is the current Paramount Nfon of Kumba and Ruler of the Bafaw. He was enthroned in March 2020 upon the abdication of his father, His Royal Majesty Nfon Victor E. Mukete III. A Paramount Ruler is the highest level of royal traditional authority recognized by governments with a formal, institutionalized Palace.
He is a Senator in the Cameroon National Assembly and Honorary Consul of Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Türkiye (Turkey) in Douala, Cameroon.
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His Royal Majesty Mukete IV, Ekoko is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Cameroon.
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Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP
@AndrewmitchMP
Apr 4. Seen here receiving a blessing from the Nfon of Kumba, Paramount Chief of the Bafaw Tribe @s_nfon !
Rt. Honourable (British spelling) Andrew Mitchell: Member of the British Parliament since 2001, and United Kingdom's Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office responsible for Development and Africa.
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His Royal Majesty IV, Ekoko Ekoko is the Chairman of the United Bank of Africa, Congo. He had served Chairman of the United Bank of Africa, Cameroon for 13 years.
He also the Vice President of the Cameroon Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines & Crafts, an elected position he has held for four terms running since 2003. He has served in a host of Committees in Cameroon and abroad on behalf of the Cameroon's Private Sector.
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His Royal Majesty is a Director at African Atlantic International Maritime Ltd, Cameroon. In January 2022, he also became a Director of Australian Canyon Resources Limited’s wholly owned subsidiary CAMALCO CAMEROON S.A.
He is the Government Public Relations Director at Gaz du Cameroun (GDC) as well as the Senior Adviser to GLOBELEQ Cameroun (Kribi & Dibamba Power Plants).
He is credited with being one of those who pioneered the growth of the SPECTRUM GROUP (Owners of the TV/Media Group STV, as well as Broadband Telecom; the local Shareholder of MTN Cameroon) for over 20 years; from the days when he served as Head of TV Program Acquisition, and later as Group Marketing Director, to his last position as Group General Manager.
His Royal Majesty Mukete IV, Ekoko holds other directorship positions, and as a patron of organizations.
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His Royal Majesty Mukete IV, Ekoko brings an enriching combination of extensive expertise in the private sector, keen insights on public policy, astuteness in global diplomacy, traditional authority, authenticity, and legitimacy in the global arena.
His presence and presentations would be culturally profound and succinctly aligned with the purpose of the Summit that is centered on transnationalism enabled by unbroken cultural ties to Cameroon and Africa, and also outreach to the Historical Black World - those whose accentors were enslaved and may not know a specific home in Africa. They are embraced! by His Royal, Majesty and wife, Queen Nadya.
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Culture and Identity are ‘social homes’ away from home where Diasporas reside in a socio-cultural context to maintain unbroken ties with their countries of origin.
| (1619-2019), 400 years after slavery and beyond. The Nfon’s Palace will serve as a connecting bridge. It is a model of indigenous cooperation that fosters cultural exchange, heritage and ecotourism, and international partnerships after the tragedy of slavery and colonialism. It would be the first of its kind in Cameroon. | | | | |
