This memorial website was created to remember our dearest ANNE MOJOKO MUSONGE who was born in Cameroon on February 22, 1944 and passed away on October 20, 2011. You will live forever in our memories and hearts.
OBITUARY
His Excellency Peter Mafany Musonge, Grand Chancellor of National Orders at the Presidency of the Republic, announces with deep regret the death of his wife, Mrs. Anne Mojoko Musonge which occurred on Thursday, 20th of October, 2011 in the United States of America after a protracted illness.
Saturday, October 20th 2012
REMEMBERING YOU FONDLY, MISSING YOU SORELY, ONE YEAR LATER!
THANKS FOR SYMPATHY
The Grand Chancellor of National Orders, His Excellency Peter Mafany Musonge and his family are very moved by the compassion, the many messages of encouragement and the diverse forms of assistance accorded to them following the announcement of the passing on to glory of their wife and mother,
Mrs. Anne Mojoko Musonge.
Given the daunting task of attempting to individually thank the thousands who stood by them, they hereby request that everyone concerned kindly accept their sincere and profound gratitude.
Peter Mafany Musonge
BIOGRAPHY
Mrs. Anne MOJOKO MUSONGE née MBONGO was born on February 22, 1944 in Victoria (Limbe) to Thomas ISOKE MBONGO and Sophie NAMONDO MATUTE (both of blessed memory). She began her primary education at the Basel Mission Girls’ School, Victoria and then continued her secondary education at Union Girls Secondary School, Ibiaku, Nigeria from 1958 to 1962. She then went on to Queen’s School, Enugu, Nigeria, where she obtained her Advanced Levels in 1965. After that, she graduated from the University of Ibadan in 1968 with a B.A. Honours in English.
From 1968-1971, she taught English in CCAST, Bambili. And from 1971 and a number of years afterward, she taught English in Lycée Leclerc, Yaounde.
She met her future husband, Mr. Peter MAFANY MUSONGE, a civil engineer, in Bamenda in 1969. They got married in 1970 and had four children: Etonde, Isoke, Ewange and Jackai. In the early 1980s, she went to Aberystwyth, Wales for further studies, and obtained a Diploma in Library Science.
Mrs. Anne MOJOKO MUSONGE taught several Cameroonians who went on to become successful professionals in their respective careers, some of whom still occupy important positions in the civil service and the private sector. In the course of her career, she held several important positions within the Ministry of Education, such as:
•National Inspector of English, and
•Assistant Provincial Delegate of National Education for the South West Province (Region)
She also contributed significantly to the social, religious and political scene of the nation. Amongst many other things,
. She was very active in the CDC Women's Social Club while her husband was General Manager of the Cameroon Development Corporation.
•She was the Founding President of FAWODA (FAKO WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION)
•She was the First General Coordinator of CERAC (CIRCLE OF FRIENDS OF CAMEROON) a function she ably occupied from 1998 to 2004
. She was also active in the field of politics alongside her husband. In 1996, she was elected CPDM Vice President for Fako 1, thus becoming the first female to hold this post that she voluntarily relinquished upon her husband's appointment as Prime Minister, and their subsequent move to the Nation's capital.
. Mrs. Musonge was a devoted Christian of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon (PCC). She was also a dedicated member of the Christian Women’s Fellowship (CWF) both at the Presbyterian Church in Middle Farms Limbe and in Bastos, Yaoundé.
She leaves behind her loving husband, Mr. Peter MAFANY MUSONGE, (Grand Chancellor of the National Orders and Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Cameroon),
Four children:
. Dr. Mrs. Etonde MUSONGE TARKANG
. Mr. Isoke MUSONGE
. Mr. Ewange MUSONGE.
. Mr. Jackai MUSONGE,
A son-in-law
. Mr. Victor Tabe TARKANG
A daughter-in-law
. Mrs. Manokia MUSONGE
and five grandchildren.
She also leaves behind four sisters:
. Mrs. Dora Evenye EWUSI
. Mrs. Elizabeth Efeti MBIWAN
. Mrs. Susan Efosi MOKEBA
. Ms. Esther Enanga HARRY,
and several nephews and nieces.
You can shed tears that she is gone
or you can smile because she has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that she’ll come back
or you can open your eyes and see all she’s left.
Your heart can be empty because you can’t see her
or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember her and only that she’s gone
or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind,
be empty and turn your back
or you can do what she’d want:
smile, open your eyes, love and go on.
David Harkins, © 1981
Silloth, Cumbria, UK
