Without gain
saying or making Dr Christopher commonly called Dr Chris is a house whole name
who beyond all reasonable doubt remains outstanding, pronounced and tall
amongst all political leaders in Cameroon. As a political activist/Guru,
through his Charitable works under the umbrella of the Formunyoh Foundation
combined with his sound world knowledge and connection. Dr Chris has been able
to carve or better still pitch an all combining tent around the Cameroonian
political circumference that has increasingly won souls into that kingdom
bearing his political ideologies to an extend that they now see in him a true
political leader of this era to lead Cameroon to the promised land. Reasons why no surprise should be expressed
on the floods of Awards rained on him by the Press and international bodies or
communities, because he scores the shot. It is not for nothing that he emerged
as the most solicited and voted as true and genuine Anglophone political leader
to lead Cameroonians in the up coming 2018 Presidential Election during the
call for nomination by Colbert Gwain under the umbrella of Colbert Factor
christened “call 4 Anglophone to rule Cameroon”.
Who is Dr Chris
Born in Guzang – Batibo, Momo Division, North
West Cameroon, Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh is the founder and president of The Fomunyoh Foundation (www.tffcam.org),
a non-profit organization that works to promote democracy, social and
humanitarian causes in Cameroon. Since
its launch in 1999, the Foundation organizes workshops to raise citizen
awareness and strengthen the capacity of civil society organizations and
journalists.
The Foundation has
also conducted activities in partnership with development associations such as
the women of Bonadale, Douala in the Littoral region, and the traditional Fondom
of Foto-Dschang in the Western region. It
has donated books to many municipal councils and academic institutions in regions
across the entire country. The North West Region, Maroua in the Far North, Mayo
Oulou still in the Far North, Garoua in the North and Ngoundere in the Adamawa
as well as in the capital city of Yaounde, in the Center Region. The East
Region has also benefited from this largesse; three secondary schools in
Bertoua, the Bertoua Linguistic Center as well as the Catholic University of
Bertoua. Two schools in Abong Mbang have also been beneficiaries. In the Center
Region, four academic institutions in the city of Yaounde, the nations’ capital
and have been sponsoring Youth activities in Monatele and Monabo in the Lekie
Division of the Center Regions. The
Foundation also runs a community radio station in Bamenda and a public library
of over 20,000 books.
Besides the
donation of such academic treasures, the Foundation has also been very
concerned with the less privileged. To this effect, it has made donations to
orphanages and widow organizations in Maroua in the Far North, Bertoua in the
East and Guzang in the North West
Region. It has also donated a resource centre to the Nkambe Council for the
training of women in information and communication technologies.
On the
international scene, Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh is currently Senior Associate for
Africa and Regional Director at the National Democratic Institute for
International Affairs (NDI). He has organized and advised international
election observation missions to Benin, Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Côte
d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
He has also
designed and supervised country specific democracy support programs with civic
organizations, political parties and legislative bodies in Benin, Burundi, Côte
d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea
Conakry, Liberia, Mali, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, The Gambia, Senegal and
Togo.
In the course of
his work, Dr. Fomunyoh interacts regularly with heads of state and government, cabinet
ministers, elected officials and political and civic leaders. He recently
designed and helped launch the African Statesmen Initiative
(ASI), a program aimed at facilitating political transitions in Africa by encouraging former Heads of State to stay engaged in humanitarian issues, conflict mediation, public health and other key sectors of human development on the continent. On several occasions, Dr. Fomunyoh has testified on African issues before various committees of the United States Congress.
As an expert on
democratization in Africa, Dr. Fomunyoh makes frequently guest appearances on
major media networks including CNN, BBC, NewsHour, Voice of America, and Radio
France Internationale; and provides interviews for major national and
international newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, New York Times,
Washington Post, Washington Times, Le Monde and International Herald Tribune.
He has published articles in academic journals on African politics and governance.
Dr. Fomunyoh has
traveled extensively in Africa, Europe and North America, and is perfectly
bilingual in English and French. He holds a Licence en Droit from Yaoundé
University in Cameroon, a Master’s Degree (LL.M.) in International Law from Harvard
Law School; and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Boston University. Dr.
Fomunyoh is an adjunct faculty at the African Center for Strategic Studies and
a former adjunct professor of African Politics and Government at Georgetown
University.
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