All Roads Lead to Bamendankwe Palace Under Forchesiri III for the Next Two Weeks

For the next two weeks Bamendankwe village in Bamenda North West Region of Cameroon will be the theatre of a grand cultural display and manifestations in what is termed, celebrating the lives of their two late Fons traditionally.

Fon Forchesiri II passed out in 1989 after ruling for well over 57 years. His successor Forsuh Nforngwa III    took over only to hand over to the present ruler his son in 2020 bouncing back as Forchesiri the III.

By tradition, he is obliged to carry out a number of ritual rites in celebration of the lives of his grand father and father on the thrown of Bamendankwe which the father did not carry out because of health reasons.

As a privilege,  and responsibility, it is incumbent on him to perform such a traditional civic rite which is a call for the two weeks manifestations around the court yard of Bamendankwe Palace.

The ceremony will require all villages (Bali Nyonga, Awing, Mankon, Nkwen, Bambili etc.) having diplomatic traditional ties with Bamendankwe  village and others to take rounds around the court yard of the palace with their population to cry and celebrate the late Fons.

Once that is done, the general notion is that the ancestors have been adorned and the village cleansed.

Coming back to the leadership rule of the new Fon Forchesiri the III, in less than two years on the thrown the ENAM graduate has proven to be an absolute blessing to the Bamendankwe people.

Working in synergy or in collaboration with the  village council and the village cultural and development association headed by Tantoh Emmanuel, the trio have transformed the palace out look into a modern edifice. This can be seen in the gross infrastructural works already done at the entrance of the palace, at the palace arena, in the palace and those ongoing.

His advent, has also brought land disputes and outstanding crisis in the village under control. All thanks to a sound crisis commission to handle land disputes put in place.

Under the current socio political crisis in Bamenda, he has reestablished and reinstated peace in Bamendankwe village, reunited sons and daughters at home and abroad.

Hear him speaking to the Press on the occasion in the palace court yard on the 29^th of December 2021 “ we are extremely thankful to God for the special grace to carry out such a giant ceremony. Through the press I want to thank my people and assure them that, as long as we are alive,  collectively we will make Bamendankwe village a place to be. My greatest wish on the thrown is for peace and reconciliation to reign supreme in the village, no war, no land disputes, no boundary disputes and above all love for one another and development”.