My father, my older sister, and I were in our house watching tv; my sick mother was inside her room sleeping. Suddenly, we heard some noise outside and I went to look out the window to see what was happening. The place was filled with military people – well-armed. As I turned to tell my […]

I did not choose to be here in the United States. I had to escape from Cameroon because my life was in grave danger. Because I was a teacher, I was targeted by the government and military who accused me of sponsoring separatist fighters because I marched for the rights of English-speaking Cameroonians. I was […]

I now live in the beautiful county of Prince George’s right next to the capital. I am an organizer for an organization that never stops fighting for the community, CASA. I am here because unfortunately, my home country of Cameroon is not safe. It is hard to stand here and have to relive all the […]

Martin was a student at a university in Cameroon. He and others, including lawyers and teachers, were marching and protesting against the government because of conditions at the school. Classes and exams were in French, but he and other students were from an English-speaking section of Cameroon.  At the protest, the police shot and killed […]

Rose is from Cameroon and worked selling vegetable oil. One day when she was at the market, two Gendarmes (French for police) approached her and asked her who she was selling oil to. She said not to anyone specific, just the general public. They told her they would beat her if she didn’t tell the […]