Tikar Descendent: My First Encounter in the Rainforest with my Ancestral Tribe

From June 25-July 7, 2010 I, Anita Woodley, left Chapel Hill, North Carolina for N'Ditam - Cameroon Africa to meet my maternal ancestral tribe known as the Tikar people of N'Ditam in the Central Rainforest. I am the first African-American of Tikar descendant since enslavement to return to the bush. I was named Princess Bekang meaning “to go and to come back” by Chief N'gandji Seidou of Nditam. In June 2013, I’ll return to the village with our 10-year old son, X-man!

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

1-23-2011 Phone call to Tikar Family in Cameroun

I am speaking with Tousmi who's from my Tikar village in N'Ditam. Although I only know 51 Tikar words and a few in French we worked it out. The duration of the call was 20 minutes with mostly use repeating what we thought we heard LOL! It was well worth it ... ENJOY! Usoko Mah Jo Jo, Bekang!