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Guneku, Cameroon - January 1, 2024 Guneku Fondom, a vibrant rural community nestled in the heart of Momo Division in the Northwest region of Cameroon, is excited to announce the release of a special New Year speech video by its esteemed leader, HRH Fon Fomuki Walters Ticha IX.

From the exhibition of ancient arts and craft to consuming only traditional delicacies, expressing oneself only in the mother tongue and dressing only traditionally, the maiden edition of the Michi Ebeng festival that took place in the Guneku Palace last April is still like it was yesterday. In March 2024 the second edition will come up for Kwem Dance Groups.
Save the date for the 2nd edition on Saturday, March 23, 2024, at Guneku Palace. Join us for a day of cultural richness, unity, and Kwem Dance Group's electrifying competition!

In a momentous occasion on July 29, 2023, the Guneku Indigenes, gathered under GUDECA-US CHAPTER, organized an extraordinary event to extend a warm welcome to His Royal Highness (HRH) Fon Fomuki in the United States. The festivities were a vibrant display of the rich Guneku culture, marking a significant stride in preserving and promoting their unique heritage. The day's activities were diverse and impactful, underscoring the community's dedication to its cultural roots. Here are the highlights:

Festivity in Guneku Palace as Councillors Installed, Others Awarded For years now since the advent of the Anglophone Crisis, hardly have cultural festivities been taking place in Mbengwi. The palace of Guneku has however distinguished itself from the rest in bringing back memories of the good old days by organising a semi cultural festival in which villagers were once again seen putting on traditional costume especially the famous "torghor". There were also traditional dances like "Kwem" and traditional meals like "Ngorm Tari" (porridge plantains). How did the event come about? It was on Friday July 30th 2021 that the newly elected councillors from the 20 quarters that make up Guneku village rallied in the palace to be officially installed, after they were recently voted into office during an administrative reorganisation exercise that was called for by the Fon. For two weeks, the electoral commission toured the nukes and crannies of upper, lower and central Guneku to coordinate the villagers elect their quarter councillors. It was this exercise that culminated to the holding of the mini cultural event.

Guneku village, the biggest in the Meta clan in terms of land surface is currently undergoing some administrative structural readjustment. The exercise, called for by H.R.M Dr. Ticha W. Fomuki, the Fon of the village started on the 15 of July with quarter elections. In a release dated July 9th, the fon stated that; Considering the fact that the existing quarters and village traditional councils in Guneku fondom do not meet the aspiration of many people due to conflicting parties, blackmail etc, Considering that when people chose their leaders in a society to represent them, they collaborate with them to make things work for the community, Considering the need for zonal traditional councils which will bring members to build the village traditional council in Guneku, He (the fon) has decided to carry out democratic elections in the various quarters for the population to elect their representatives in the zonal traditional councils from where the village traditional council shall be built.
More so, he went on to appoint a team, made up of Mr. Mbakwa Bernard as Leader, Mr. Vitalis Ngwa as Secretary and Mr. Amamuki Jonathan, Mr. Ndingwan Primus, Mr. Fondom Calvin and Mr. Fon Mathias as members. The team, charged to settle disputes if any before the quarter/zonal elections, unite conflicting factions if any, carry out democratic elections in all quarters and zones so that the population can chose their right leaders for easy management of the village has been crisscrossing various quarters of the village for the exercise. The starting point was in Fun quarter on Thursday the 15th where there was a relatively good turn out. The team went into the business of the day at the end of which their quarter council was successfully formed, made up of 11 persons excluding the quarter head, Fodom Calvin. The Fun quarter inhabitants admitted not having any serious conflict the delegation could step in to resolve. "We are fine here" was their general response. Mr. Mukum Charles Ndika was voted the president of Fun Traditional Council and shall be representing them in the Guneku Traditional Council. Talking to Mbengwi Online, he said "I'm so happy for these powers bestowed on me by my people of Fun. They know and can testify that I'm a straightforward somebody, one that likes truth and an agent of development. This isn't going to be my first time of serving them. I've been doing it before and I still like as they've asked me to continue"

Guneku Indegenes under the canopy of its cultural association (GUDECA-US CHAPTER) are mobilizing to welcome HRH Fon Fomuki in the US this summer.

Indigenes of the Meta clan in Mbengwi central subdivision, Momo division of the North West Region of Cameroon have begun going back to their roots after donkey years of a near cultural abandonment and potential extinction. This they did through a cultural festival dubbed "Mɨchi Əbeŋ" whose maiden edition took place on Saturday April 15 2023 in the palace of Guneku village.

BONGOB, MECUDA/Meta is matching on whether someone likes or not. It is not a coincidence, that the entire clan has been galvanized within the past few months following the MECUDA end of 2022 Meta Cultural and Arts Festival, The MECUDA/Mbengwi Council Agricultural Exhibition and the ADM/AGM. After touring all the villages of Meta, maybe just a few left, it was observed that mist of our palaces no longer resemble us as a people at all.

The Meta people in Mbengwi subdivision, Momo division in the North West region of Cameroon have gone back to their roots, rekindling memories of their cultural practices in the yesteryears. A cultural festival, known as “Michi Ebeng” was recently held in the village of Guneku. According to Prof Njoh Oliver Mecuda, it is an opportunity to bring back to life their rich culture and preserve it, after 6 years, due to the armed conflict in the region. “You can bear with me that for the past 6 years now our culture has been in the cold, so now we are trying to revive it and start from somewhere. We need to uphold the culture in order to pass it to our generation” he said The Fon’s representative Mbakwa Bernard said they decided and felt it necessary for them to revisit their abandoned meals and be natural.

Members of Organising Committee and Participating Dance Group Leaders Pose for a Family Picture after Meeting The long awaited date for the pioneer clash of Mukonge Dance Groups in Meta has been made known. This was after a planning meeting recently held in the inner court of the Guneku palace last Saturday March 18 2023 between members of the organising committee and leaders of the various groups to partake in the competition. Before agreeing on the date, members first resolved on other practical modalities; that each participating group will be limited to a maximum of 20 and minimum of 15 members, that the duration per performance will be at most 7 minutes and that latest 10am on the day of the event, all the competing groups must have answered present on the event ground.