Campaigns

Patrice Nganang of Generation Change
Ambazonia
Campaign 2017
2016 – Generation Change
A social movement for change
Details:
- www.generation-change.org
- www.generation-change.com
- www.facebook.com/generationchangecameroon/?fref=ts
2014 – La Maison de l’ecrivain – Yaoundé
Generation Change Headquarters
An office for the public sphere in Cameroon, through which projects are prepared:
- Translation workshop;
- Art, History and literature;
- Technical writing;
- Creative writing;
- Conferences and concerts;
- Campaigns for incarcerated writers, journalists and activists;
- Awards for writers and journalists, etc.
2011 – Ongoing: Tribunal Article 53
Platform uniting more than 20 intellectuals (university professors, writers, journalists, lawyers, etc.) from around the world to campaign against impunity in Africa
- Rewriting of Paragraph 53 of the Cameroonian constitution, and introduction of the law through parliament
- Introduction of a lawsuit against Paul Biya at the Cameroonian High Court of Justice
- Creation of a Bibi Ngota Award for Journalism against Impunity in Africa: jury made of six professional and highly respected journalists based in: USA, France, Austria, Cameroon.
- 2012: participants from Cameroon, Mauritania.
- 2013: participants from Cameroon, the DRC, Mauritania, Senegal, Chad, Togo.
- 2014: 4500 Euros Grant from the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Bibi Ngota Award for
- Journalism Against Impunity in Africa – The Award encourages journalists from all media, who submit features related to impunity. I am the initiator of the award
- $1500 Personal Grant for prisoners in the New Bell jail, Douala (Cameroon)
- Organizing press conferences, conferences, and other events in Douala, Yaoundé, Paris, etc.
2011-2015 – The Enoh Meyomesse Affair
Campaign for the liberation of incarcerated writer Enoh Meyomesse – was accused of formenting a coup d’Etat, theft, and robbery. Was sentenced to 7 years in jail by the military tribunal of Cameroon.
- Constitution of the International Committee for the Liberation of Enoh Meyomesse (CLE): providing legal (two lawyers), medical, social and human support, through a network of around 100 people across the world
- Support from: Avocats sans frontières, Internet sans frontières, Pen International, Pen-England, Pen-USA, Pen-
- Austria, Freedom House, Amnesty International, Oxfam Novib, REDDHAC
- Hellmann/Hewitt Award from Human Rights Watch for Freedom of Expression
- Emergency Funds from Pen-England
- Grant from Freedom House (USA)
- Grant from Pen International
- Oxfam Novib Award (Netherland) for Freedom of Speech for Enoh Meyomesse – Award ceremony in The Hague.
- Fundraising from the Cameroonian Diaspora
- Freedom to Write Project (Translation into English of Poème carcéral, as Jail Verse: Poems from Kondengui Prison); and translation into German as Gedichte des Häftlings in Kondengui.
- Enoh Meyomesse made Honorary Member of Pen-Australia and Pen-USA
- Considered a Prisoner of Conscience by Amnesty International
- Support by many international writers, including Nobel Prize winner Jean Marie Le Clezio
2011 – Successfully closed: The Bertrand Teyou Affair
Campaign for the liberation of incarcerated writer Enoh Meyomesse. Was sentenced to two years in jail for a book on defamation charges. Was liberated thanks to the campaign.
- Constitution of the Committee for the Liberation of Bertrand Teyou (Coliberte): Made of university professors, writers, artists from across the world.
- Support from Pen International, Amnesty International
- $2000 Grant to pay the bail from Pen International
- $2000 Special Grant for Medical expenses from Pen International-Netherlands
- $5000 Hellmann-Hewitt Award from Human Rights Watch for Freedom of Expression
- 2011-2012: One-year scholarship and resident-writer at the Casa Africa in Mexico City, Mexico
- Named Prisoner of Conscience by Amnesty International
2011-2013 – Lapiro de Mbanga
About sentenced protest singer:
- $3000 Grant to perform at African Literature Association (ALA) conference in Charleston, SC
- Application for honorary doctorate at Stony Brook University (not successful)
2011-2013 – Lapiro de Mbanga – about sentenced protest singer:
- Grant to perform at African Literature Association (ALA) conference in Charleston, SC
- Application for honorary doctorate at Stony Brook University (not successful)
2008 – Successful closed: Joe La Conscience
About sentenced protest singer.
- Fundraising from the Cameroonian diaspora
- He was amnestied by the president of Cameroon