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Photo credit: CKA Attendees of the workshop As part of measures to curb the spread of violence in Cameroon’s North West region, the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon (PCC) Peace Work Office organized a one-day workshop on Nonviolence for 21 selected youth from the North West on Wednesday June 23, 2021 in Bafoussam. The workshop is an activity of the Peace Education and Nonviolence in Schools and Communities Project of the PCC Peace Work Office. The project spans January to December 2021 and has support from the German government’s Civil Peace Service (CPS) project Cameroon. It seeks to engage students develop a culture of peace in schools and youth to develop nonviolent attitudes in communities. The workshop facilitation was done by power point presentation, practical engaging exercises, group work and debriefs. The trainees benefited knowledge on the Understanding Peace and Violence, Peace and Justice, Nonviolent Action (NVA), Nonviolent Communication (NVC), Media Activism for Peace and...

                         Professor Enoh Tanjong, born in 1955 in Fotabe, a village in Manyu division, South West region of Cameroon grew up in his native village where he attended primary education. In 1967, he moved over to pursue secondary education at Saint Joseph’s College Sasse under the supervision of his elder brother. He was a mass communications expert with BSc (Hons) Mass Communications, University of Lagos (1979), M.A Journalism University of Winconsin-Madison (1983) and PhD Mass Communications, Winconsin-Madison(1986). Following his employment in the Ministry of Information and Culture, Tanjong designed the undergraduate Journalism and Mass Communication program in the University of Buea in 1993. He is often regarded as “the pope”. This name came about because he is the architect behind the creation of JMC as well as the pioneer head of department if the department. He was the pioneer HOD from 1993-2005 when he was succeeded by Dr Julius Che Tita and Dr Kingsly Ngange who i...