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Sakerettes Converge on Obama-City for annual convention

By Joyce Ashuntantang, Ph.D. *

                                                 (originally published at http://www.postnewsline.com/2009/07/sakerettes-converge-on-obamacity-for-annual-convention.html)

 

 The ex-students of the all girls secondary school, Saker Baptist College, Limbe Cameroon popularly known as Sakerettes will be holding their annual convention in Washington DC from July 30th -2nd August.  This will be the second time the Sakerettes are matching on the nation’s capital, but the  mood that pervades the convention this year is inspiring and this is in no small measure connected to the person now inhabiting the White house- Barack Hussein Obama. One of the highlights of the convention this year will be a tour of Washington DC’s historic monuments which will of course include the White house. But this  time around this visit to the white house will be “ a moment in time” where history, dreams and hopes converge to fuel a  new vision for our sojourn here in the United States of America. 

Will We Be there???

By Joyce Ashuntantang

Will we be there for him, now that he is gone in flesh?

Will we be there to protect his name, his children, his love, his care, and his dreams?

Will we be there beyond the tears and songs, beyond our own myopia and sins?

Will we be there in the fullness of time when the media comes swinging

And the racial bigots in envy swim? Will we be there?

 Will we be there for a mother who grieves and a father who cared?

Will we be there to heal the world and be the world?

Will we be there with a smile like Jermaine sang?

Will we be there when it is black or white?

That's all MJ is asking: will we be there??

 

 

 

From "Will you be there"  by Michael Jackson:

Spoken:

In our darkest hour
In my deepest despair
Will you still care
Will you be there
In my trials
And my tribulations

Through our doubts
And frustrations
In my violence
In my turbulence
Through my fear
And my confessions
In my anguish and my pain
Through my joy and my sorrow
In the promise
Of another tomorrow
I'll never let you part
For you're always in my heart

 

My Birthday Gift

Yes today is my birthday…and I am simply excited to have shared my life with you all, my relatives, friends and the many well wishers I have garnered over the years.  I leave you all with three new videos, as my gift to you for all the love, support and even challenges you have thrown my way.  When you are done with the videos, take your time and browse around especially for those of you who are not physically with me today. Through my website you can spend some quality time with me. Remember, you have contributed to the person I now call “me”. And for that I am grateful. I look forward to many more years plus good health by the Grace of our God and the good spirits that be. Enjoy!

From yours truly, Joyce, Dr. J, Prof., Batuo, JB, JAB, Ngore, Manoh,  plus all the other ways you have referred to me over the Years.