Doors of Perception of the Oroko

Painfully on a daily basis, I see that the dream of most of these domesticated Oroko Elites is limited to building a big house that impresses the entire street and keeping many mistresses. These go with an investment of surplus energy, a belief in these goals of vanity and which gives them the impression of being a successful Oroko man. These elites are ignorant of the contemporary Cameroonian realities and have self-indoctrinated themselves in a false moral superiority and misplaced humanism.

Surprisingly, this generation of Oroko elites had not been nurtured to understand that failure is inevitable, and that the road to anything great is paved with soul breaking failures, a lot of personal distress and social stigma. I have come to understand that, the present Oroko elites are unfortunately descendants of a breed of weak, absolutely obedient and fearfully inclined people. They can’t be leaders because they are all trained to fear and obey. Most if not all of them are slaves in suits, soaked in a sea of inferiority complexes, without grandiose and inspiring ambitions for their fellow Oroko kin. Take it or leave it, there is nothing we can really do with them for the renaissance of the Oroko man.

Warm tears of pain and sorrow always flow down my jolly cheeks when I see these Oroko elites. Each time I ponder why they can’t understand that intelligence and knowledge do not reside within an individual nor do they belong to an individual. Rather, that intelligence and knowledge all depend on whether the curtains between the individual and the outside world have been drawn or not. They have failed to understand that, if these gates and doors of perception remain closed, they would basically inherit an infantile life made of second hand experiences and knowledge reported by the people lucky enough to have the curtains drawn for them. The Oroko elites have failed to train their eyes, ears and mouths such as to be fully awake in modern day Cameroon. Our Oroko elites continuously think in the form of abstract and virtual concepts rather than in real images which is the proper door to deep knowledge.

From those parading the corridors of power in Ndian and Meme divisions or the so called representatives of the Oroko people in Yaoundé, Douala and Buea to the plantation workers of CDC and Pamol, they are constantly having money problems. Why is it that, these elites always claim to be reeling in poverty and having nothing to give-out to their kin despite working every day and living in a world of plenty?Why is it that these elites always claim that their hands are tied and tight or that their cups in Yaounde are full and empty?

Why is it that, they are the only people whose shouting and cries are never heard by their darling godfather of etoudi palace? Oroko elites are powerless and not creative but fighting with words in a deaf system while admiring and adoring the people who have handcuffed and shackled them. The present Oroko elites are always well-dressed to hide their misery, constantly smiling profusely not to hurt the Lord Almighty and always silent to avoid the death penalty handed-out by the wig-wearing enam boys and girls. The Oroko elites are always scrutinized, over-shadowed and given-out to rent to the highest bidder. They have turned the Oroko man into a patient always under prescriptions but never healed or maybe always studied but never understood.

One thing that lives me pondering is that, these elites always keep saying they have problems they are trying to solve. Meanwhile, most of them are too much focused on the solution they want to bring to the Kingdom of Oroko without demonstrating their deep knowledge of the problem they want to solve. In cases where they have an idea about a pertinent problem, it is more often than not presented in an obsolete, vague and uninspiring manner.

It’s time to revive the minds of this new generation of elites that, the true nature of a people lies in their breakthrough goals, the pride of its elites and clearly make them understand that the era of shame, fear, servitude and neglect must end with a new generation of Oroko Leaders and Builders! With a gamut of networks such as the Bana ba Oroko initiative, the Oroko man is gliding from total anonymity to stardom, automatically placing the Oroko within the top 10% of achievers in Cameroon. This plethora of initiatives is already catapulting the entire Oroko into a whole new world that we would never have imagined about a decade ago. The doors of perception are opening up for the Oroko presenting us with amazing new opportunities, and ushering in a new category of Oroko elites.