The Njoh/Azobo/Akum/Kwendi family in Cameroon and abroad profoundly regrets to announce the death of their loving wife, mother, sister, aunt, and grandmother, Mrs. Eni Diana Njoh in Oklahoma City, USA on December 7, 2019. Funeral and subsequent burial arrangements are ongoing. Updates in these and related... see moreThe Njoh/Azobo/Akum/Kwendi family in Cameroon and abroad profoundly regrets to announce the death of their loving wife, mother, sister, aunt, and grandmother, Mrs. Eni Diana Njoh in Oklahoma City, USA on December 7, 2019. Funeral and subsequent burial arrangements are ongoing. Updates in these and related regards are forthcoming. Please reference the section below titled, “Events” for additional details.
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The Njoh/Azobo/Kwendi/Akum family deeply regrets to announce the death of their loving mother, sister, wife, aunt and grandmother, Mrs. Eni Diana Njoh. Mammi was also fondly and variously known as ‘Avo Ambe,’ ‘Mammi Boy,,’ ‘’Mammi Farm,’ Mammi Njoh,’ ‘Mammi White’ and ‘Mammi Cham,’’ by members of her esteemed circle of family members, friends and well wishers. She departed this world on December 7, 2019 at the... see moreThe Njoh/Azobo/Kwendi/Akum family deeply regrets to announce the death of their loving mother, sister, wife, aunt and grandmother, Mrs. Eni Diana Njoh. Mammi was also fondly and variously known as ‘Avo Ambe,’ ‘Mammi Boy,,’ ‘’Mammi Farm,’ Mammi Njoh,’ ‘Mammi White’ and ‘Mammi Cham,’’ by members of her esteemed circle of family members, friends and well wishers. She departed this world on December 7, 2019 at the Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City, USA.
Mammi was born in 1941 in Nyen Village, Mbengwi Sub-Division in the Northwest Region, Cameroon. She attended Basel Mission School, Mbengwi, where she completed Standard Two, that is, 4 of the 8 years (Standard Six) stipulated for primary education at the time.
As a teenage mother, she relocated with her husband’s family in the 1950s from their hinterland native locale to the coastal region. She settled in Mutengene, where she spent her entire adult life. She would likely be best remembered in some milieus for her unimpeachable work ethic, for which she earned the nickname, ‘Mammi Farm.’ This appears apropos in light of her penchant and insatiable appetite for farming. She never came across a piece of arable land or crop she didn’t fall in love with; nor was there ever a day in her life that was too rainy, too hot or too cold to perform farm tasks. These are tasks she had come to believe she was pre-ordained to execute. Her mantra: “work hard while you can so as to avoid hard work the rest of your life.”
She owned and operated many small-scale subsistent farms on the volcanically-enriched lands at the foot and slopes of Mount Cameroon. With proceeds from these, she aptly and judiciously raised a several children, including her direct offspring, step-children and the multitude
of other children that were constantly under her care.
A devout Christian of the Basel Mission-cum-Presbyterian Church in Cameroon (PCC), Mammi held many leadership posts in her local congregation, PCC Mutengene. She began the journey through her long leadership career in this congregation as a teenage Sunday School teacher and youth leader. She later proceeded to participate in, and become a leader of, the Allelujah Choir Association. She was also an active member of the Christian Women’s Fellowship (CWF), and served multiple terms as a dedicated church elder. As a godmother, she mentored many a Christian of her local and other congregations.
Her faith in God, and commitment to the church were resolute, unshaken and remained firmly in tact even while she was away from her land of nativity. Accordingly, she religiously participated in church services during her frequent visits and sojourns in the United States. She regularly worshipped and participated in related activities in the Westlake Presbyterian Church, Bethany, OK while in Oklahoma City. She indulged in identical activities at the First Reform Church in Tampa during her visits to Florida; and while in Dallas, she attended the First Presbyterian Church, Grapevine.
She was a bonafide philanthropist. In this regard, she provided, free room and board to many newly arriving individuals and families in search of greener pastures in Mutengene from her native Meta and other hinterland locales.
Mammi was also active and served in many leadership capacities in secular circles. In this connection, she shepherded many aspiring young women, and was a founding member and pioneer head, and later, advisor Emeritus of the Bongob (Meta) Women’s Association, a Common Initiative Group (CIG) and micro finance enterprise in Mutengene. She organized and served as the treasurer of many rotating credit associations or what is known in anglo-Cameroonian parlance as njamgi groups in her local community. In addition, she held a number of leadership posts in the Meta Cultural and Development Association (MECUDA), Mutengene Branch, the Nyen Development, Tiko/Mutengene Branch, and the Advisory Board of Quarter Twelve, Mutengene.
Mammi Njoh was preceded into eternal glory by a daughter, Ms. Njweng Gaudentia Njoh, and two stepsons, Mr. George N. Njoh and Gendarme Warrant Officer, Divine Nih Njoh. She is survived by four offspring, namely Professor Ambe Njoh and Mr. Muki Njoh (alias, Panama) of Tampa, Florida, USA; Ms. Akwi Salome Njoh of Oklahoma City, OKlahoma, USA, and Mr. Adig Godlove Njoh of Dallas, Texas, USA. Also surviving her are three brothers, including Mr. Peter F. Azobo of Mutengene and Mr. Johnson T. Kwendi of Buea, Cameroon as well as Mr. Joseph M. Kwendi of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; and several grand children, great grand children, friends and well wishers throughout the world.
Left behind to mourn Mammi are the afore-mentioned, the multitude of children she raised, the many persons she housed and or mentored during their formative years, her fellow members of MECUDA and the Bongob Group of Mutengene; she’ll also be missed by her many friends abroad and in Cameroon, especially the global Meta community as well as the Alleluyah Choir, Christian Women’s Fellowship, and co-congregants of the Presbyterian Church, Mutengene.