Metaglossia: The Translation World

Intellectuals are brainstorming on the need to produce a unique anthem for Cameroon.

A special edition of "Mercredis des Grandes Conferences" of the Faculty of Arts, Letters and Social Sciences of the University of Yaounde I held in the university on Wednesday April 4. The special edition that came on the eve of celebrations to mark 50 years of the reunification of Cameroon had as theme "Towards the Harmonisation of the Cameroon National Anthem."

The lecture was chaired by the Secretary General of the University of Yaounde I, Professor Jean Emmanuel Pondi. The speakers were Professors Gervais Mendo Ze, Samuel Efoua Mbozo'o and Dr. Thomas Theophile Nug, all of the University of Yaounde I. The objective of the lecture was to seek ways of harmonising the National Anthem that currently has two versions in French and English. The different speakers pointed out that the National Anthem of Cameroon has the same melody in both French and English, but the lyrics are different.