Nkwenti Ngwei Sylvia:

Seasoned arts and culture promoter now set to preserve and promote culture in Ngoketunjia.

Nkwenty Ngwei Sylvia seen here with Professor Narcisse Mouelle Kombi: Cameroon Minister of Arts and Cultur, Governor Adolfe Lele L'Afrique of the Northwest Region as well as the Senior Divisional Officer for Ngoketunjia Division

Madame Nkwenti Ngwei Sylvia; a seasoned arts and culture promoter has disclosed that she is now set to preserve and promote culture in Ngoketunjia Division. She made this declaration recently in her first contact with the media following her installation as the first ever Divisional Delegate of Arts and Culture in this Division. Sylvia is holder of a Masters Degree In Human Rights from the University of Dschang. She has equally had an opportunity to have a scholarship from the World Intellectual Property Organisation where she studied Authors Rights in France. She also had a scholarship with the Chinese Government to study the Economy and Culture of the Chinese People at the University of Nangchang.

Nkwenty Ngwei Sylvia

Back in Cameroon she made her debut with the Ministry of Arts and Culyure in 2009 as the Chargee d’etudes No. 2 of the follow up unit at the ministry in 2013 and later in 2014 she was appointed the Chargee D’etudes No. 1 of the Follow up unit.

Besides this Nkwenty Sylvia has been the Raporteur of CPMC a National Permanent Commission that takes care of the control of authors rights in Cameroon. She also occupied this position as raporteur for the Standardisation Commission to revive the Law on authors rights.

She eventually became the Representative of the Ministry of Arts and Culture in the Board of Directors of Heritage and Arts Foundation.

“Being the first Divisional Delegate of Arts and Culture in Ngoketunjia Division and the only Female Divisional Delegate in the Northwest Region, I really wish to do things differently with all the experience I have gathered. Ngoketunjia has a very rich culture and I don’t just want to get into work without getting to the people so my first plan of action is trying to meet the Fon of each village and talk to them about the importance of preserving and selling our culture. I equally intend to show them the need to collaborate with the Ministry in their efforts to preserve their Identity.”

Commenting on her first impressions on arrival in the Division which is found in the Upper Noun Valley, Nkwenty Ngwei Sylvia said the place was full of talented artists. When she made her first call for artists in the Division a good number of talented ones turned up she explained. “They came in their numbers for registration and in the different categories of authors rights. That aside, the people of Ngoketunjia are very welcoming and are ready to listen and collaborate and help me in any way that they can to realise my ambitions. My first impressions are very positive.”

The maiden Divisional Delegate said she was very optimistic because she has all the tools that she needed to realise her dreams in Ngoketunjia. She already had an a fore taste of the culture of the Division during her participation at the Bambalang Cultural Festival and the Nikai Cultural Festival of the Babungo Fondom during which she did not fail to notice the rich culture of the Division. “I saw how the people are so attached to their culture and as an opportunity to collaborate with them in the preservation of that culture and promoting it for international consumption and as a tool for social and National Integration.”

“I call on all the artists in the Division and all stakeholders to know that we now have an office in Ndop and that we are now open to work with them. They should come on board so that we create a united force to forge ahead in our quest to preserve and promote arts and culture in Ngoketunjia in particular and Cameroon in general.”  

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