OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE
Who We Are
Several years ago in the Oroko regions, messages were transmitted from one village to another by the beating of wooden drums, – the “Elimbi“. The neighboring villages interpreted the rhythms from these drums to obtain the messages and responded accordingly. Later on, a messenger was dispatched carrying a “Desungu“, – ( a special stick tied like a bundle with special leaves ) to the next village. From the look at the special bundle, the village elders interpreted and understood the messages and responded accordingly. Specifically, when a chief had a message for his villagers, this messenger would run around the village ringing a bell and relating the message to the villagers. This person was called the “Town Crier“. This web site is the Town Crier for every reader, and particularly for all OROKOS. It will provide the public with special events in both the association and the Oroko Culture. We will be a vehicle to announce cultural and community events across the USA and worldwide as the need arises. We would like to promote businesses owned by OROKO indigenes at home and in the diaspora. After browsing our web site, please take a moment to use the feedback form to let us know how you feel about the Oroko Culture.
Who Are The Orokos
“If there is one thing to acknowledge of the Orokos besides their rich cultural background and natural intelligence, it is their sense of hospitality. This spirit of hospitality has now made them to look like the Achebe’s proverbial lunatics who may be outnumbered even though they own the place. The heterogeneous nature of the ethnic group has also systematically regrouped the various clans into natural characteristics like” ( by Edmund Nofuru)
News & Features
Education in OrokoLand ( By Jackson Nanje )
As Oroko people, we have suffered a lot. Oroko clan has a total of 227 villages scattered in two divisions (Meme and Ndian) with a population of Ndian division well over 130,000 people based on the 1975 censors. Probably estimated [...]
My Proffer for the First Oroko World Conference ( By Andrew Edimo )
Since the idea of organizing an oroko world conference came into existence in the circle of Oroko Cultural Association - USA, until when it was agreed that it is a project worth perusing during an executive meeting in Maryland, some [...]
‘Welcome” in hindsight, is an Oroko contradiction. ( By Loius Etongwe)
The last time that I checked the Webster dictionary of the English language, unabridged edition; “Welcome” which also means ‘Oroko’ in our ancestral derivation; is to greet hospitably with courtesy and cordially? ‘Welcome’ also means to accept with the occurrence [...]
A Brief Analysis of the Oroko Dailect. ( By Dan and Lisa Freisen)
All this talk on Oroko's relationships to other languages has got me looking at stuff on the web. Here are some links for those in this group that want to look at the relationship between words in their dialect and [...]
What Our Elders Say
“It took me a visit to the United States of America to once again eat plantains the way our fore-fathers used to prepare it. – That is, with the skin. But my host, unaware of this delicacy just kept apologizing to me.”
“If there is one thing to acknowledge of the Oroko people, besides their rich Cultural background and Natural Intelligence,
it is their sense of hospitality.”
Important Links and Articles
- OCA-USA Opens Libraries In Depraved Oroko Areas In Cameroon. By: Edimo Andrew.
- OCA-USA Donates Two 40ft Medical Supplies Containers To Orokoland. By: Edimo Andrew.
- Education in OrokoLand ( By Jackson Nanje)
- Tourism in OrokoLand ( By Dr. Fred Bebe)
- Ndian Division, A Neglected Treasure ( By Edimo Andrew )
- “Welcome” in hindsight is an Oroko contradiction (By Louis Etongwe )
- My Profer on The Oroko World Conference ( Edimo Andrew)
- Translating God’s Word into Oroko. Happy Hearts! ( Dan and Lisa Friesen)
- A brief Analysis of the Oroko Dialect. ( Dan and Lisa Friesen )
- Oroko Bible Translation Project. ( Dan and Lisa Freisen )
- Oroko USA 2016 School Bench Project ( Sammy Diony )
- Oroko National Projects 2009-2011 ( Dr. Mercy Mabian )
- A Profile of the Apostolic Hospital in Banga-Bakundu ( Dr. Fred Bebe )
- National Book Project. ( Dr. Mercy Mabian’s – “Knowledge For the Book Of Life” Project )
Oroko Musical Maestros