Seminar in Bamenda, Cameroon, 25 - 31 May 2008

by Hans-Martin Hirt

The seminar was 6 days long and there were 45 participants. It was organised by Sister Anne of the Presbyterian Church.

Major points of interest

1. The Rev. Joseph Tanka reported that he had treated many AIDS patients with artemisia tea , moringa leaf powder and other plants. He said that, according to the local clinic in which the patients were tested, several had become HIV negative.
    
2. One woman participant said, “My husband works in China. I wanted to follow him to learn Chinese medicine, but after attending the first anamed seminar last year I knew that I did not need to.”
    
3. The seminar was opened by the King of the Bamenda Region (Fon of Chamba). He said that in the region one can become rich with black magic, but through anamed many people can be healed without black magic.
   
   
4. A participant from 2007 said that he had brought artemisia tea to an AIDS clinic. They had said, what should we do with that rubbish? But another participant had produced 33 kilograms of artemisia tea, and even that was not enough to treat all the orphans that were being cared for (35 resident in the orphanage, and another 500 in the surrounding area).
    
5. Mekako (and similar soaps). Since 1977 the WHO has warned all governments to prohibit the production, trade and use of these soaps. It is, therefore, hard to understand why these soaps

a) continue to be manufactured (according to the label, Mekako is produced by Americ Enterprises in Dubai, UAR)

b) continue to be available in the shops, in Cameroon we found it even in the smallest village shop.

c) continue to be sold and used with no prohibition from the state!

 

Top picture: A seminar participant has avocado cream applied to her face. This cleanses and nurtures the skin, in great contrast to many commercially available soaps, some of which are even toxic.

Middle picture: A lady prepares labels for the containers of chilli (rheumatism) ointment and artemisia ointment

For a report in German written by Desiré Tchigankong in Cameroon, click here.