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Mutual Love Secondary School

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Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College
Location
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Information
School typePrivate, co-educational, boarding school
MottoMay All Be One.
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1966 (58 years ago) (1966)
FoundersChiara Lubich and Fon Fontem Defang
LanguageEnglish
Color(s)Green and White   
NicknameSWISCOL
AlumniSWESANS
AnthemWe are children of Our Lady

Mutual Love Secondary School is a secondary school located in Fontem, Cameroon.

History

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It is a coeducational boarding school[1] founded by Chiara Lubich and Fon Fontem Defang in 1966.[2] It is associated with the Foccolare Movement.[3][4][5] The campus has been affected by the Anglophone Crisis.[6]

Cameroonian writer John Ngosong Nkemngong Nkengasong studied at the school in the 1970s. [7]

The school is previously known as Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College. It has an enrollment of approximately 40 students, although the enrollment has previously exceeded 500.[8][9]

Administration

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Principals

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  • Father George F. Cunningham
  • Father Stumpel[10]
  • Anne Bustarret[10]
  • Jane Dubé (1988-2001)
  • Nelson Vieira Porto Alegre
  • Father Darryl Joseph D’Souza[11]
  • Raphael Takougang
  • Clelia Ferrini
  • Marelen Nkafu

References

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  1. ^ Manjoh, Priscillia M. (2018). Representations and Renegotiations of the Nation in Anglophone Cameroonian Literature. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 978-3-643-90891-9.
  2. ^ Nwenfor, Boris (9 March 2024). "Cameroon: Seat of Wisdom College Fontem "Bleeds" for Revival". Pan African Visions. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  3. ^ "olswc". Focolare Movement of Fontem (in German).
  4. ^ "The 50th anniversary for the Focolare Movement and the Bangwa people of Cameroon | Press". 12 December 2016.
  5. ^ Ph.D, Eric Tayem Tangumonkem (7 March 2014). COMING TO AMERICA: A JOURNEY OF FAITH. IEM PRESS.
  6. ^ "Cameroon: Prattled by War, Seat of Wisdom College's Legacy Lives On. - PAN AFRICAN VISIONS". panafricanvisions.com. 8 March 2024.
  7. ^ Ambanasom, A. Shadrach. (2009) The Cameroonian Novel of English Expression: An Introduction. Langaa Research and Publishing CIG, p. 208.
  8. ^ "Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College". Focolare Movement. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Cameroon: Prattled by War, Seat of Wisdom College's Legacy Lives On. - PAN AFRICAN VISIONS". panafricanvisions.com. 8 March 2024.
  10. ^ a b [1][dead link]
  11. ^ "L'Effort Camerounais (English Version): Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College Fontem gets new principal". Leffortcamerounais.com. 2007-08-17. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
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