Burial of Mama Munchep

About 1924 - 2015 (~91 years) Wiba Josepher Yeli (Mama Munchep) is one of the oldest grandmother in the neighborhood. She is one of the very first wife's of Bondi. She is also known as one of the first Wiba in Donga Mantung who decided to go to Church as it was unheard of wiba's like her at the time. It was even seen as a taboo for her to have done such a thing. She was baptized in 1983 in PC Ntundip.
She was a traditional doctor specialized in treating fractures, pile, filaria and delivery related issues. She was recognized by the government in 1987 as a tradi practitioner. That is her she got the name Mama Munchep.
She had five children, 36 grandchildren, 44 great grand children and 5 great great grand children giving a total of 85 but God called 3 sons and two grand daughters home already. She left 80 immediate family lives to mourn her.
The funeral was really awesome. Interestingly, the family organized a thanksgiving service this was the first time for me to see a family organized a thanksgiving during a funeral service. But I do think that this is something worth emulating.
There was a band all the way from Nkongsamba to animate the occasion. Even at the family compound in Bondi, she was buried as a christian and this was to my greatest surprise especially when I overheard one of the elderly men complaining bitterly to the compound heard that the juju's had gone untop of the grave when she was buried the christian way. It would appear they gave her an entire day to be buried as a christian and then let traditional dances come on as from the following day.