Evangelical College of Libamba

Initially named the Institute of Evangelical Missions of Libamba, it later became the Evangelical College of Libamba.^[1] The college was created to meet the need, after World War I, to educate Cameroonians up to the baccalaureate level. An elite group of American professors, such as David Gelzer,^[2][3] and European professors were assigned to the school.^[4]

The college is located midway along the railway line between the stations of Makak (10 km) and Minka (2 km).^[5]

The construction of the institution and its boarding school was funded by a grant of 15 million CFA francs from the French colonial administration. The land was provided by the local populations to the Société des missions évangéliques de Paris, which, along with the Presbyterian Church,^[6] divided the space equally for the construction of the church and the college and its boarding school.

The inter-missionary college with a full cycle has long been one of the top secondary schools in Cameroon. The first batch of graduates^[7][8][9] in Cameroon came from this college, although some completed their education at Lycée Leclerc in Yaoundé.^[10] The play Trois prétendants...un mari,^[11] a classic of Cameroonian literature, was written by Guillaume Oyônô Mbia while he was at the Evangelical College of Libamba.

• Guillaume Oyônô Mbia, writer, author of Trois prétendants...un mari which he wrote at the Evangelical College of Libamba