By Tsi Conrad
On December 8, 2016, my camera — my only weapon — was smashed, and I was dragged into the darkness of the Paul Biya dictatorship. I was documenting the truth of the Anglophone struggle. For that, they labeled me a terrorist.
Today marks exactly nine agonizing years stolen from my life. From the chilling interrogation cells to this suffocating hell in Kondengui Central Prison, I have endured unspeakable torture and the silent ache of injustice. They hoped that by burying me here, the evidence would die. But I remain a witness.
My imprisonment is not security. It is a slow, calculated erasure of a human soul. A punishment for daring to show the world what they desperately try to hide.
I am still here. Battered but unbowed. Standing against 3,288 days of silence and brutality. One day, justice will come. One day, I shall not only be free -but my people shall be Independent. Freedom Only.
Tsi Conrad
Kondengui Central Prison
Yaoundé, Cameroon
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