Engelbert Mveng

Engelbert Mveng, SJ (9 May 1930 – 22 April 1995), was a Cameroonian Jesuit priest, artist, historian, theologian, and anthropologist.

Born in a Presbyterian family but baptized in a Catholic church, Mveng received a Christian education from his parents.

Divided into eight sections, the first half of the book focuses on the precolonial period, while the rest of it covers the colonial history of Cameroon until the date of publishing.

[3] While most of the history presented is a secondary source, relying on published works, Mveng also includes a section on labor unions in Cameroon based primarily on then-unpublished writings.

[7] Mveng also proposed the introduction of African music into the Catholic liturgy, an idea later rejected by the white French Archbishop René Graffin.

He considered this deprivation of culture and identity from a group to be a consequence of slavery and colonialism, and linked this to the effects of Western Christianity on the African religious experience.

The main theme of Mveng's work, as he had stated it, is centered on his concept of a "theology of life" which triumphs over the forces of death.

The chapel of Hekima University College is painted with a Eucharistic fresco conceived and designed by Mveng, which was executed by the painter Stephen Lobalu.