The governor would do well to address himself to the appropriate quarters. Her view contrasts with the popular view that the youths are the perpetrators of the Mapouka dance in the country today. A 19 year old girl, and a school drop-out says the youth are more carefree, which is the reason why their own part in the whole business get noticed easily. According to her the old men in our society are perverse. In contrast to the young men, they are the ones who ask you to parade naked and do other unmentionable things.
Boys hold differently.
They accept that Mapouka is more rampant among the youth. According to Julius Eno, a Yaounde I graduate, given the level of unemployment in Cameroon today, the youth are left with no alternative, but to resort to immorality, alcoholism and smoking in order to drown their frustration. If the youths are engaged in gainful activities, there would be no need for such a ban, because there would be no time for such activities . This notwithstanding, many think the governor s intervention was warranted. At least, even if the practice continues privately, it would not hurt as many people as it would have done had the practice been left unchecked says 45 years old Mrs. Irene Ndim, mother of four.