Cyber Dreams

This film is an investigation into the purpose of using the internet by Chantal and Sali, a middle aged Cameroonian woman and middle aged Cameroonian man respectively. Both of them live in Ngaoundéré (Cameroon) and use the internet dreaming it will change their lives.

Alphonse Ahola Ndem

Personal Information:

Nationality: Cameroonian
Date of birth: 31 August 1966
Place of Birth: Douala (Cameroon)
Marital status: Married
Number of Children: Three

Education

1- Secondary Education :
1980 – 1987, Lycée classique de Bafia

2- Higher Education:
1988- 1991: University of Yaounde (Bachelors Degree in Psychology)
1992 – 1994: Higher Teachers training college (Professional diploma in pedagogy)
2000- 2003: University of Ngaoundere (Masters in Sociology):
Dissertation focus: Educational problems in Northern Cameroon.
2003 –Till present date: University of Tromsø (Masters Student in Visual Cultural Studies)
Masters research focus: The purpose of using the internet by internet users in Ngaoundéré (Cameroon)

Professional experience

Present position in Cameroon:
- Provincial Pedagogic Inspector in charge of Teachers Training Colleges in the Adamaoua Province.
Main Duties: Training and supervision of Head teachers and Teachers in Teachers Training Colleges.

- 1994- 2000: Lecturer in Government Teachers Training College Nkongsamba (Cameroon)
Duties: Teaching Applied Psychology to Education.

1996- 2000: Part Time Lecturer (Psychology and Pedagogy) at Institut de Theology Protestante de Ndoungué (Institute of protestant theology, Ndoungué) Cameroon

Other Responsibilities:
-President of the Cameroonian Association in Tromsø
- Member of the Departmental Board of Visual Cultural Studies, University of Tromsø
- Member of the Board of the Northern Conference of the 7th Day Adventist church in Cameroon
- Part time Preacher in 7th Day Adventist Church, Silsand (Norway)