....\"Yeah babbah how dey gooo.....dey go de goooo\" My heart trembles when i think of you and slogan. I will always miss that portrait of beauty with your charming smile.Not to think of,you were my source of inspiration. It\'s true that God invites all.......heaven was meant for all. It was his time and we have to continue to pray for His soul.. May His soul R.I.P...your son. Student. anguwalters@yahoo.com
- Angu walters

Boogie, you are still very fresh in my memory esp when I remember your lovely musics, exciting stories, jokes and your postures when interpreting them. I miss you so much. May your SOUL find REST in God\'s bossom.
- Nelly

I remember the days we sat at the road and had a lot of interesting conversations. \"Yeh how the gooooooooooooooo\"
- Prisca Bamuh

Sorry for your loss. We (RPCVs) were gathered in Buffalo, NY this first week of January 2008 sharing crazy Spee stories.... The late night jams and discussions in rain storms that beat upon the metal roofs.... What an amazing experience. I am sorry to read that Spee has died. I am also upset that I have lost touch with the people of Cameroon, my beloved home for two years. My belated condolences to friends and family.
- Mel

Ô Nzante Spee, ouvreur d\'esprit, tu es parti au paradis des rêves bleus, fermant les yeux, ouvrant les cieux, touchant les dieux!
- Patrick Godeau

ELLO................ it your SON TRACY,WE cannot make it without u,ur advise Bcuz no one can make it up to us but no matter GOD decided for u so just be cool we shall met one day and talk of the past may ur soul rest in peace and ur spirits take care of us by urs son TRACYCOX - Nzante Tracy Kari -Spee
- cox

I will never accept that Great Spee is not with us I produced the best documentory films about him but he never saw the film.The has been showd in German televition several times I hope when the translation in English is finish I will let the entire world to washed it in You Tube Ten Fingers Production.
- Sonny Donald

I asked Loysius for a light in a parking lot. I feel blessed to have known of your art and such a respect left among friends. RIP.
- kristin evans

He is gone, but he is here! I came to know Nzante Spee in Cameroun where I worked from 1992 - 1996 as advisor to the Ministry of Environment; I appreciated his personality, his engagement for nature protection and for building human relations. At the end of my assignment in Cameroun I engaged him to produce a painting on environmental protection for the Ministry of Environment (UNDP Project). Unfortunately I cannot find any photo of this painting but I sill have many of his works at home, some of which I\'m now putting on sale. He lives on through his work and through his spirit that he expressed in his paintings – as in his paintings, he might be sometimes looking down on us. Joachim
- Joachim Bendow

HO BABA THIS THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GABS WE ALL COUVERT,PITS WE ALL FELD,BUT THAT YOU LEFT BEHIND IS TOO WIDE AND DEEP TO COUVER.YOU TOLD ME MEN LIVE FOR EVER ONLY IF THEY HAVE LIVE FOR ORTHERS.SPEE,LIVE AGIAN,FOR YOU LIVED FOR US.YOUR SON,FRIEND,AND STUDENT.
- LANDRY NDJAPA

YE BOOGIE,HOW DI GO YOU TOLD ME THAT ONLY THE WORK OF A MAN CAN MAKE HIM GREAT,I\'LL KEEP THAT SPIRIT FOR EVER. BOOGIE TAKE IT EASY RIP
- ERIC FM

Donc tu es mort !?...eh bien je te le dis avec émotion , quelle sale blague tu nous fais mec !? ...ne t`ayant pas revus depuis notre amicale et fraternelle rencontre à limoges , je n`ai cessé de rechercher les traces du peintre en marche , bien convaincu que là ou tu serais , tu finirais bien par nous interpeller de nouveau en nous obligeant à regarder ta vison du monde , c`est à dire tel qu`il est , et non comme la culture et les institutions nous les distillent ... ...tu nous manques mec , ta peinture ta musique et toi , tu nous manques !!!... Hasta la vista tio !!!
- jacques Sigrist

if all the men like baba were to be taken away from this earth by God,the world will be like an old house without a history. May you smile down on us from heven with some shawer of blessings.
- jibril

May the good lord take you to where you will paint again,no matter where you are i will alway prise you for all the things you took me thru, you are really the master and my mentor too..... So aloaf and unique just like an eulogist. Am kinda speechless but you are the (BOOOSS) Yeah! May your soul rest in peace.
- EVANSON ELAD

May your soul rest in peace.
- Anthony Nwosu, Esq

I was so shcked when I learnt of Spee\'s passing away.I still remember him fondly - while I was still in Bamenda(Abakwa as he was fond of calling his town),I often visited him at his studios at Ghana Street and below the Baptist Church. We would sit and talk and talk about his paintings and his music and his projects.:One last thing I remember him telling me was his frustration at the fact that the Cameroon government through its Ministry of Culture had a bias against him by not giving him access to attend expositions abroad where he is invited and deserves to be but instaed they give the opportunities to mediocre francophone artists whom they favor.It\'s very touching when I think of it. On a lighter mode,I still remember his bright multicolored convertible beetle he had.He used to fill it with friends,sometimes tourists who visited him and they would go out to town for a booze. Spee,I see you everywhere through your many works of art. I wonder what happened to one of his sons I met at his studio the last time I went there,many yeras ago - he was just a small boy then. Spee forever!!!
- Francis Fru Ndikum

It was with sadness that I read about Mr. Nzante\'s death on this iste. Nzante was a schoolmate at JMBC in the mid-sixties to the aerly seventies. He was a natural artist. At that time he was very talented. He taught himself to play a guitar and made his own steel drum and could play any type of music. I have always wondered whatever happened to him since we left Ndu in 1971. Cameroon has lost a child prodigy in arts. He was young, gifted Cameroonian. I will like to get some of his paintings if his studio in Bamenda is still operating. I can be contacted by e-mail.
- John E. Abunaw(e-mail:johebaw@aol.com)

I first met you in Buea in 1971 and later in 1978 in Abidjan. You were always warm, charming, energetic and engaging. Ever ready to entertain with your guitar or your pencil and charcoal sketches, back then. Your energy was infectious and very uplifting. Your optimism, unsurpassed. Your art, inspiring and destined to greatness. My memories of these fine qualities of yours have not faded with time, even after we lost contact with each other in 1978. Indeed, it is these memories and my firm knowledge that you will be a great artist that led me to try to reconnect with you through the internet. I searched eBay for your art. Those searches resulted in no hits until this day, 12/24/06. The one hit today led me to this site. Only then did I find out, my dear friend, you had left us. Gone, you are, but your spirit lives on in me and many others who came in contact with you. I remember you laughter like yesterday. As I look at your picture on this site I see that timeless smile, ever present and heart- warming. I also see that fire in your eyes, the light of your eternal optimism reaching out to touch humanity. I am glady to have known you and will forever cherish our time together and the memories associated with it. Live on, my dear friend. Live on.
- Kevin Cheo

Spee was my art instructor in Bamenda,i grew up with him from birth .I regret the masters departure from this world but i know the almighty lord has thee by his side teacher and may your soul get eternal peace.Master i now leave in Washington DCwhere you died and will continue keeping up the spirit in art you started, don\'t worry nothing,your boys are alive and strong.Your greatness will never fade.
- bongaman

Hey Spee. The coolest days of my life were the days with Charlo when we used to come from Bafut. I decided to honor those days by picking up painting too. Best of wishes with your work. Jude
- Jude Nsom(Teddy)

Its about time i hulla atcha man. No hard feelings why i didn\'t ages ago, just couldn\'t bare the pain. I\'ve finally come to realise what you mean to me and why you left. Not for us to sit back and write about who you were or what you did, but to carry on your work. I feel your spirit in me and i promise whatever it was you taught me aint gonna be wasted.There\'s too much to be done and I\'ll make that start some how.That\'s a promise yo and this don\'t only go to you.To all the close family, friends and fans.Let\'s all put our hands and heads together and keep out HERO ALIVE cause we know he would love that. He\'d done his part, it\'s out time people and the time starts now. Bigup to yu\'all. Peace, T-max
- Tonymax

HELLO................ it your SON TRACY,WE cannot make it without u,ur advise Bcuz no one can make it up to us but no matter GOD decided for u so just be cool we shall met one day and talk of the past may ur soul rest in peace and ur spirits take care of us by urs son TRACYCOX
- Nzante Tracy Kari -Spee

oooooooooooh!!!!!! father,master,i miss u, your lessons,i will met you in the world of colours for more tips,thanks for what you thought me,life\'s like that\'\'\' make GOD hold u fine fine....your son,student=awalters
- angu walters

Spee, my brother, you have touched so many peoples lives. I can never forget (or thank you enough) for all of the good times we spent together. Whether it was talking about art, politics, or just jamming out with guitar and drum we shared so much together. It is hard to imagine Bamenda without you Spee, and I am proud to have so much of your art to share your legacy and keep your spirit alive. I feel so lucky to have shared a smile slice of life with you. Peace to you, my brother. Dahveed Benson, AD - SIT- Cameroon
- Dahveed Benson

Through your works,you live still.Adios
- Dr.Vitalis Chepnda

Uncle Spee,i wept with pain when my mum brought ur remains home.Death was so cruel, i thaught u would come home.I remember the day u called me and said u would give me a suprised visit.I now know what u meant.The Lord allowed it that way. U will always be in my mind,u taught me so many things,singing and drawing.ur song,There\'s a narrow way to heaven and none stands the test.UNCLE,MOVE ON,DONT BE AFRAID!Ur daughter adeline
- Adeline Ferim

He was a great teacher,one who carefully, cunninly and commicly wipped out the artistic intuition in his students.Uncle Spee, just but your physical memory is Gone, now i believe something else is beginning to happen. May God rest your soul.
- Amungwa Justin Chifon

Spee, my man, you really touched me, welcoming me into your home and introducing me to your family, your friends, your town... your painting was the best wedding gift I could have ever given... your words and actions will always remain in my memory as cherished... rest in peace, friend, and send some inspiration our way once in a while, so that we too may create some of the creative, powerful beauty that you spread so generously throughout the world.
- Mateo Hinojosa, San Francisco, California.

Nzante was my student when I taught at Merrick Baptist College in Ndu, and he was a talented artist even then. Some of his early drawings are framed in my home, and hold an honored place on my walls and in my heart. Tony Boatman, Former PCV Boise, Idaho USA
- Tony Boatman

Munchi Nwakekake do you remember all these names Spee. We miss you forever and let your soul RIP
- Taku Paul Buifor

It is hard to learn that Spee is dead. However, I LOVE DEATH because it brings to an end the injustice and suffering imposed on a soul, and on the other hand it creats lengends. As an artist coming from Cameroon I feel very sad for the vacume Spee\'s disappearance creats among artists and those aspiring to become one. Anyway he touched lives and trained may artists, and I know he is reaping the benefits where ever God has placed him. I wish his soul perfect peace and courage to go on with life. FC Mallo Artist. NEW YORK mallo@malloartlink.com
- FC Mallo

Spee\'s friendship touched many during his life and though he is gone, his art I\'m sure will touch many more for a long time to come.
- Crystal Zibas Loutfi

My dear Boogie,Father,Uncle,Friend,I miss you and\'ll always do.You were all what I had.You took me from a child to the young man I\'m now,and the man I\'ll become in future.You had many projects for me,and always made me know that for you,I was your first son.I know we\'ll see in the last day. My Boogie rest in peace.You leaned me all a man needs to know for his life,you took care of me,I promess to take care of your children,my junior brothers and sisters as you always expect me to do. I thank GOD for for my life with you, I love you BOOGIE Your son TED
- NZANTE TED CHRITIAN BIDIAS

My friend, It is with shock that I learn of your passing now...many months after it has happened. I remember you fondly and value of friendship. I will miss you on my trips to Bamenda. I thank you for the tshirt you gave me....which you took off your back and handed to me. I thank you for your smile, for your heart and your colors. Go well!
- Elizabeth Elango

*Lifelong Friendship* We lived in the same MUGHEB Quarter, Nkwen, Bamenda. I first met with the regretted Spee when we were kids and attending the then Cameroon Baptist Mission (CBM)School, Mugheb, Nkwen, Bamenda. We have since been friends. His sudden departure has caused us terrible grief. He was very, very soft and friendly. His smile was like the harbenger and a solace of perfect peace. And a friend indeed! We miss him a lot and pray for the peace of his soul. May he rest in perfect peace.From Tam Neba, Cell 237 762-2644.
- Mr. Tam Neba

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- Claudia

daddy i love you so much,daddy i miss you,daddy live without you is not as normal as it use to be.rip
- nzantekaty

spee i like to say that life without you is nothing your wife ketty
- nzantekaty

sparkie
- nzantekaty

I was a very lucky person in 2004 to have met such a wonderful person like Mr. S. Nzante Spee I will always remember /cherish the time we spent.It was a blessing to have someone like Spee living right next door to me. This man will truly be missed all over the world,Thanks Mr.Tih for bringing Nzante to the Stockton,Ca. P.S. Thank you for my painting SPEE.......BOOGIE ALL NIGHT LONG!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Garey Pierce Jr.

Boogie, thats what all say, when I was a Little boy, LIttle Boby Jim, Christmas Juju song, Boogie all Night with you, Mami Paulina, Judgement day and paintings again. How do we remember u again. Who will sing for us again, Who will tell us stories to laugh again. \"If Heaven was a place where money could buy, the Rich would go, and the poor would die, THANK YOU LORD FOR IT ISN,T SO, HEAVEN WAS MADE FOR ALL\" (judgement day lyrics) Spee was Great because of the Originality of his artistic personality. But let his songs come alife today like Bob Marley. Bye Baba, Boussi, Boogie and RIP!
- Belack Jimbam Ernest

Boogie, that what all say, when I was a Little boy, LIttle Boby Jim, Christmas Juju song, Boogie all Night with you, Mami Paulina, Judgement day and paintings again. How do we remember u again. Who will sing for us again, Who will tell us stories to laugh again. \"If Heaven was a place where money could buy, the Rich would go, and the poor would die, THANK YOU LORD FOR IT ISN,T SO, HEAVEN WAS MADE FOR ALL\" (judgement day lyrics) Spee was Great because of the Originality of his artistic personality. But let his songs come alife today like Bob Marley. Bye Baba, Boussi, Boogie and RIP!
- Belack Jimbam Ernest

Boogie, that what all say, zhen I was a Little boy, LIttle Boby Jim, Christmas JUju song, Boogie all Night with you, Mami Paulina, Judgement day and paintings again. How do we remember u again. Who will sing for us again, Who will tell us stories to laugh again. \"If Heaven was a place where money could buy, the Rich would go, and the poor would die, THANK YOU LORD FOR IT ISN,T SO, HEAVEN WAS MADE FOR ALL\" (judgement day lyrics) Spee was Great because of the Originality of his artistic personality. But let his songs come alife today like Bob Marley. Bye Baba, Boussi, Boogie and RIP!
- Belack Jimbam Ernest

Bye Great one
- Belack Enrest

Your kindness touched my heart, your art changed my life.I am so fortunate to have met you; I am blessed to have and cherish one of your beautiful paintings. Your spirit lives within my home...and, you shall forever be welcome to stay with my family. jdb
- John Britto

GOD REST HIS SOUL
- charity

We\'ve missed the famous greeting: \"Booogie! Yeeah. How di go? Di go di go\". As we hope to receive this warm greeting the day we meet him in the world beyond, his works will always remind us to \"open our minds\" and embrace the concept of \'one love\'. Jah help us bear this great loss.
- MELVIN BAMUH

All I retained of Uncle Spee is that when he came around, he brought brighter days. Was very full of life. His artwork has always been something to write home about.He made the world go round.May his soul have a good rest.
- Verena MALLA NTAR

Uncle Spee, though dead, your artworks still reamin alive. We\'ll always see u through them. I remember the gift (artwork) u offered to my mum. Its one to none. We\'ll miss those joyfull moments we used to share with u at (Ghana Street & your home) and may your soul RIP.
- MASSA Ophelia MA\'ABI

I meet Spee in my art classes at delta college. He was full of life and biger than big. When he introduced himself and shook your hand it was full of energy and life. He taught me many things in that month about color and painting. and what it truly might to live life to the fullest... I will miss him,and his music
- Julie Hardman

I meet Spee in my art classes at delta college. He was full of life and biger than big. When he introduced himself and shook your hand it was full of energy and life. He taught me many things in that month about color and painting. and what it truly might to live life to the fullest... I will miss him,and his music
- Julie Hardman

Spee we did love you God loves you more and had to take you away from us. We look foward to the day we will all meet again.May our Lord grant you a resting place in his Kingdom.Love Always
- Paul Andoh

Spee was one of the nicest most full of life man that i have ever meet. I will never forget the day that he played beautiful songs at my mothers house in chico,Ca. I miss haveing your positive energy around, but i know i will see you again one day. Love always. Carolina Trenado
- Carolina Trenado

Spee, I miss you and will carry you in my heart forever. Tu amiga siempre.
- Marina Zepeda

Spee belongs now to the pantheon of great human beings. He would come into my classroom to share his paintings but we recieved more, we became witness to that tangible spirut that reminds us to truly live. Spee\'s music, paintings, and most of all his example is alive. I am blessed to have been called his freind. Adios a un gran amigo.
- mario moreno

Brother Spee, We would have loved to immortalized a rare artist of your aclibre were we not human. Luckily, you immortalized yourself for us through your great art. You will forever be in our midst. May your soul RIP. Love, Henry Kari Waco-Texas, USA.
- Henry Kari

I had heard the name Spee before I met the versatile artist behind the name and his breathtaking pictures on exhibition at the Goethe Institut in Yaounde. I was still marvelling at the finesse revealed through the works, when another acquaintance made me know they were my fellow \"country man\'s \" and took me to him. The rest followed quite naturally for all who ever met Spee ... the jokes, the laughter, the incisive artistic discussions, the giving. We could only next meet at the Spee Art Center when it came up and time allowed, and he and I went through the whole centre, as he designed on a tee-shirt here, corrected a learner there, strumped at his guitar and filled the atmosphere with the joy of creative living.We agreed I was going to work with him towards putting some of his art and life into print... would time and place allow? An artist of his calibre never dies - no, he has just finished off the greatest masterpiece of the Original Creator\'s art by melting into one of the Melting Age pictures some of which I watch him vividly paint ever so well. May your remains lowered on our soils be a nursery of the stunning talent you possessed!
- Anderson Funfe

May the soul of Spee rest in perfect peace. His works, talents ,joy, friendship will never be leave us. I spoke to Spee 5 days before the cruel hands of death called him home. We make plans but the right plans come from the almighty. One of Spee\'s most loved works hands in my sitting room and his memory is with us. He is a great loss for Mbem and Cameroon as a whole!!!
- Dr. Alfred N. Funteh

When I met Spee I was equally impressed with his artwork, his incredible energy, and his work within his community in Bamenda. He will be missed.
- Greg Pelly

Mr. Spee\'s work is AMAZING, an inspiration. He will be deeply missed.
- Misse

We will miss you and your paintings will stay with us forever as a reminding
- annick godeau

I met Spee the evening he arrived in California from Cameroon. A group of us went out to celebrate his arrival, but he seemed exhausted at best and had little to say to us. He sat humbly, awaiting our return home. When we did return home an entirely new man emerged, discarded his fatigue and he quickly took up his guitar and a glass of wine. That was it; after that it was electric. Music, stories, joking and laughing. At that moment I felt like Acis meeting Dionysus for the first time. Wine and song filled our little house and there was no reprieve from that laughter that made our bodies ache. Carousing till early morning, we shared in Spee\'s sacrament to the spirit of life. In his perpetual sacrament of expression and celebration he passed that spirit to us all. Eternal and irrepressible his gift made us more aware of ourselves and all the things we should be thankful for. That awareness will make me miss him, but it will also inspire me to share his precious gift with all those around me.
- Laurent de Santa Cruz

I met Spee at an Artist Exhhibit. There was great music and we danced and danced!
- Marcia Stein

It was with a sense of shock when I opened Spee‘s homepage this morning. I stayed in Minnesota in late May and knew that Spee had left Bamenda last year to go „somewhere“ as a friend from there described it. On May 25th I knew that he was in Stockton. I still vividly remember when we first met in 1996. He explained his latest works of art with indepth and full of energy. Spee had a great persomality being a friend to all who met him. He was open, honest, giving, and inviting. He came to see me on the occasion of an exhibition in Yaoundé in April 2003 just before I left Cameroon. He was full of ideas, projects. I cherish a photo of him and then his youngest daugther Sparky with the dedication which reads: With all my best wishes for the better future. Please accept this expression of my heartfelt sympathy and regret for that loss. If there is anything at all I can do to ligthen the present burden of the family I should feel priviledged to do so. Spee\'s memory lives through his works and through devoted friends. I had hoped to meet him again. We all will greatly miss him.
- Hannelore Knott, Berlin/Germany, resident in Cameroon from 1996 to 2003

he inspired me so much, he was the only one who could see my true talent in art. now i am going to give him a late painting that i did for me to put on his grave.
- Georgette

Though my meeting with Spee was brief, he left me and my family with lasting memmories not just of his art but his simple humanity and his spirit of appreciation of others. We in San Jose/Stockton CA where he spent his last days will Greatly miss him. There will be a wake keeping at my residence in San Jose CA on 6-04-05 @ 6-9pm for us as fellow Cameroonians and \"Friends of Nzante Spee\" to pay him our last respects. Please call me at (408)687-0996 if you will like to be a part of this occasion.
- GEORGE NWAFOR

I am truly sorry to hear of the passing of Brother Spee. I still remember the good moment and the laughter that filled the house when he came around in 2001. When death strikes memories just flash back. The good Lord will continue to watch over his family. I know it is hard for us human to understand, but trust God knows best. Our thought and prayers will be with the entire family during this difficult time. The Lord God has plans for each and every one of us. It was his time and we have to continue to pray for his Soul to rest in peace.
- Bri Chomilo

Sunday Nzante was from my area, Nwa Subdivision. He was my classmate in Joseph Merrick Baptist College, Ndu, Cameroon. He was loved by all who came in contact with him, because he was a charming dramatist as well as a true artist. He was multi-talented and very creative in such a manner that he wrote his own songs and created his own arts. He had numerous exhibitions in Africa, Europe and America. We have lost a true champion of arts. The last time I visited with him in Cameroon in 2002, he entertained me with several of his songs as we had not seen each other in more than 15 years! I will ever miss his friendship and as a fellow countryman. May his soul rest in peace. Manasses Yunmbam, Maryland USA
- Dr. Manasses Yunmbam

To those who had the privilege of knowing Spee from childhood as I did, this is truly a loss. The world of arts has lost a multi-talented and gifted member. Spee\'s memory lives through his works and through devoted friends like Tih Aloysius and his family in Cameroon. Spee, rest in peace and know we will always miss you.
- Chris Chomilo, Minnesota USA