Olivier’s background
French
Olivier Moukodi Mbamse est un blogueur et créateur de contenu camerounais. Juriste de formation, il est titulaire d’un Master I en droit. Olivier Moukodi est un grand passionné culture et de lettres depuis son adolescence. Sa langue maternelle est le Duala, une langue camerounaise, originaire de la région Littoral et qu’il travaille à promouvoir depuis plusieurs années. Il a travaillé pendant plusieurs années à la promotion de la langue Duala à travers la transcription et la traduction de paroles de chanson en Duala. En 2017, il a initié la plateforme « Apprendre le Duala en chantant » pour accompagner les personnes qui souhaitaient apprendre la langue Duala de manière ludique. Il est le fondateur du blog Tamtam du Mboa, un blog culturel créé en 2017 destiné à la promotion de la culture Sawa en particulier et de la culture camerounaise en général.
Olivier Moukodi est également Wikimedien, membre du Wikimedians of Cameroon User Group depuis 2021 et l’un des fondateurs du projet Wikipédia en Duala initié en Septembre 2024 et qui a pour objectif la création de Wikipédia en langue Duala, qui sera la première version linguistique de Wikipédia en une langue camerounaise.
English
Olivier Moukodi Mbamse is a Cameroonian blogger, content creator, and lawyer by training, holding a Master I in law. Passionate about culture and literature since his teenage years, he has dedicated himself to promoting the Duala language, his mother tongue from the Littoral region of Cameroon.
For several years, Olivier has worked to preserve and popularize Duala through the transcription and translation of song lyrics. In 2017, he launched Learn Duala by Singing, a platform designed to make learning the language engaging and accessible. That same year, he founded Tamtam du Mboa, a cultural blog aimed at celebrating and promoting Sawa culture in particular and Cameroonian culture in general.
In addition to his blogging and language advocacy, Olivier is an active Wikimedian. A member of the Wikimedians of Cameroon User Group since 2021, he is also one of the founders of the Wikipedia in Duala project, launched in September 2024. This initiative seeks to create the first-ever Wikipedia edition in a Cameroonian language, furthering his commitment to linguistic and cultural preservation.
About the Duala project
This project aims to promote Duala online by creating platforms for writing and sharing content. Key activities include producing 50 Wikipedia articles in Duala, recruiting and training volunteers to create 200 articles in the Wikimedia Incubator, and launching duala.cm, the first website dedicated to the language. With the support of Wikitongues, Olivier’s initiative aims to significantly expand Duala content online, fostering language revitalization and community engagement.