On May 20th,2019, the cold hands of death suddenly struck our SOBA family when SOBAN Christopher K. McNnane aka Grand Bokilo, SOBAN #2939 (’79 class) was killed in a ghastly car accident. SOBANS, friends and well wishes all across the world are still struggling to come to terms with this tragedy. Grand Bokilo was an […]
The 2019 SOBA America National convention shall be hosted by the largest chapter in the union; SOBA DMV (Washington Metropolitan area), United States of America from May 24th to 26th, 2019. SOBA DMV welcomes you to the Capital City – the land of the United States Capitol Hill. The land of the Jefferson and Lincoln […]
The 2018 SOBA America Mini-convention shall be in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from November 16th to 18th, 2018. SOBA Montreal is once again poised to treat SOBANS to a classy affair reminiscent of the amazing show they put during the 2015 SOBA America National convention. All roads lead to Montreal this November for our annual winter […]
The Bean Town – Boston, MA – is putting final touches as the countdown begins for the 2018 SOBA America National convention. The New England chapter has been working hard to treat SOBANS with a weekend to remember! The 2018 SOBA America National Convention shall be from May 24th to 27th, 2018. All flights shall […]
Our very own Prof. Felix Ngassa delivered the 2017 Convocation Address on behalf of the faculty of Grand Valley State University. You can watch the whole ceremony or move to the 25th minute on the video below to watch his address. Estimated time of his wonderful speech is 8 minutes. Excellent job Prof and congratulations […]
SOBA America has met its obligations to its members Dr. Roland Iboni (Dallas chapter) and Kenneth Ndele ( DC Metro chapter) who passed away late last year. In two separate occasions, SOBA America presented checks for $7,000 to the widows of the fallen SOBANS as a token of support in accordance with its by-laws. President […]
Congratulations to SOBA America’s Vice President Emeritus Dr. Kevin Njabo!!! Kevin Njabo, assistant adjunct professor of environmental health sciences at UCLA, has been named a speaker for the TEDGlobal annual conference, which this year will bring together leaders who can shape the future of Africa. Njabo plans to speak about how his life’s journey led […]
Soba America Convention 2017: Atlanta Written by Mr. Divine Tange and Edited by Prof. Felix N. Ngassa As early as Wednesday, May 26th, some delegates had already installed themselves in Atlanta. They were treated to some beautiful southern cuisine as well as good music by members of Soba Georgia. The next day, Thursday the 27th, […]
The cold hands of death once again hit the SOBA America family as SOBAN Kenneth Ndelle of the DC Metro chapter died suddenly on January 7th,2017. Kenneth was a very active member of his chapter and SOBA America. Kenneth was a devoted father of two wonderful boys, Kyle -13 and Ryan – 11, and a […]
SOBA Carolinas has answered the call of duty towards the Scholarship Endowment Fund and raised $2,400. Chapter president, Dr. Bertrand Fote, on December 28th, 2016, made a deposit of $2,300 into the Sasse Alumni Association account towards the fund. $100 had been previously deposited as the donor had written the check in Sasse Alumni Association’s name. As […]