Born
on August 22 1935 in Ntumbaw, Nkambe, North West Province, Dr Nfor Gwei
received education from Cameroon Protestant College from where he
graduated in 1956 with a secondary school leaving certificate. He then
moved on to the Baptist Theological Seminary in Louiseville (USA), where
he studied from 1958 to 1961. He also studied Theology in Ogbomosho,
Nigeria where he obtained a Bachelors degree in the discipline.
Dr. for Gwei returned home and worked in the pastoral ministry before taking off once more for further studies in 1964 in Switzerland where he enrolled in the International Baptist Theological Seminary,Reshlikon in Zurich. His 2-years study programme in Switzerland earned him a Bachelor of Art degree in history.
Dr. Nfor Gwei has served Cameroon in various capacities. He taught in the University of Yaounde and the Advanced School of Education in Bambili. In 1979 he was appointed Vice Minister of Agriculture. He also served as Secretary of State for Agriculture following the 24 August 1985 cabinet appointments. Prior to his death, Dr. Solomon Nfor Gwei was among those who was fighting for the reunification of Cameroon. He also occupied the post of Chairman of the Cameroon Human Rights and Freedoms Commission and that of the Secretary General of the Cameroon Chamber of Agriculture.
**Il fut parmi les artisans de la réunification entre les deux Cameroun et le tout premier président du comité national des droits de l'Homme au Cameroun. Pasteur, professeur d’université, ancien Secrétaire d’ Etat Fils de GWEI Muyoh et de GWEI Libuh, il est né le 22 août 1935 à Ntumbaw dans le département du Donga-Mantung ,région du Nord-Ouest, il décède le 30 juin 2002 à Yaoundé