Rose Achick Njeik was born on August 17, 1937.  She was born into a polygamous family,  to papa Elias Njeuh Njeik and Ma Sarah Atuh, both of blessed memory.  Mami was the first child of this very large family and the only child of her mother.  She was raised in a Christian home.

Ma Sarah, as popularly known was a founding member of the “Basel Mission Church”, now known as the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon (PCC) in Awom-Guzang.  Hence Mami grew up as a dedicated and God-fearing Christian girl.

In those days, most children had very little opportunity for education, especially girls.  She was privileged to go to school.  She attended “infants” 1 and 2, then “standards” 1-4 in the then Native Authority (N.A.) School in Guka, Batibo.  She then went to the then prestigious and renowned Girls’ School in Aghyati-Bafut, where she completed “standards” 5 and 6 in 1956.