Professor Ouele
BEYOND STAIRS is a movie in ten episodes in which the author highlights the prejudices that society has regarding disabled persons. For some, a disabled person is a useless being; he or she should not go to school. For others, he or she has no right to work and therefore must beg in the streets. For others, a disabled person is a mystical being who could only bear disabled children and therefore should not get married. In this jail-like universe, the disabled person must struggle to prove that he or she is equal, and perhaps even superior, to other people.
Born in a Christian family, OUABO Esaie Legrand, also known as professor OUELE was born on February 6, 1965 in Bangoua (West Cameroon).
At nine months of age, he can walk and run. But at 12 months, polio paralyzes him and condemns him to crawl for many years.
Despite his infirmity, he attended school. After earning his Baccalaureat G1, he enrolled at the University of Yaounde Law School. One year later, he passed the exam to access the BTS cycle at the University of Douala. He earned the Advanced Technician Certificate, option Bilingual Executive Secretary. He then continued to study at the Advanced Teachers’ School for Technical Education (Ecole Normale Superieure d'Enseignement Technique, ENSET).
He is:
- professor of Administrative Techniques,
- musician,
- founder of several structures for the training and placement of disabled persons including associations like "Arc-en-ciel" and the Sports and Leisure Association for the Disabled (Association Sports et Loisirs pour Handicapes, ASLOH),
- researcher in psychology for the disabled.
Most of his time is passed with disabled persons.
