Guy Djoken knew it was time to leave Cameroon when his friends started disappearing.They had marched in the streets of Douala, Cameroon’s financial capital, to protest the dictatorial government of President Paul Biya. Police threats forced the lucky ones into exile. The others were thrown in jail or simply vanished.Djoken's role in the opposition was small: He was a poet, not a politician. But he knew that if he stayed in his homeland, he could be the next to disappear.