A report on Cameroon

Bamum script is a writing system developed by King Njoya in the late 19th century.
Former president Ahmadou Ahidjo ruled from 1960 until 1982.
Paul Biya has ruled the country since 1982.
Unity Palace – Cameroon Presidency
A statue of a chief in Bana, West Region
President Paul Biya with U.S. President Barack Obama in 2014
Military vehicles during a parade
Cameroon is divided into 10 regions.
Volcanic plugs dot the landscape near Rhumsiki, Far North Region.
Elephants in Waza National Park
School children in Cameroon
Life expectancy in Cameroon
Dutch bulls and cows at Wallya community during the rainy season in Cameroon
Douala seaport
Cameroonian women on Women's Day Celebration
The homes of the Musgum, in the Far North Region, are made of earth and grass.
Map of the region's indigenous languages
Dancers greet visitors to the East Region.
Plantains and "Bobolo" (made from cassava) served with Ndolè (meat and shrimp)
Cameroonian fashion is varied and often mixes modern and traditional elements. Note the wearing of sun glasses, Monk shoes, sandals, and a Smartwatch.
A woman weaves a basket near Lake Ossa, Littoral Region. Cameroonians practise such handicrafts throughout the country.
Cameroon faces Germany at Zentralstadion in Leipzig, 17 November 2004.
Our Lady of Victories Cathedral, catholic church in Yaoundé

Country in west-central Africa.

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Mansa Musa depicted holding a gold nugget from a 1395 map of Africa and Europe

West Africa

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Westernmost region of Africa.

Westernmost region of Africa.

Mansa Musa depicted holding a gold nugget from a 1395 map of Africa and Europe
13th-century Africa – Map of the main trade routes and states, kingdoms and empires.
West Africa circa 1875
French in West Africa circa 1913
A rhinoceros in Bandia Nature Reserve, Senegal. Credit: Corine REZEL.
African bush elephants in Yankari National Park, Nigeria
Deforestation in Nigeria.
Satellite imagery from outer space of West Africa
Railway systems in West Africa, 2022
Railway systems in West Africa 2030, projection
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A street and airport in the famous town of Timbuktu, Mali, showing the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style of the West African interior
Philip Emeagwali wearing the Boubou (or Agbada), a traditional robe symbolic of West Africa
Jollof rice or Benachin, one of many Pan–West African dishes found only in West Africa
Supporters of ASEC Mimosas
The talking drum is an instrument unique to West Africa.
Kora-playing griots in Senegal, 1900. Both the Kora, a 21-stringed harp-lute, and the griot musical-caste are unique to West Africa.
The 13th-century Great Mosque of Djenné is a superb example of the indigenous Sahelian architectural style prevalent in the Savannah and Sahelian interior of West Africa. It is listed an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Voodoo altar with several fetishes in Abomey, Benin
Map of petroleum and natural gas within West Africa
Praia, Cape Verde
Dakar, Senegal
Lomé, Togo
Porto-Novo, Benin
Niamey, Niger
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Banjul, Gambia
Conakry, Guinea
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Monrovia, Liberia
Bamako, Mali
Georgetown, Ascension Island
Tristan da Cunha, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Douala, Cameroon

Centre Region (Cameroon)

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View of Yaoundé, the capital city of Cameroon
Territories of ethnic groups in the Centre Province
Woman selling bobolo (manioc) near Mbalmayo.
U.S. Ambassador R. Niels Marquardt, Parker Transnational Industries Cameroon Chairman Dr. Ralph Thomson, and Governor Fai Yengo Francis in Yaoundé at the launch of Le Bus, a new public transportation system, on 25 September 2006
Departments of Centre
Bafia dance
Reunification Monument, Yaounde
Notre Dame Cathedral, Yaounde
National Museum, Yaounde
Statue of Charles Atangana
Basilica of Mary Queen of Apostle, Yaounde
Beti people
Bafia
Bikutsi
Mbongo Tchobi (Basa)
Mintumba
Bobolo

The Centre Region (région du Centre) occupies 69,000 km² of the central plains of the Republic of Cameroon.

Modibo Adama

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Fulani scholar and holy warrior, who hailed from the Ba'en clan of Fulbe.

Fulani scholar and holy warrior, who hailed from the Ba'en clan of Fulbe.

He led a jihad into the region of Fombina (in modern-day Cameroon and Nigeria), opening the region for Fulani colonisation.

Baka dancers in the East Province of Cameroon

Baka people (Cameroon and Gabon)

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Baka dancers in the East Province of Cameroon
Pygmies (Congo)
The tropical rain forest in Gabon, Central Africa where some of the Baka reside
Chief Baka in the dja reserve
Some Baka near their village in the jungles of eastern Cameroon (2008).

The Baka people, known in the Congo as Bayaka (Bebayaka, Bebayaga, Bibaya), are an ethnic group inhabiting the southeastern rain forests of Cameroon, northern Republic of the Congo, northern Gabon, and southwestern Central African Republic.

Gulf of Guinea map showing the Bight of Biafra.

Bight of Biafra

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Bight off the West African coast, in the easternmost part of the Gulf of Guinea.

Bight off the West African coast, in the easternmost part of the Gulf of Guinea.

Gulf of Guinea map showing the Bight of Biafra.
Early map of Africa depicting a region named Biafra in present day Cameroon

A 1710 map indicates that the region known as "Biafra" (Biafra) was located in present-day Cameroon.

Terracotta Sao statuette

Sao civilisation

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Terracotta Sao statuette

The Sao civilization (also called So) flourished in Central Africa from ca. the fourth or sixth century BC to as late as the sixteenth century AD. The Sao lived by the Chari River basin in territory that later became part of Cameroon and Chad.

West Region (Cameroon)

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Bangou market
Bamileke dwellings, such as this one in Bandjoun, are typically separated by fences.
Territories of West Province ethnic groups
Les Chutes de Tchélépi, Bamougong
Bamum artisan at work in Foumban
Divisions of West Cameroon
Ibrahim Njoya ordered the construction of the Bamum sultan's palace at Foumban.
Lake Baleng
Nkam River
Lake Monoun
Mbam River
Metche falls
Bangoua Falls
Mask
Tam-Tam Player
Tam-tam group players
Bamileke cowbells
Balafon
Another balafon
Tam-tam
Sanza
Sanza
Balafon
Balafon

The West Region (Région de l'Ouest) is 14,000 km2 of territory located in the central-western portion of the Republic of Cameroon.

Wouri River

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Nkam River
Seme beach limbe Cameroon
Wouri bridge
Inauguration plaque
Messenger of Ngondo on the Wouri
Bonaberi from the Wouri River
Boats on Wouri (2020)
Couché du soleil at Bonendale (2013)
Bonaberi mangrove swamp
Kayak competition
Canoe Race during Ngondo Festival
Sand extraction in the Wouri River
A view of how the Wouri banks looks like during the Ngondo
Fishermen on the Wouri
A view of Wouri banks during Ngondo festival
Dance group during Ngondo festival
Swimming Competition
Traditional rights done along the Wouri Banks
Cultural Dance Performance
Dance performance at the Wouri banks during Ngondo
Ngondo activities at the Wouri banks
A man swimming in the Wouri River

The Wouri (also Vouri or Vuri) is a river in Cameroon.

Social Democratic Front (Cameroon)

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The Social Democratic Front (Front Social Démocrate) is the main opposition party of Cameroon.

2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests

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The 2008 Cameroon protests were a series of violent demonstrations in Cameroon's biggest cities that took place from 25 to 29 February 2008.