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METCHE WATERFALLS: Where Culture and History Meet

Calm and peacefulness are the words that I use to describe this place. With this serenity and quietness, one could hardly imagine the astounding spectacle taking place thirty stairs down, from highway number 4 (National 4). From the top of a cliff, powerful waterspouts fall on the rocks below in …

Richard Bona: From a Cameroon mud-hut village kid to a virtuoso of the bass guitar

Richard Bona, whose real name is Bona Pinder Yayumayaolo, has now lived in skyscrapers and chateaus while performing in the cities of Douala, Moscow, Mumbai, New-York, Paris, Sydney, Yaoundé, etc. Life, however, hasn’t always been rosy for Bona. He grew up in a hut in Cameroon, ran for his life, …

From Royalty to Captive, and Back to Cameroon

The story of Prince William D. Holland, an African-American who returned to his roots Follow me back in time, back to Cameroon in the 1770’s. Just imagine what chaos was endured at that time, I mean in eighteenth-century Cameroon. Or can you imagine a family who was still under the …

Perpetuating the Legend of Afo-a-Kom

By: Ernest Sumelong The Northwest Region of Cameroon is well known for its rich culture and touristic endowments. The grassfield people (people from the Northwest Region) take much pride in their fons and their palaces, their traditional rites, the rhythms of their drums and dance, their colorful regalia, and their …

CTM April’s issue is out!

Cameroon Traveler Magazine Online Issue The April – June issue of Cameroon Traveler Magazine is now available online. TOC for this issue: Feature: The 544th Nguon (Bamoun) Festival (French & English) Immeuble de la vie: A look at what the building once called “immeuble de la mort” has become (French …

German audio doctor saves Cameroon’s music

Read this article on Deutsche Welle Cameroon lost much of its musical tradition to colonization, and the recordings that remained are decaying. So a German émigré is digitizing and preserving the country’s disappearing musical legacy. If you’ve ever held a 50-year-old audio tape in your hand, you know they weren’t …

Le Ngouon comme si vous-y etiez: Part II (Photos)

Tous les deux ans se déroule à Foumban (Cameroun) une célébration de la culture et de la tradition Bamoun dénommée NGUON. Durant ces festivités, chaque journée est agrémentée par d’inombrables activités captivantes telles que les danses traditionnelles, les cérémonies rituelles, des soirées récréatives, des conférences sans oublier la dimension culinaire …

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Turkish Airlines starts new Cameroon flights

Turkish Airlines, the country’s flagship airline, has added started services to Yaounde and Douala, two cities in the west Central African country of Cameroon. This brings the total number of cities served to 216, further expanding Turkish Airlines’ extensive global network. With the addition of Yaounde and Douala, it now …

Le Sultant, Roi des Bamouns lors de la cérémonie d'ouverture du Ngouon 2012

Le Ngouon Comme si vous-y etiez: Part I

Comme promis, nous vous proposons une première partie des photos du Ngouon 2012. Revivez l’évènement comme si vous-y etiez. D’autre photos suivront, mais bien plus, ne manquez pas de lire notre dossier sur cet évènement qui paraitra dans le prochain numéro de la Cameroun Traveler Magazine.

Á Bâtons Rompus Avec Coco Mbassi, la Diva de la Musique Camerounaise

Artiste camerounaise basée à Londres, (Grande Bretagne), Coco est la gagnante 2001 du prix « Découvertes » de Radio France Internationale avec la chanson “Muenge Mwa Ndolo.” Son premier album (Sépia) fut nominé en 2002 pour la BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards et a remporté plusieurs prix aux World …

K-Tino: La femme du peuple s’ouvre à Cameroon Traveler

Moi je ne suis ni pour Sam Mbende ni pour Mme Ngaska. Ils doivent s’entendre sils veulent le bien des artistes. CATHERINE ASSOO NGOUA, la quarantaine entamée, est toujours égale à elle-même. Dans un style qui lui est propre, K-TINO s’est confiée à votre magazine (Lisez-Le magazine en line ici) …

Manu Dibango: Soul Makossa

Enjoy some Soul Makossa from Manu Dibango Related articles Manu Dibango -][- JOUE SIDNEY BECHET - [Cristal Records, 2012] – (theurbanflux.com) Africadelic: Incredible live performance of Manu Dibango’s ‘Soul Makossa’ (dangerousminds.net) DJ Muro does west Africa (guardian.co.uk) 70s Kicks is out (marclatilla.com) The soul speaks (vanguardngr.com) Fela Kuti Bday Celebration …

A nice place to fly: Hexacopter in Cameroon

Is Cameroon a nice place to fly hexacopters? Watch this video from Thielicke and tell us! Related articles American Businessmen Ready to Invest in Cameroon Tourism (cameroontraveler.com) Cameroon Corruption – Cameroon, Cameroon (travelpod.com) “Doctor” Theophile Abega Passes Away (cameroontraveler.com) Cameroon Like You Have Never Seen (Video)! (cameroontraveler.com) Cameroon sends army …

Hotels in Douala: Top 15 Best Buy (English)

Read the French version of this post: Les Hôtels de Douala: Meilleurs Rapports Qualité-Prix In terms of hotels, the price paid does not always equal the service received. We propose a ranking of the top 15 Hotels best buy in Douala. [slideshow] Which hotel provides you with the best value for …

Cameroon sends army to defend borders from Sudanese poachers

Cameroon announced Friday it has mobilized its special forces units to prevent Sudanese poachers from entering its territory to hunt elephants for their ivory, in an operation it called “a first of its kind”. WWF congratulates the Cameroonian government for taking concrete steps to address poaching and illegal wildlife trade, …

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