✈️ ESPACE TOURISME : CHEFFERIE BAMENDJOU✈️

#Bamendjou est un village situé dans les Hauts-plateaux de l'ouest Cameroun. Ce village est populaire grâce au charisme, le dynamisme et les prises de position de son roi SM Sokoudjou.

Né vers 1936,de son vrai non Chendjou Sokoudjou 2 Jean Rameau,ce jeune prince passa toute son enfance à Bikok dans la province du centre-sud à l'époque. A la mort de son père en 1953,il fut intronisé roi des Bamendjou.
Aujourd'hui c'est le monarque qui est au plus long règne sur cette terre à savoir 71ans
Le roi Sokoudjou est l'un des rares au Cameroun qui n'a pas de parti politique car pour lui un père qui a plusieurs enfants ne saurait s'aligner derrière un et abandonner les autres. C'est l'un des rois les plus influents du Cameroun
C'est un sportif et grand supporter du club mythique du chef -lieu de la région à savoir le Racing de Bafoussam allias TPO (Tout puissant de l'ouest)
Traditionaliste hors pair,il accompagne sa population à chaque fois que le festival (le Chepang)a lieu
Le charisme de ce grand roi l'a poussé à laisser des anecdotes que je citerai quelques uns.
Un roi du village voisin voulant faire les funérailles vint lui demander du plantain. Il acquiesça et lui donna rendez-vous la veille. Le jour dit,le roi voisin envoya ses serviteurs chercher les plantains promis mais ces derniers fut surpris de constater qu'au lieu des régimes c'est plutôt les rejetons que le roi avait chercher. Il demanda aux serviteurs de son homologue de dire à leur roi de planter d'abord les rejetons pour ne plus quémander alors qu'il a beaucoup de terres
A une cérémonie à Foumban,les administrateurs civils firent la révérence au Sultan Bamoun mais vinrent tendre la main à SM #Sokoudjou , celui-ci ne broncha pas et attrapa fermement sa canne ce qui humilia ceux-ci
C'est l'un des rares rois qui sert les clients dans son bar ou tourne le béton dans son chantier car SM Sokoudjou est à la chefferie et hors de la chefferie c'est un citoyen ordinaire nommé Sokoudjou
Tout dernièrement un digne fils de la région lui offra un véhicule mais envoya son chauffeur SM Sokoudjou renvoya les deux en disant s'il est mon fils qu'il vienne lui même m'offrir ce cadeau et il recevra les bénédictions du père.

Par notre Guide Touristique Blaise Fotso

Fussep ma terre

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✨✨Meet Esther Mahlangu (87), a South African 🇿🇦 artist from Ndebele nation. She decorates cars and houses in an exotic and exceptional way. She is the first person to transfer the traditional Ndebele style of mural painting to canvas. She holds 3 honorary doctorates which was presented to her by the University of Johannesburg, Tshwane University of Technology and Durban University of Technology.

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facts about #Cameroon :

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6. The country has a vibrant traditional cuisine, with popular dishes like Ndole, Fufu, and Jollof Rice.

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Bamenda.

Bamenda is the most beautiful and blessed land God ever created and bless cameroon with. Beautiful grassland, good touristic site, lakes, mountains, waterfalls,meseiums, Palace, Hotels, Ndawara tea, zoos like the Kimbi Gam reserve, Hospitals, schools, food crops,cash crops, market gardening, cattle realing, Best traditional wears (Toghu), beautiful culture, and we'll educated elites.
Respect that name #Bamenda . 😍

Moral lesson: No Bamenda no #Cameroon .🇨🇲

🎇 NOS MEMBRES 🎇

NGO MAKELE Élisabeth Liliane A.K.A Lily House est originaire de l'arrondissement de Ngwei dans la Sanaga-Maritime, région du Littoral Cameroun. Artiste dans l'âme elle fait ses classes dans les différents clubs artistiques de l'université de Yaoundé 2-Soa et les cabarets pendant ses années d'études supérieures. Brevetée de l'ENAM (École Nationale d'Administration et de Magistrature) en 2003 elle un comptable public à temps plein qui pratique la musique pendant ses loisirs.

♦️Elle crée en 2013 le label MELHOUSE dont elle est la promotrice et compte depuis 2017 trois albums sur le marché discographique ainsi des récompenses nationales et internationales telles que:
🏆 le prix RMA(Renaissance Music Awards) de la meilleure musique moderne d’inspiration traditionnelle en 2018
🏆 le trophée SICA (Stars de l'Intégration Culturelle Africaine) du meilleur clip vidéo en 2022 à Bujumbura au Burundi. Devenue ambassadrice du SICA qui est un festival panafricain, elle est la coordonnatrice pays de la 17ème édition qui s'est tenue à Yaoundé en 2023.
♦️ Depuis 2019, elle participe à l'accompagnement de plusieurs festivals tels que le festival Mpo'o, le GOFA, le BNC, ANEVA DANCESPORTS.

♦️Devenue Sénateur suppléant en 2023, son amour pour le patrimoine culturel de son pays l'amène à doter Melhouse outre d'un studio professionnel d'enregistrement live, d'une salle de répétitions, d'un atelier de confections de vêtements, d'une unité audiovisuelle et des logements mais aussi d'un espace culturel.

Elle sera en spectacle le 30 mai prochain au Centre culturel Ubuntu dès 19H.

Occasion de venir découvrir sa toute dernière sortie musicale #Nyambe

Nous sommes fiers de la compter parmi nos membres.

🎇OUR MEMBERS 🎇

NGO MAKELE Élisabeth Liliane A.K.A Lily House is originally from the Ngwei district in the Sanaga-Maritime, in the Littoral region of Cameroon. She learned music in the various artistic clubs at the University of Yaoundé 2-Soa and in cabarets during her years of higher education. She graduated from ENAM in 2003, and is now a full-time public accountant who plays music in her spare time.

♦️In 2013, she established the label MELHOUSE and counts since 2017 three albums on the record market as well as national and international awards such as:
🏆 the RMA(Renaissance Music Awards) prize for best traditionally inspired modern music in 2018.
🏆the SICA (Stars of African Cultural Integration) trophy for best video clip in 2022 in Bujumbura, Burundi. Now an ambassador for the SICA, a pan-African festival, she is the country coordinator for the 17th edition, held in Yaoundé in 2023.

♦️ Since 2019, she has been involved in supporting several festivals such as the Mpo'o Festival, GOFA, BNC and ANEVA DANCESPORTS.

♦️Having become a deputy senator in 2023, her love for her country's cultural heritage led her to equip Melhouse with a professional live recording studio, a clothing house , an audiovisual unit and accommodation, as well as a cultural space.

She will be performing on 30 May at the Ubuntu Cultural Centre from 7pm.

This is your chance to discover her latest released song #Nyambe

We are proud to count her among our members.

Contacts :
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🛑Le Juju hat Camerounais ou chapeau de juju sont des coiffes originales faites de plumes colorées, assemblées de manière à former une couronne volumineuse. C’est un symbole traditionnel profondément ancré dans l‘histoire du Cameroun en Afrique. Pour comprendre ce que c’est un Juju hat, il faut remonter à son origine. L’histoire du chapeau Juju remonte à des centaines voir des milliers d’années. Lorsque les chefs traditionnels Bamilékés, et les membres de la royauté portaient ces coiffes, c’était une manière de signifier leur statut social et leur pouvoir. Elles sont fabriquées à la main par des artisans spécialisés, qui sélectionnent avec soin les plumes et les assemblent méticuleusement pour créer des motifs géométriques et des designs uniques pour habiller vos décorations murales.

🛑Ces coiffes sont également portées encore aujourd’hui lors de cérémonies importantes, tel que les mariages, les funérailles ou les sacres des rois. Aujourd’hui, le Juju hat est devenu un symbole emblématique de la culture camerounaise, utilisé non seulement dans les tenues traditionnelles, mais aussi en décoration intérieure.

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Y'ello! 🟡
CAMIFF 2024 - Day 5. 😍
Breaking away from traditional attire, all our renowned African actors will be dressed in white for today's Red Carpet party.
if you are in Buea, let's meet from 06 PM at Mountain Hotel.
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CAMIFF 2024 - Jour 5. 😍
Après les tenues traditionnelles et ethniques, le tapis rouge sera blanc ce soir.
si tu es à Buea, RDV au Mountain Hotel à partir de 18h.

#TheBestNetwork is the #SmartNetwork #LeBonReseau c'est le #ReseauSmart
#MTNSupprtsYourPassion #camiff2024

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Some traditional outfits from The Cameroon International Film Festival - Camiff CULTURAL NIGHT yesterday night 😊😊😊🌹❤️💯🇨🇲🇨🇲

#SonOfGrace : suite des images en commentaire 👇👇

Ebodje, point d'ancrage touristique où écotourisme et tourisme balnéaire s'entrelacent dans une mêlée euphorique pleine d'extase. Ebodje, dont le nom dérive du vocable " iyassa", le dialecte local composé de ( ebo, devant), ( dje, comment), littéralement cxe qui veut dire " comment est devant"?, trouve ses origines dans la période de la seconde guerre mondiale.
Situé à 50 km du Sud de kribi sur la route de Campo qui longe la côte et Ebodje, localité composée de 1500 âmes a été rendu célèbre par ses tortues marines, l'une de ses importantes attractions touristiques, autour desquelles gravitent une Intense activité écotouristique de grande envergure.
Ebodje , village de tortues marines ; son histoire, loin d'être une fiction d'un conte de fées, retrace les réalités naturelles écotouristiques, , reliée par le récit épique d'une randonnée de ponte de tortues dont les œufs recueillis par deux pêcheurs ont permis la pérennisation de l'espèce, qui est protégée aujourd'hui.
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Ebodje, a tourist hotspot where ecotourism and beach tourism intertwine in a cultural and traditional melting pot.
Ebodje, whose name derives from the local Iyasa dialect (ebo: front), (dje: how), literally meaning, (how is the front), has its historical origins in the period of the Second World War. Situated 50 km south of Kribi on the Campo Road which runs along the coast, Ebodje is a village of 1,500 souls made famous by its sea turtles, one of its major tourist attractions, around which revolves a large-scale ecotourism activity.
Ebodje, the village of sea turtles, whose story, far from being a natural fiction, retraces the natural realities of ecotourism and seaside resorts, linked by the epic tale of a hike by two fishermen, amazed by the presence of enormous sea turtles that have come from the distant oceans to lay their eggs to ensure the survival of their species.

Sanga/sangah, traditional meal of the people of centre and South region of Cameroon 😋🇨🇲

Sanga/sangah is a very common delicacy in Cameroon, traditionally made using maize, cassava leaves, palm oil and other necessary cooking ingredients like salt, maggi and pepper.

It is a traditional meal to the people of the central region( Ewondo, Bassa and vute) and southern region (Beti-pahuin, Bulu, Fang).
This meal is so delicious, try it and thank me later😊😋🇨🇲

An additional building to the Konchep palace in Nkambe sub division, capital of the Donga-Mantung division, north west region of Cameroon🇨🇲

Work still ongoing, Our traditional buildings still in fashion 😊

📸Photo credit: Vera.M.T.

The Foumban museum collection, west region of Cameroon🇨🇲

The museum is now officially open incase you want to experience the Bamoun traditional arts and culture🙌🏾✊🏽

Soup "Nkui et Couscous Maïs, Légumes" - Cameroon Recipe 😋😍

"Nkui" soup is a traditional Bamileke recipe (from West region Cameroon) prepared on the occasion of the birth of child and served to the mother. She must consume it for at most 30 days and another family members can also eat. This dish is therefore precious for the traditions of the Bamileke community (Western Cameroon).

The "Nkui" soup can be eaten with yellow or white corn fufu. The food is eaten with the hands. 😋

TODAY, most families find it difficult to respect this tradition due to the high cost of living in our society. Commodities are too expensive in our markets with people earning very very low monthly incomes. Thus, causing unhealthy living for breastfeeding mothers. 😥

.....HAVE YOU EVER EATEN "NKUI" ??
.... ARE YOU FROM THE WEST REGION 🇨🇲??
... ARE YOU MARRIED TO A WEST WOMEN??
.. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE 🇨🇲 RECIPE????
. WHERE ARE YOU FROM?????????

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🔴 This is very correct!! but me I will collect my child so far DNA prove it that it belongs to me.🙈😂 (just kidding)!!.

Please my brothers try and do her Traditional Rights. There is no "main time" for any white wedding. It's all unnecessary trouble we put ourselves through. The important part is the traditional aspect of it, where bride price is paid and items listed by the bride's family is given and accepted. Anything else na public show.

MEN, BE GUIDED!!

Meet Esther Mahlangu (87), a South African 🇿🇦 artist from Ndebele nation. She decorates cars and houses in an exotic and exceptional way. She is the first person to transfer the traditional Ndebele style of mural painting to canvas. She holds 3 honorary doctorates which was presented to her by the University of Johannesburg, Tshwane University of Technology and Durban University of Technology. ☑️

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Top 10 African tribes/ethnic groups that are globally known.

(In no particular order)

1) Zulu 🇿🇦 South Africa - The Zulu tribe is popular outside Africa. They've been featured in music, documentaries and movies. Shaka the Zulu was a warrior king whose popularity is well spread. Famous Zulus, Lucky Dube, Nasty C, black Coffee etc.

2) Igbo 🇳🇬 Nigeria - The Igbos are undeniably known world wide. Chinua Achebe wrote about the Igbo culture alot. They are known for their history, culture and literature.
The popularized the kolanut and palm wine through books, movies and music
Pete Edochie, Nkem owoh, Chinwetalu Ejiofor, Zain Asher, Ckay, Flavour, Chimamanda, phyno, P-square are Igbos who have taken their culture to the world. Igbo are known in Nollywood movies.

3) Maasai 🇰🇪 Kenya - The Masai are perhaps one of the most documented tribes in Africa, with alot of documentaries shown about them and books written about their culture.
They are known for their traditional clothing and hunting skills

4) Yoruba 🇳🇬 Nigeria - The Yorubas are globally known for their history, culture, art and literature. Fela, Wole Soyinka, Wizkid, Davido, Tiwa Savage, David Oyelowo, John Boyega, Anthony Joshua etc are a few Yorubas who have taken their culture to the world. The Yoruba culture has been featured in many Hollywood movies.

5) Hausa 🇳🇬 Nigeria - The hausas are very popular. Often known as the Igbos of the North, The richest black man in the world Aliko Dangote is Hausa along with his brother from the same state Kano Abdulsamad Rabiu (BUA). Their culture has also been well written about and have featured in a few Hollywood movies including the Amazon prime series were a woman was seen eating Tuwo shinkafa.

6) Swahili 🇹🇿 Tanzania - This people have phenomenal spread their language in East Africa and a few central African nations.
In the 70s, their language was part of the African-American black pride movement been pushed forward.

7) Edo/Bini 🇳🇬 Nigeria - The Binis are perhaps the culture in Africa with the most famous artworks outside Egypt.
Binis are known for their history, culture and art/architecture.
The famous Benin bronze, ivory and brass artworks are known globally. The country Benin republic gets their name from them. Benin art and culture have been featured in Hollywood movies including black panther. Many Nigerian cultures have roots in Benin. The bronze mask of Queen Idia is perhaps the most famous mask in Africa and one of the most famous in the world. Popular Edos are Kamaru Usman, Rema, Odion Jude Ighalo, Victor Osimhen, Dave, Sam Loco Efe etc.

😎 Asante 🇬🇭 Ghana - This tribe are known for their history and culture. Popular American hip hop artist was named after this tribe Asante. Their Kente is perhaps the most popular African attire outside of Africa and were known to be masters of the gold craft.

9) The Fulani - This nomadic tribes are known for their history and culture. They are predominantly in West Africa and are found in 18 African countries. Most In Nigeria 🇳🇬
Popular Fulanis or people with Fulani ancestry are Muhammadu and Aisha Buhari, Tafawa Balewa, Anthony Anderson, India Arie, Peter John Gomes etc.

10) Berbers/Amazigh - They are predominantly found in North Africa. They are predominantly found in Morocco 🇲🇦 and Algeria 🇩🇿 They known for their use of silver silver. Their culture and history well documented and have a unique language and writing system that traces back to ancient Egypt. Books are currently being written about them including a book ***** led salt by Haitian-American Pascaline Brodeur.

💥 #Disclaimer : Every African tribe and culture is beautiful, unique and important. No one culture is more important than the other. This only highlights tribes known outside the continent overall, this doesn't mean there aren't other cultures that aren't known.
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