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K. IF ALL OF THE WORLD´S CULTURAL HERITAGE
(SPORTS, MUSIC, FASHION, ARCHITECTURE,
LITERATURE, PAINTING, ETC..) WAS CONTAINED IN A
TIME CAPSULE, WHAT WOULD YOU INCLUDE TO
DEMONSTRATE THE LEGACY OF YOUR COUNTRY?
Adeline Djeutie,IE MBA ADMISSION
29.07.2016
2016
ON
Cameroon: All of Africa in One Country
If Africa is the Mother of Humanity, then Let us explore to the world’s
best preserved traditional heritage through the lenses of Cameroon.
Disclaimer: I do know owe the pictures used in this presentation. These were borrowed from various websites and online blogs
There is no cultural legacy without knowledge of traditions. “True tradition does not stem from the
past, either lays in the present, nor in the future; it is not servant of
timeTradition is not history. Tradition is
eternity itself“. Alfonso Rodriguez Castelle
If African cultural heritage as a whole was to be contained in a time capsule as one country, Cameroon, also best known as Africa in Miniature could best represent its legacy.
CAMEROON: AFRICA IN MINIATURE
Cameroon is Africa's throbbing heart, a crazed, sultry mosaic of active volcanoes, white and black sand beaches, thick rainforest and magnificent parched landscapes broken up by the bizarre rock formations of the Sahel. With about 23 millions people in both Francophone and Anglophone regions, not to mention some 230 local languages, the country is a vast ethnic and linguistic jigsaw. (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/cameroon/introduction#ixzz4FcOSbSUs)
NATURE AND ARCHITECTURE
Kapsiki Peak, Nord-Cameroon
Limbe Botanical garden – the oldest in Africa and among the world most
famous
Bongo in Sangha Trinational Reserve Park, second largest rainforest
in the World after Amazonia – UNESCO
World Heritage
Korup National Park – The
Oldest and
richest in Africa
with Unique
Biodiversity
Kapsiki Peak – Volcanic Plug. One of the most photographed scenery in the region
Lake Nyos – a nature’s mystery
Lake Nyos and Monoun are two of the only 4 known exploding lakes to be saturated with Co2 in the world (two Others in Spain and Congo
Mount Cameroon is the 4th mountain in Africa and is an active volcano that rises out in the Atlantic Ocean, which is geographically unusual.
Mount Cameroon and black-sand Beach
Dja Fauna Reserve – one of the largest and best protected rainforest in Africa – UNESCO World heritage.
Crater Lake Oku
ENDANGERED TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF CAMEROON
Musgoum Mud Hut – ‘Earth Architecture’
• One of the most Important traditional architectural style in Cameroon
• Environmentally friendly• Made of mud, thatch and Water• Built as tall doomed, comical dwelling
or hut in reverse V-form and other different forms
• Nowadays losing popularity to the benefits of modern concrete buildings.
ARTS, FASHION AND PEOPLE
African ART is functional; it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations. Mos Def
In Cameroon, it was originally not decorative. Played an important role in Ceremonies and Performances. Closely associated with royal and societal Ceremonies. Examples below are far
from exhaustive
Cameroonian Traditional Art Forms:
Wood, Stones, ClayBeading and Weaving
Calabash Carving and Painting
Fang Mask Bamun Bronze mask Wood-BronzeTikar mask Bronze Tikar mask Grassfields Royal Door Wood carving
ART is not what you see, but what you make the others see, Edgar Degas
Bead WorkingCalabash carvingAnd paintingBasket Weaving
Stone, Ceramic and Clay Working
Beyond Fashion, the African Poncho as a National Regalia
Ndop (left) and Toghu (below) Cloth fabric known as symbols of pride, class and power.
One of Cameroon’s rare and distinctive artistic cultural designs.
Pictures speak louder than words
Summer Olympics Parade – Cameroon Team
Children are legacy of the future – Kaleidoscope of Cameroonian little beauties Diversity meets Originality under one FlagFulani, Bantu, Albino, Shuwa, Pygmies, Bororo, Kirdi, Woodabe, Rural/City girls, etc.
Some Inspirational Nationalists who insufflated the wind of independence in Cameroon and in Africa
LiteraturePopular Novelists
SPORTHere in Cameroon, FOOTBALL is our leading political
party. It’s football alone that unites us. It’s football alone that brings us good things – football is the
window into our country – so we don’t mess around with it.
Roger Milla, famous retired Cameroonian Football player
The Indomitable Lions: more than just a Team ~ African Pride and Sport History Makers
Some of Our famous Football LegendsTheophile Abega, Roger Milla, Patrick Mboma,
Samuel Eto’o, Thomas Nkono, Marc Vivien Foe (+),
Rigobert Song, our mascot, etc.
Records setting
• First African Team to ever reach a World Cup Quarter Final 1990
• Second African Country to ever win the Football Olympic Games, 2000
• Four Times Champions of the African Nations Cups
• First African Country to ever reach the final of the Confederation Cup in 2003
• Highest number of the African Best Players (Ballon d’Or) Award Winners
• African Record participation in the World Cup
MUSIC – Timeless Jukebox
Cameroonian music might be more popular than you can imagine…
Original Version of Waka-Waka (This time is for Africa) sung by Shakira at the World Cup in South Africa was borrowed from a popular Cameroonian Armed Force Singers Group called « Zangalewa » - Click on the video below
Soul Makossa is a song of a Cameroonian saxophonist, Manu Dibango composed in 1972, and later sampled by Michael Jackson (Wanna Be Starting Something) and Rihanna (Don’t stop the Music). Click on the video below – on the YouTube sign
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