Showing posts with label Cameroon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cameroon. Show all posts

May 21 - Looking at Cameroon

 Posted on May 21, 2021

This is an update of my post published on May 21, 2010:



The African nation of Cameroon celebrated its National Day yesterday. (Independence came slowly, in pieces—French Cameroon in 1960, then Southern Cameroon in 1961—and several governments were formed before the current one was established on May 20, 1972.)

Play Some Games!

Cameroon is located in the "nook" of Africa. Do you know where other countries of Africa are located?


This Geography website has quite a few things to do, but not all the games and quizzes have been converted for our most recent devices - not yet, at least! There is a video near the top right corner to show and pronounce the name of the various African nations, and there is info on each African nation down the left side. I want to keep checking the website, because the games that haven't yet been converted were pretty fun! 

This African geography game is challenging.






Enjoy Some Art!

Check out this beaded statue from Cameroon:

What about this large-scale treelike sculpture?







Make Some Art

Batik is a method of putting designs onto fabric using wax-resist dyeing.

Here are some wonderful batik pieces from Cameroon.


And here are instructions for an easy batik-T-shirt craft.

These instructions are less authentic (we are urged to use glue rather than wax crayons), but they may well be easier, even, than the basic batik technique explained above.








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February 11 - African Holidays (Again!)

Posted on February 11, 2020

The continent of Africa is huge - the second largest in the world. (Actually, this depends on your list of continents, since some people count Europe as separate from Asia, and others bundle them together into Eurasia; and some people count North America as separate from South America, and others bundle them together as the Americas. I am using the 7 continent scheme: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. (Listed from largest to smallest.)
If you put all of Europe into Africa, you'd still have room
left over for three of the largest nations in the world
(#3 China, #4 U.S., and #7 India).

Not only is Africa huge, it's extremely diverse, with lands that are super dry deserts and lands that are warm, humid rainforests; with biological diversity that includes our favorite zoo and circus animals; with human diversity, including the most genetic diversity and also enormous cultural diversity.

You can get a taste of how diverse the cultures are in Africa by realizing that there are between 1,500 and 2,000 languages spoken there!

I'm going to talk a bit about two different African nations that happen to have holidays on the same day - today! - but remember that within each of these nations, there is a. Lot. Of. Diversity!

Today is Armed Forces Day in Liberia.

During the mid-1900s, when so many African nations were suffering from civil wars and military coups, Liberia managed to stay stable under President W. V. S. Tubman. But in the late 1900s, post-Tubman years, the country was plunged into two wars, and the armed forces were entangled in those wars. Many people suffered from horrible acts done by soldiers; much of the armed forces were wiped out, and most of the desire to celebrate the armed forces was wiped out as well!

However, the nation began to restructure its armed forces and paraded before the president and people in 2007.


Today is Youth Day in Cameroon.

Getting kids involved with community and country.

Helping kids become more active in constructive ways.

Youth Day in Cameroon includes parades, workshops, performances, sports, competitions, tree-plantings, and community service projects. 



Here are a few of my favorite places in each nation:

Mount Nimba is a high peak located in Liberia:





Kpatawee Waterfall, in Liberia, is a popular spot for tourists:


I always like ancient formations and ruins:


Mount Cameroon is the highest mountain in Cameroon:


Lobé Waterfalls (in Cameroon) pour directly into the ocean:


Reunification Monument, Cameroon:


The highlands of Cameroon:




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May 20 – Cameroon's National Day

Posted on May 20, 2017

Cameroon is a West African nation that was colonized by Germany in the late 1800s until World War I, when it was divided between France and the U.K. It won its independence in the early 1960s.

It's a fairly stable nation - but there are a lot of poor people living on subsistence farming, and its single-party elections have resulted in an authoritarian president who has ruled the nation for 35 years.

Cameroon has so much diversity in both landforms, wildlife, and cultures, it is sometimes called "Africa in miniature."




One of the important crops is cacao. Check out this video about changes in cacao production in times of global warming. 


Of course, like all nations, Cameroon has beautiful natural sights...

...amazing national parks and preserves...






...and beautiful kids who will hopefully have opportunities to improve their own lives and world.

 




 

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