How well do you know your Cameroon? Let's remind ourselves of the beauty and history of this great nation. Here's a thread on some of the most iconic and historic places in Cameroon.

1st frame The Yaounde reunification Monument constructed in the 1970s to memorialize the post-colonial merging of British and French Cameroon. 2nd and 3rd frames Buea reunification monument unveiled 19/2/2014 commemorating the 50th anniversary of Cameroon's independence

Our Country's capital city in all it's reverence.

The sultan of Foumban's palace and the traditional museum engulfed with a rich history of the Bamoun dynasty. Foumban also memorial for the memorable "Foumban conference" of 1961

The Bimbia slave village, famous for catching and selling slaves to slave traders who came to our shores. Bimbia was an independent state of the Isubu. In1884, it was annexed by the Germans. The predominant Isubu oral history holds that the ethnic group hails from Mboko. mboko

The Limbe Botanic garden, established as Victoria Botanic garden in 1892 by the German colonial government for the purpose of importation, introduction, and development of exotic tropical crop species of economic and medicinal potential.

The great Menchum Falls whose tributaries meet the river Benue in Nigeria, rumored to hold electrical energy to supply West Africa.

The Bafut Fon's palace, museum and traditional shrine. The palace is 600 years old, included in UNESCO's list of world heritage sites in 2006. The monarchy is famous for the 6years war against the Germans 1901-1907

The Baptist mission in Victoria Limbe and Alfred Saker monument. Alfred Saker led the London Baptist mission from the Spanish island of Fernando Po to the Southern Cameroons in 1858

The famous lake Nyos remembered for the "Lake Nyos Disaster" of August 21, 1986 that killed over 2000 people and some 3,500 livestock over a 25 kilometers radius.3rd frame shows the degassing process initiated in 2001to avoid another explosion. We all remember the red oil rumor

The Bakwa Supe fly over built in 1985 to facilitate trade routes between Cameroon and Nigeria as well as ease the exploitation of timber from the region

The Prime minister's lodge in Buea built under German imperial rule from 1884-1916.Home of former German Kamerun Governor Jesko Von Puttkamer. Buea, discovered by a hunter and named "ebe'eya" meaning "place of happenings" famous for the bakweri resistance under chief Kuva Likenye

The Mount Cameroon also known as the "chariot of the gods" measured at some 4,040m. The highest in West Africa. Located in Buea

Waza Park located in the Far North region of Cameroon, founded in 1934 as a hunting reserve. It achieved national park status in 1968 and became a UNESCO biosphere reserve in 1979. Home to some of the worlds most beautiful creatures

The Hanging bridge of the Korup national park. Located in the Southwest Region of Cameroon, the park extends over 1,260km of mostly primary forest. Reputedly one of Africa's oldest and richest tropical forests in terms of floral and faunal diversity, established in 1986

Mora known to be the last German fort in Cameroon to surrender during World War I. After a long time under siege by allied forces, Captain von Raben and his men surrendered to the allied forces on February 20, 1916

St. Joseph's college Sasse the oldest secondary school in Cameroon established in 1939 by Mill Hill missionaries. Alma mater to some of Cameroon's most Famous including
H.E Peter Mafany Musonge
H.E Ephraim Inoni
Nigerian actors
Pete Edochie and Zach Orji
and my humble self