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21 sie 2022 · Demand has dropped for the once-popular elaborately designed coffins - shaped like bibles, cars or beer bottles to reflect the lifestyle, interests or last wishes of the dead.
Once a thriving city in Cameroon, Bamenda has been ripped of its soul by the five-year war between English-speaking secessionists and the mainly French-speaking government.
Peaceful marches took place on the streets of the English-speaking regions; the protests occurred in several towns : Buea, Bamenda, Kumba, Kumbo, and Mamfe. Protesters carried leaves to symbolize freedom and sang songs as they celebrated their independence.
1 cze 2023 · A new trend of funeral and mourning is gaining ground in Cameroon with people from different walks of life spending money on customised coffins. These fantasy coffins are usually done according to the profession of the deceased.
22 sie 2022 · Once a thriving city in Cameroon, Bamenda has been ripped of its soul by the five-year war between English-speaking secessionists and the mainly French-speaking government. Bamenda is all but dead. Only the coffin trade is booming.
15 wrz 2022 · 5 years of war have thrown a once bubble Bamenda, a Cameroonian city into a peace-begging city. Due to the war, Bamenda city is now a place of death and the only means of livelihood appeared to be selling coffins. The war is strictly between the English-speaking people and mainly the French-speaking government.
Bamenda is the founding place and seat of the largest opposition political party in Cameroon, the Social Democratic Front (SDF), and the home of its leader, John Fru Ndi. There is a large military presence throughout the city.
