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Cameroonian Photo Album
Afropop Worldwide interns Vanessa Lash and Maggie Filler each spent a semester traveling and studying in Cameroon. Vanessa and Maggie loved Cameroon, and soaked up all the country has to offer. Take a peek at their photo album from the trip, then be sure to check out all the great Cameroonian artists featured by Afropop Worldwide!
These women welcomed us with dancing and music in Fongo-Tongo.
 This shows a view of our home base in Dschang, in the West Province of Cameroon. The village of Fongo-Tongo was only about a forty-five minute drive away, but the roads were rough.
Here's another shot of the Fongo-Tongo dancers. If the guests appreciate the show, they dance into the circle with a bit of money pressed to their forehead for the performers.
 Here's our friend Boniface enjoying the beauty of Sagba, a Muslim village high in the green mountains of Cameroon's West Province.
The governmental capitol of Cameroon is Yaoundé, found in the Centre Province. Yaoundé is a sprawling city with a vibrant night-life.
The sunset is inevitably spectacular in Kribi, a fishing town and popular beach resort in the South Province.
These homes in the North of Cameroon are called bukurus. The North of Cameroon is dry and hot--a stark contrast from the south of the country. The bukurus are made of mud bricks and intricately woven straw roofs. Once inside a bukuru the searing Cameroonian heat is all but forgotten, blocked by the cool earthen walls.
Frequent power-outages meant that every household was well-stocked with candles.
Boys playing outside a school building in Dschang.
 A popular destination for tourists, the soaring cliffs of Rhumsiki form the border between Cameroon and Nigeria. The trek through Rhumsiki's mountains is definitely not for the faint of heart.
Back in Dschang for our farewell party, this ten-year-old brought the house down with some impressive moves on the dance floor!
Contributed by: Vaness Lash, Maggie Filler
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