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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Cameroon

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Cameroon

Updated March 24, 2023

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1986 photograph of Lake Nyos

Menchum, Cameroon

Lake Nyos

Deadliest lake in the world suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.
Man Lake. Photo taken in immediate succession with that of Woman Lake appearing next.

Hauts Plateaux, Cameroon

Man & Woman Lakes

Spirits from these lakes are said to produce the local weather and odd phenomena as they bicker between themselves.
Bimbia Slave Port

Bimbia, Cameroon

The Slave Port of Bimbia

Buried deep in the forest near Limbe, this little known slave port became the point of no return for 10 percent of enslaved Africans.
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Stories About Cameroon

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How Njoya the Great Put His African Kingdom on the Map

A representation of the Bamum kingdom is a rare example of early-20th-century indigenous African cartography.
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Cameroon’s Lake Nyos, photographed shortly after its 1986 release of a massive cloud of carbon dioxide gas, which killed more than 1,700 people.

The Invisible Threat Beneath Cameroon's Deadly Lake Nyos

Thousands died in 1986 when the crater lake unleashed a cloud of toxic gas. Could it happen again?
by John Richard Saylor
June 9, 2022

The Festival That Celebrates Anti-Colonial Struggle in Cameroon

On and around Mount Djim, the Nizà’à people tell the story of finding refuge and fighting back.
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October 16, 2020

Ground Truth

When Cameroon and Nigeria settled their long-standing border dispute, it was just the beginning. Then a 21st-century border had to be laid down.
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September 29, 2019

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