#cameroon

[ya-world-challenge]

Broken Halves of a Milky Sun: Poems by Aaiún Nin (Angola)

Wedged Between Man & God: Queer West African Women's Stories

La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono (Equatorial Guinea)

A Country for Dying, Abdellah Taïa (Morocco)

Here are a couple more from my lists!

6 Queer Novels from Africa

(that aren't from Nigeria or South Africa - I truly appreciate that South Africa and Nigeria have such vibrant queer publishing scenes, but this list is trying to highlight some lesser known books)

1. These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere (Cameroon)

2. The Sex Lives of African Woman by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah (set in multiple countries, author is from Ghana)

3. Obligations to the Wounded: Stories by Mubanga Kalimamukwento (Zambia)

4. All Men Want to Know by Nina Bouraoui (Algeria)

5. Stories of Our Lives: An Archive of Kenyan Queer Narratives (Kenya)

6. Fairytales for Lost Children by Diriye Osman (Somalia)

[folkfashion]

Masa woman, Cameroon, by Visualtribes

[thevampirearchive]

‼️Please help me and my family raise money to help our village in Cameroon after a huge natural disaster left many without shelter, medical help, injured and with few ways of leaving. If you’re not able to donate please consider spreading awareness, thank you ‼️

https://gofund.me/eb9ec785

[itswadestore]

Marcel Griaule, Cameroun, 1932

[queerafricans]

The daughter of Cameroon's president has said she hopes that her coming out as a lesbian can help change the law banning same-sex relations in her country.

President's daughter hopes coming out will change anti-gay laws

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[miku-earth]

Cameroonian Miku has entered the chat🫶🏾 by LeybutLego

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[ana-bananya]

Mutual Aim: All Safe Hands on Deck

Current progress: $20,655/$220,000

This is a link to Mutual Aim's newst campaign: All Safe Hands on Deck. A while ago, gfm shut down the fundraiser they hosted there and withheld the $39,000 they had raised for Sudan, Tigray, and the DRC (you may recall their previous campaign from this post). They've set up a new one on Zeffy to help fund their mutual aid projects, including:

1. Supporting other grassroots organizations who work closely with the people of: Congo, Amhara, Cameroon, Sudan, Tigray, and Haiti

2. The first installment of Mutual Aim's village in Chad.

3. Starting and supporting small businesses in Chad for locals and displaced people.

4. Creating and supporting the small businesses for the women and men of Congo in the displacement camps.

5.Breakfast for 400 displaced Congolese children for the period of one month.

6. Building temporary homes and supplying other basic needs for the people of Congo in the displacement camps, to protect them during the incoming rainy season.

7. Local mutual aid requests here in the global West.

8. Administrative fees for the organization to run programs efficiently.

Additional resources can be found in Shaky's (the founder of Mutual Aim) linktree

[folkfashion]

Bakweri bride, Cameroon, by 237tradweddings

[dream-world-universe]

Yaoundé, Cameroon: Yaoundé is the capital of Cameroon and, with a population of more than 2.8 million, the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region of the nation at an elevation of about 750 metres above sea level. The outpost of Epsumb or Jeundo was founded between the Nyong and Sanaga rivers at the northern edge of the area's forests in 1887 by German explorers as a trading base for rubber and ivory. Yaoundé was chosen to become the capital of the colony in 1922. Wikipedia

[stamp-it-to-me]

two 1967 Cameroon stamps from a series on fruits

[ID: two postage stamps with illustrations of fruit. the left depicts two mangoes, one of which has been cut in half. the skin of the mangoes is golden, as is the flesh. the pit in the middle is white. this stamp has been labelled "mangue / mangifera indica". the face value of this stamp is 6 Central African CFA franc. the right stamp depicts a bunch of ripe bananas, one of which has been peeled open. this stamp has been labelled "banane / musa acuminata". the face value of this stamp is 30 Central African CFA franc. end ID]

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