Cameroon

Cameroon, often called Africa in miniature, holds Grassfields kingdoms, beadwork, masks and varied music.

Crafts Textile & dress Language & oral Music & dance Food & cooking

Knowledge in this place

Grassfields beadwork

Grassfields beadwork

Bamileke and Bamum artisans cover thrones and masks with dense glass beadwork.

Ndop indigo cloth

Ndop indigo cloth

Ndop royal cloth is stitch-resisted and indigo-dyed with bold white patterns.

Textile & dress

Bamum script

Bamum script

The Bamum kingdom devised its own script to record its language and chronicles.

Language & oral

Bikutsi music

Bikutsi music

Bikutsi is a fast Beti dance music driven by xylophone and percussion.

Ndolé cooking

Ndolé cooking

Ndolé is a stew of bitterleaf, groundnuts and meat or fish, a coastal staple.