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Fulani girl in Misaje, Northern Cameroon

in the local muslim school. The Fulane stem from the Chad and Sudan. They infiltrated Cameroon since the 12th century. They brought Islam to Cameroon. Their semi sedentry lifestyle in which the lifestock of Zebu-cows plays the central role has not been (and is not to date) received well by the farmers of the Extreme North and Northwest regions of Cameroon.

 

This girl is attending the Muslim school of Misaje, some two km outside of town near a double rock system. The legend goes that one of the rocks at night travels to the nearby river to wash itself.

 

In Fulani language the girl is called "Nyango'de" which means: the pretty one.

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Uploaded on September 9, 2011
Taken on September 9, 2011