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- ...that the South Cameroon Plateau (pictured) takes up over half the land area of Cameroon?
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- ...that Cameroon's Western High Plateau has a rainy season that lasts nine months?
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- ...that opponents of Cameroon's first president, Ahmadou Ahidjo, danced to show their displeasure (Cameroonian dancers pictured)?
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- ... that Martin-Paul Samba (pictured) went from being a favoured German collaborator to a feared rebel leader in colonial Cameroon?
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- ...that Charles Atangana (pictured) was the first Ewondo to be baptised a Catholic in Kamerun (German colonial Cameroon)?
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- ... that Rudolf Duala Manga Bell (pictured) was organising a colony-wide revolt against the German Empire in Cameroon when he was executed for high treason in 1914?
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- ...that tourism in Cameroon (bush taxi pictured) centers around wildlife such as elephants, giraffes, and gorillas?
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- ...that the Sao civilisation is the earliest to have left clear traces of their presence in the territory of modern Cameroon?
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- ...that in the Sso rite of the Beti of Cameroon, one initiate was designated the ritual butt of the other candidates' jokes?
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- ... that the United Nations Human Rights Committee found that Cameroonian investigative journalist Philip Njaru has faced repeated police brutality since 1997?
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- ... that roughly 300 fish species, three of which are not named, swim in the rivers of Cameroon's Boumba Bek National Park?
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- ... that Cameroonian politician Louis-Paul Aujoulat's thesis was named best in his faculty at the Catholic University?
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- ... that in the 1890s, Moloundou, Cameroon was considered "one of the richest rubber areas of Africa"?
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- ... that a 20-day study reported by BirdLife International discovered 265 species of birds in Nki National Park?
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- ... that the long jumper Fred Salle originally represented England in international competitions, then changed allegiance to Cameroon before returning to England some years later?
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- ...that the Bahá'í Faith is one of only a few non-Christian religions recognised by the government of Cameroon?
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- ...that the most popular deity worshipped by the Duala peoples of Cameroon is a mermaid called a jengu?
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- ...that the jihad of Modibo Adama led to the spread of Islam and the Fulani ethnic group across northern Cameroon?
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- ...that Ewale a Mbedi may have been the first Duala leader to trade with Europeans in Cameroon?
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- ...that les Brasseries du Cameroun controls 75 percent of the market for beer and soft drinks in Cameroon?
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- ...that although he was king of the Isubus of Cameroon, Young King William lacked the authority to stop the execution of a man accused of witchcraft?
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- ... that in Cameroon, edible caterpillars are cultivated on dwarf red ironwood leaves?
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- ... that Cameroonian singer Lady Ponce advertised that her wedding would take place at 3:30 p.m., then held it at 9:00 a.m. to avoid paparazzi?
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- ... that Kate Fotso, the richest woman in Cameroon, is known as the "iron lady of the cocoa industry"?
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