Friday, September 11, 2009

The Fon of Bambalang HRH, Fon Fosi Yakum-Ntaw, RIP.



This is the Fon of Bambalang, a poor but very beautiful village about 15 kilometers off the paved Bamenda-Ndop Road. You can get a moto to take you there for about 1000 cfa. The Fon was a great man who helped us a lot in our charitable work while we were there. He made his driver available to us and fed us local food in elaborately set dinners on several occassions. He arranged a cultural show for us at his palace and never asked for anything. He was a well educated man and was very interested in our work and our lives. About a month after these photos were taken, he died. We're not sure what the cause was. But we thought it appropriate that our first post be a tribute to him.

For more photos, you can see this gallery.

Or this one

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