Map Cameroon
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Map of Cameroon
Map of Cameroon description: Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and NigeriaFirst inhabited by the mysterious Pygmies, and then the Bantu and Sudanic peoples, Cameroon would eventually became an infamous source of slaves for Muslim and European traders.
Misssionaries arrived in the mid-19th century, and the land was subsequently colonized by Germany. In the early 1900's (during World War I), it was invaded by both Britain and France, and later divided between those two countries.
Cameroon first flirted with independence in 1960, but then a long series of internal political jugglings between north and south, and the bloody coups of the 1980's delayed that process until the 1990's.
The country is ethnically diverse with over 225 individual groups. The local economy is driven by foreign aid, a wide variety of agricultural ventures and oil and timber production.
Tourism is limited, but those who venture here enjoy the beach areas near Kribi, the interesting capital city of Yaoundé, and the abundant wildlife of the national parks, especially the elephants found in Waza National Park.