Hello my esteem steemians, accept greetings from Cameroon. Thanks to steemit Pakistan community and steemit team for this challenge that will enable us know more about many countries in the world. Some of us are not opportune to visit these countries, but this challenge will make it possible for some of us to visit some countries due to their touristic attractions. That said, permit me share with you guys a brief introduction about my country (Cameroon or Cameroun).

Introduction

The name Cameroon came from Portuguese explorers who came to Cameroon in the 15th and 16th Centuries and settled around the estuary of River Wouri, and the name “Rio dos Camarões” was given by the Portuguese, which means “River of Prawns” ^Source . After the Portuguese left after facing serious resistance, the Germans came and the name “Kamerun” was given to their protectorate territory. They equally faced stiff resistance from the people and they eventually left. The British and French finally were the last to annexed Cameroon. Cameroon was partitioned and ruled by the British using the indirect rule system and the French using assimilation.

French Cameroon gained its independence in January 1st, 1960. In 1961, British Cameroons voted to join French Cameroun through a plebiscite organised by the United Nations.

This beautiful motherland shared boundaries with Nigeria🇳🇬 being our neighbor in the Northwest, we have Chad 🇹🇩 in NorthEast, Central African Republic 🇨🇫 with Congo 🇨🇩 in the Southeast, Gabon🇬🇦/ Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 in the South and finally the Atlantic Ocean in the Southwest.

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Cameroon also well known as “Africa in Miniature” is known for her linguistic, geological and cultural diversities. This means that almost everything you can find in Africa is present in Cameroon. We have over 253 ethnic groups with different languages but our two official languages are English/French.

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The Three Rs that Makes me Love my Country

There are several reasons I love my Country Cameroon but I am going to talk about the most important three Rs which are as follows:

• Culture and Arts
• Food
• Hospitality

Permit me explain in details the reasons stated above.

Culture and Arts

I am a lover of culture and arts work and all this is what my country cherished a lot. Remember I earlier said we have over 253 ethnic groups and this alone should tell you the diversity in culture and arts. Though we have over 253 ethnic groups with different languages, the two harmonised official languages is of great importance as it enable us to easily communicate not only amongst us but to the outside world.

These ethnic groups have different traditional regalias and I so much cherish them. One of the traditional regalias I cherished most is that of the grass field which I am from.

_{Me in My traditional wear}

Arts work is also one of the things that makes me love Cameroon. I am from a royal family and in each fondom, a lot of art is used to decorate the palaces. Even in our national and regional museums, it shows we love art work. This has attracted many internationals to travel to Cameroon. This is one of the industries in Cameroon that generates a lot of income from tourists.

_{Front View of the National Museum in Yaoundé}

Food Diversity

Another reason I love my country is the abundance of food. We are blessed with good soils that enable us to grow variety of crops. Because of our cultural diversity, we have different delicacies and its impossible for someone to visit Cameroon and complained of food. Some of our delicacy dishes include; khatikhati eaten with fufu made from corn flour, Ndolé eaten with Miyondo, fufu and Eru, Bongo Chobi eaten with plantains, Achu made from cocoyam eaten with yellow soup etc. These different dishes are prepared by different ethnic groups in all regions of Cameroon. Each dish is unique in taste and flavour.

I love thSome of the dishes I prepared are as seen below👇 👇

_{Fufu corn and khatikhati, a delicacy in the Northwest region of Cameroon}

_{Garri and Okra soup mostly consumed in all the regions}

_{Ndolé with miondo}

_{White yam with Okonghobong soup}

_{Egussi pudding with Sweet yam}

_{Boiled Cocoyam with huckleberry}

_{Ekwang, a delicacy in the South West region of Cameroon}

From the images, it is clear that the food diversity makes me love Cameroon.

Hospitality

Cameroonians are loving people and are welcoming as well. They accommodates everyone and treat everyone as a family. In most of our markets, most of the shops are owned by Nigerians, Chinese, etc and you see the way they interact and operate their businesses with no issues. Because of our hospitality, this has equally attracted tourists to our country. We benefit from the revenues collected from them during their tours to touristic sites and taxes they pay.

_{Tourists Visiting Mount Fako in Cameroon}

Three Changes I Wish Should be Done

The following are the three changes I wish should happen in Cameroon. I will further explained them after outlining.

• Change of Power
• Improved Road Networks
• Improved healthcare

Change of Power

One of the things is change of power that is the president should be changed. Since independence, we have had just two presidents and all are from the French speaking Community. An Anglophone has not been the president and I believed that if they are given the opportunity, a lot of things will change in Cameroon. The numerous crisis we are witnessing is due to sit in tight president. A lot of embezzlement and high level of corruption. This has led to the promotion of hate speeches and name calling. The presidency should rotate and a president should not be voted more than two terms in power. If this is done, I think it will help solve a lot of issues going wrong in this beloved country, Cameroon.

Improved Road Networks

There is a saying that development comes where there are good roads. Most of the communities in Cameroon are still suffering from bad roads. Roads that were constructed by our colonial masters, till date have dilapidated and nothing is done. Poor farm to market roads, has caused many farmers to suffer as their produce ended up getting bad along the way to the market. If this is improved, it will be beneficial to both farmers, sellers and consumers.

Improved Healthcare Services

We have poor healthcare facilities despite the fact that we have enough resources to sustain the development of our country. But it is sad, that our politicians are there to fill their stomachs and when sick, travel abroad for medical care with the money they embezzled. The poor masses are suffering while the rich working class are enjoying. Most local communities do not have standard health care services and equally healthcare providers are paid little amounts as salaries. This has made most of them send to local communities to stay back in the cities and operate private clinics. These private clinics are not affordable to the poor as their services are too expensive. If the healthcare sector is improved, a lot of lives wasted through illnesses will reduced.

Conclusion

The bottom line is that there is no country without issues. It is man that has created these problems and so only man can bring changes to the problems. I wish these problems were never created but as it is, we all as citizens have a role to play to better our country. Special thanks to steemit team for this challenge.
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