May 4, 2009 - Cultural Sensations

So it is Sunday evening (26th April) and I have just arrived back from an amazing weekend in Babungo. It has been a weekend of cultural sensations to say the least. Sherry (another volunteer) and I left Bamenda Friday afternoon, in a privately hired car with Shamsul (another volunteer from India who has been here over a year). We were headed for Shamsul's house in Babungo, a village, about an hour and half from Bamenda. We had been invited to stay and go to the Fon's (traditional leader – still very powerful) 10th Anniversary and the 10th...