The palace, completed in 1917, resembles a medieval chateau. Foumban is shopping heaven with lots of stores linin gthe streets of hand carved wooden and brass objects. Some of the things you can buy include musical instruments, such as drums, pipes, statues, masks, gongs and lots of other items. Other streets are home to sculptors, basket makers, weavers and embroiderers. Which makes this place one of the best places in Central Africa to buy wood carvings and African art.
Bargaining is the key to shopping in Africa, an art form that takes practice and patience.
Some of the children of the Bafut Palace in Bamenda came and greeted us during our tour. A typical outdoor butcher in Cameroon. The stalls are located on the side of the road and usually sell beef and chicken. Although many carry bushmeats of porcupine or monkey. Bamenda Bafut House that we stayed at an hour outside of Bamenda.