Cameroon pushes for Bimbia Slave Trade Village to make UNESCO World Heritage List

By DOH JAMES SONKEY IN YAOUNDE Cameroon government through the Minister of Arts and Culture, Prof Narcisse Mouelle Kombi has embarked on an offensive lobbying campaign to get the Bimbia historic slave trade site in the Limbe III municipality, Fako Division of the South West Region added to the World Heritage List of the United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO. The Arts and Culture Minister took the lobbying campaign to its apex last June 20 to 25, 2017 at the National Museum in Yaoundé as he brought together local population, national and international scientific communities, African Diaspora, students,…