Bapa Museum
The Bapa Museum (French: Musée de Bapa), also known as the Bapa Community Museum, was inaugurated in 2018.[1] It is located in the western region of Cameroon in the hauts-plateaux division in the Bangou community.[2]
The museum is based on the theme "Man, Nature, Believes".[1]
Description
[edit]The museum was inaugurated on 3 March 2018 at the first edition of the Pa'a Ngouo'ok festival.[1] The goal of the museum is to preserve and transmit the cultural identity of this Bamilkeke group.[1] The museum also seeks to collaborate with other cultural institutions in Cameroon or internationally, to exchange knowledge, welcome exhibitions and benefit from specialised training.[2]
It is under the guardianship of His Majesty Simeu David II. He is the 11th king of the Bapa kingdom since November 1993. He is a major actor of the cultural initiatives of the western region of Cameroon.[1][3]
The museum is placed under the guardianship of the Ministry of Arts and Culture of Cameroon ensuring an institutional support.[1]
The Bapa museum benefits from external partnership.[2]
The Pa'a Ngouo'ok festival serves as a promoter of the traditional dances of the village such as " Lali " which unites and assembles all the Bapa people.[4]
The museum participated to the exhibition of the museum of quai Branly-Jacques Chirac in 2022.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Le Musée case patrimoniale de Bapa inauguré sous le thème Homme, Nature et Croyances. – CERDOTOLA" (in French). Retrieved 2026-07-05.
- 1 2 3 Yannick, Zanga (2025). "Restitution des biens culturels camerounais: dialogue Suisse-Cameroun a Bapa". Cameroon tribune.
- 1 2 "Cameroun : les mystères des chefferies se dévoilent à Paris". jeuneafrique. 2022.
- ↑ Azize, Mbohou (2023). "Patrimoine: le festival Pa'a Ngouo'ok, en novembre". Cameroon tribune.
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