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Alain Eyobo

Oscar Alain Eyobo Makongo (born 17 October 1961 in Douala) is a retired Cameroonian professional football forward.

Amadou Rabihou

Amadou Dangadji Rabihou (born 2 December 1984 in Douala) is a Cameroonian footballer currently playing for SV Waldhof Mannheim.

Augustin Frédéric Kodock

Following independence in 1960, he became Deputy Director of Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Finance in 1961; he was then posted in Douala for about six months as Director of External Economic Relations and subsequently was Director of Economic Orientation.

Brasseries du Cameroun

The company's first factory was in Douala, and others opened in Yaoundé, then Garoua, Bafoussam, and finally Limbe.

Bulbophyllum bifarium

Sites where B. bifarium specimens have been collected include: along the Douala to Bimbia road; Mfongu near Bagangu; Bana-Bateha near Fibé; Nkokom Massif near Ndom; Nyasoso on Mount Kupe; Kodmin in the Bakossi Mountains; and on Mount Cameroon.

CAE Oxford Aviation Academy Douala

A few months later, following the absorption of Sabena Flight Academy by CAE, SFA-A become part of CAE Global Academy, renamed CAE Global Academy Douala.

Caledonian Airways Flight 153

On 4 March 1962 a Douglas DC-7C flying the route, registration G-ARUD, crashed shortly after takeoff from Douala International Airport, Douala, Cameroon in a swamp on the edge of a jungle 1.5 miles off the airport.

Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Douala

The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul - situated in Douala, Cameroon - is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala and dedicated to St Peter and St Paul.

Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence

The main altar is built of Verde Issoire, a green marble quarried in the French Alps.

Charles Léa

Born in Douala, Léa began playing football as a center forward with local side Aigle Nkongsamba.

Cyrille Makanaky

Cyrille Thomas Makanaky (born 28 June 1965 in Douala) is a Cameroonian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Donald Dering Djousse

Donald Dering Djousse (born March 18, 1990 in Douala) is a Cameroonian football player who currently plays for Pogoń Szczecin.

Duala

Douala, the largest city in Cameroon, founded by the Duala people

Energy in Cameroon

However, despite Cameroon's impressive waterpower resources, the national electricity grid runs principally from Douala to Yaoundé and from Douala to Bafoussam.

Epalla Jordan

Claude Jordan Epalla (born on November 21,1981 in Douala) is a Cameroonian footballer who previously played for Persikota Tangerang in the Liga Indonesia Premier Division from 2006 to 2009 and Persela Lamongan in the Indonesia Super League.

Eugène Ekéké

Ekéké is now based in Douala, occasionally commenting on matters regarding the Indomitable Lions in the local media.

Fe'fe' language

In was one of the four languages selected for option at the Collège Libermann at Douala (along with Duala, Basaa, and Banjun).

Francis Joseph Hall

Ordained a deacon at St. John's Chapel of Racine College on July 1, 1885, he was advanced to the priesthood in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul on October 11, 1886 by the Rt.

Guy Feutchine

Guy Armand Feutchine (born 18 November 1976 in Douala) is a Cameroonian footballer, who currently plays for Kallithea F.C.

Guy Stephane Essame

Guy Stephane Essame (born November 25, 1984 in Douala) is a football player from Cameroon who is currently playing for Atyrau.

Henri Bedimo

Bedimo was born in Douala, Cameroon and remains there until he emigrated for France when he was 15 in 1999 where he began his football career and the same year, he joined Grenoble as his first club in his professional football career.

Henri Pierre Armand Nnouck Minka

Henri Pierre Armand Nnouck Minka (born July 15, 1984 in Douala) is a professional Cameroonian footballer who plays for Douala Athletic Club.

Ibra Agbo

Agbo is from Douala in Cameroon and was elegible to play for the Cameroon national football team but chose to play for Equatorial Guinea after a nationality transfer.

Jean-Pierre Tokoto

Jean-Pierre Tokoto (born 26 January 1948 in Douala) is a retired Cameroonian professional footballer.

Joseph-Antoine Bell

He started his career in Eclair Douale then Oryx Douala and Prisons Buea beforeUnion Douala in Cameroon, where he spent the years 1975 to 1981.

Manga Ndumbe Bell

The first European records of the people of the Douala region around the Wouri estuary noted that they were engaged in fishing and agriculture to some extent, but primarily were traders with the people of the interior via the Wouri River and its tributaries, and via the Dibamba, Kwa Kwa and Mungo rivers.

Marilyn Douala Bell

Marilyn Douala-Bell was born in Cameroon in 1957 to Rudolf Duala Manga Bell, a Dualan king.

Mbella Sonne Dipoko

Mbella Sonne Dipoko (1936 in Douala – December 5, 2009 in Tiko) was a novelist, poet and painter from Cameroon.

Media of Cameroon

There are broadcasting stations at Yaoundé, Douala, Garoua, Buea, Bertoua, Bamenda, and Bafoussam, offering programs in French, English, and many African languages.

Old German government headquarters in Douala

The headquarters were then transferred to Buea, and then back to Douala in 1908 following the eruption of Mount Cameroon.

Pascal Kenfack

Then in 2009, the University of Dschang and the University of Douala have each opened an Institute of Fine Arts, respectively to Foumban and Nkongsamba.

Paul Bahoken

Paul Bahoken (7 July 1955 in Douala) is a retired Cameroonian professional footballer.

Paul Essola

Paul-Hervé Essola Tchamba (born December 13, 1981 in Douala, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian/French football player who currently playing for Beijing Baxy F.C. in China League One.

Roudolphe Douala

Roudolphe Douala M'bela (born 25 September 1978 in Douala), known as Douala, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who currently is a free agent.

Simon Tchobang

Born in Douala, Tchobang began playing football as a goalkeeper for Eclair Douala in the 1970s.

SUD Salon Urbain de Douala

The first edition of the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala takes place as planned in December 2007 with the support among others of Arts Collaboratory, Mondriaan Foundation and the Prince Claus Fund.

Tiko

The settlement grew as a market town for Duala (or Douala) fishermen, Bakweri (Kpwe people) farmers and hunters from Molyko, Bwenga, Bulu and Bokova.


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