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Legend has it that Buea, a small town which is the capital of Southwest region of Cameroon, was a village founded by Njia Tama Lifanje, a hunter from the Bomboko area. He named the land “Ebe’eya”, meaning literally a “place of happenings”. The town, which was previously the colonial capital of German Kamerun is known for its tea plantations, diverse peri-urban landscape and is the home to the only Anglophone University, the University of Buea.
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Ntoh, J., Baa Enokenwa, O. (2019). Cameroon’s Elixir: Palm wine. In: Pullanikkatil, D., Shackleton, C. (eds) Poverty Reduction Through Non-Timber Forest Products. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75580-9_6
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