Have you heard of Roger Milla, who, at the age of 38, scored four goals at the 1990 football World Cup? Roger Milla hails from Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon. Cameroon is a country in the African continent located near Nigeria and Yaoundé is the second largest city of Cameroon. The city is situated in the hills on the edge of a dense forest in Cameroon’s centre region. Yaoundé was founded by German traders in the late 1880s.
The city has the history of many invasions and occupations. Belgian troops conquered the city during World War I and made it the capital of the French Cameroon. After independence from the French, however, the city made steady progress. It served as a market for coffee, cacao and sugar for the neighbouring places.
The Cathedrale Notre Dame des Victoires, the Basilique Marie-Reine-des-Apotres, the Cameroon Art Museum and the Cameroon National Museum are some of the places of interest in Yaoundé.
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