Capital:
Yaounde
Population:
18,060,382
Languages:
French and English (both official) and about 270 African languages and dialects, including pidgin, Fulfulde, and Ewondo
Religion:
Christian 53%, Muslim 22%, indigenous African 25%
Life Expectancy:
52.86 years
GDP per-capita:
$2421
Of Interest:
The earliest inhabitants of Cameroon were probably the Bakas (Pygmies). They still inhabit the forests of the south and east provinces. Christian missions established a presence in the late 19th century and continue to play a role in Cameroonian life. Cameroon has one of the highest literacy rates in Africa; however, the country's progress is hampered by a level of corruption that is among the highest in the world. In 1986, Cameroon made the world headlines when poisonous gases escaped from Lake Nyos, killing nearly 2,000 people.
Location:
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria
Voice of God Recordings - Douala
Office Manager:
Brother Robert Kamté;
Countries or Provinces Served:
The office of Douala serves the West Province (Bafoussam), South Province (Kribi), North-West Province (Bamenda), and Littoral Province (Mungo, Edéa). The other distribution centers are Adamaoua (Ngaoundéré) (that serves the North provinces), Center and other sub-libraries, and South-West (Muyuka).
Office Staff - 2 Employees:
Robert Kamté; - Office ManagerWilfried Belebegne - AssistantThe office manager is being helped by a Management Committee.Special Information:
The building of Douala has a reading room that can accommodate 15 people, a display for the Message material, a listening room, two storerooms, one office, and restrooms. The library is opened Monday to Saturday, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. In the future, they would like to build their own building and improve the working environment.
Short Testimony of Office Manager:
Brother Kamté was born on February 22, 1955, in Bameka, in the West part of Cameroon. His parents were Catholics, and he was baptized Catholic at three months old. He was a Pentecostal from 1973 to 1976 with the “God's Assembly”. He accepted the Message in 1975. The year after, he came out of the Pentecostals and the Lord called him to be a minister of the Gospel. In 1979, God established him as the pastor of a group of Christians; called today the “Church of Nkolmintag.” Since 2000, he is working for the Lord full-time as office manager for VGR Douala.
Short History of Office:
VGR established our first work in 1984-1985 when Brother Joseph sent Brother Fergusson to establish lending libraries in that country. They accepted the project with joy. Not long after that, the very first container arrived from VGR. Since then, the work has continued to grow.
The next step was establishing a VGR office, as well as a librarian who would put his heart into this work. They then chose the late Brother Samuel Moussi. Brother Moussi later went to be with the Lord, and Brother Kamté was chosen to be the new librarian of VGR in Douala.
The library was first located in the storehouse of a church. As the need for more material grew, we found the present location of the library. It's an apartment located on the second floor of a building, with a display on the first floor.
Robert Kamté