VANHU verudzi rwechiBaka—vanozivikanwawo semaPygmy—vanofanira kunge vari ivo vokutanga-tanga kugara muCameroon. VechiPutukezi vakazotanga kusvika makore okuma1500. Papera mazana emakore vanhu vechiPutukezi vasvika, vaFulani—vanhu vechiIslam—vakabva vakunda chikamu chokuchamhembe cheCameroon. Iye zvino pavagari vokuCameroon vanosvika 40 muzana vanozviti vaKristu, chikamu 20 muzana chinozviti vaMuslim, uye chimwe chikamu 40 muzana chinotevedzera tsika dzezvitendero dzemadzitateguru avo omuAfrica.

Vanhu vanogara kumaruwa munyika yeCameroon vane mutsa kuvaenzi. Vaenzi vanomhoroswa vopinzwa mumba mavanopiwa mvura yokunwa nezvokudya. Ukaramba zvokudya zvaunenge wapiwa zvinonzi unenge wavashora, asi ukagamuchira unenge waratidza kuvatenda.

Musati matanga kutaura dzimwe nyaya munotanga nokukwazisa mhuri yose nokubvunzana upenyu. Zvakajairika kunzwa vamwe vachibvunza kuti zvipfuyo zvakadii! “Muenzi kana ava kuenda, kungomuti ‘Mofamba zvakanaka,’ hazvina kukwana,” anodaro murume anonzi Joseph, anogara  kuCameroon. “Kazhinji, muridzi wemba anoperekedza muenzi votombofamba mumugwagwa vachitaura sezvaanomuperekedza. Vati fambei, ndipo paanozochionekana naye iye odzokera kumba. Muenzi anenge asina kugamuchirwa seizvi anogona kufunga kuti zvimwe atarisirwa pasi.”

Pamunenge muchidya, dzimwe nguva boka reshamwari rinogona kudyira mundiro imwe chete dzimwe nguva vachitodya nemaoko. KuCameroon, iyi itsika inoratidza kuti vanhu vakabatana zvechokwadi. Dzimwe nguva izvi zvinowanzoitwa kuti ushamwari hwakanga hwava nemakore hwapera humutsidzirwe. Zvose izvi zvinoratidza kuti kudya pamwe chete zvakangofanana nokutaura kuti, “Tinowirirana.”