Kumba Extra

 Members of the 'Kumba old boys and girls worldwide' Facebook community have in the past few weeks been gripped by a feeling of nostalgia after a group member, Dela Nganguh, took them on a trip down memory lane. Over the past few weeks, Dela Nganguh, from Ntoko Street Kumba, who is currently based in the UK, started publishing a series of articles in the group, which he captioned 'Kumba, untold stories. Out of his desire to transform a group which was fast becoming a venue for obituary announcements into a learning medium, he has taken members on a journey to the past by sharing in-depth stories about about the evolution of Photography in Kumba, the Yuruba businessmen and present day Lido Street, as well as the contribution Dela Nganguh of the Ghanaian community in Kumba. If not for Dela Nganguh, many would not have known that the Yoruba businessmen were the first settlers of the present day Lido Street. Many would still be ignorant of the fact that the city of Kumba was on

 For many years, we lived with our beloved cat 'swifty' in the Buea Road neighborhood in Kumba, Cameroon. The environment was peaceful and ' swifty' had many friends. She would often disappear for a few hours but would eventually find his way home on the evening. One day, due to circumstances beyond our control, we had to transfer Buea Road to the Fiango neighborhood. We worried about 'swifty' as we felt she would have a hard time adjusting to a new environment. But we had grown to love him so much so that the mere thought of leaving her behind was scary. That was how we took 'Swifty' along to our new house in Fiango. The first few days were challenging but she quickly adjusted over the next few weeks. One evening, she came home with an injured leg and her body covered in blood. This was a sad evening for us. we never had such an experience before. We wondered if she would make it through the night. Miraculously, when morning came, she was up and running

 A meeting to deliberate on movie distribution strategies took place in kumba yesterday June 18,2022. Initiated and chaired by one of Cameron's finest movie directors Musing Derrick, the meeting was attended by Kumba based film makers. The distribution of movies in Cameroon has remained the greatest challenge in the sector, as such movie producers and actors gathered with the intention of figuring out how movie makers can make money from film. Musing Derrick urged film makers to think universal when making movies and insisted that movie making does not end in Kumba. At the end of the meeting, film makers were optimistic about the future of the Cameroon film industry By Christy Ijang