Ndumbé Lobé Bell or King Bell was a leader of the Duala people in what is now the southern part of Cameroon during the period when the Germans established their colony of Kamerun. He was an astute politician and a highly successful businessman.
King Bell around 1874
Bell royal house in 1841, when Ndumbé Lobé Bell was an infant.
King Bell Palace
King Bell in 1881
The Wouri estuary, or Cameroon estuary is a large tidal estuary in Cameroon where several rivers come together, emptying into the Bight of Biafra. Douala, the largest city in Cameroon, is at the mouth of the Wouri River where it enters the estuary. The estuary contains extensive mangrove forests, which are being damaged by pollution and population pressures.
Dibamba river, which flows into the estuary (1903)
The estuary at the mouth of the Wouri River
Cameroon ghost shrimp, from which the country takes its name
Wouri river beach at Belltown, now part of Douala, in 1886