Bimbia, Reminiscing the Slave Trade

As Cameroon joins the international community to observe the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, we revisit the town of Bimbia, a one-time Slave Market.

Somewhere in the South West Region of Cameroon, is found a little town, Bimbia, one of the places that brings back memories of Slavery and the Slave Trade.

Three centuries after the period of slave trade, its memories linger on in Bimbia, some 11km away from the town of Limbe.

From the “door of no return” to Camp Bimbia where missionaries lived, not much seems to have changed.

Bimbia and the Era of Slave Trade

History has it that Bimbia was a slave market.

Slaves from Cameroon and other parts of Africa where shipped to the Americas through the sea in Bimbia.

The slaves walked through a particular door usually referred to as the “door-of-no-return” as once they passed through the door, they never returned to their families.

Bimbia Today

Almost two centuries after the Abolition of Slavery, the town of Bimbia still has some relics of the inhumane period.

Objects thought to have been used to restrain and house slaves are still existing on the slave market site in Bimbia.

Signs of European stay could also be seen along the seashore in the little town.

However, the people of Bimbia unlike during the slave trade period, carry on with their daily activities with some ignorant of what rich history lies within their little town.

Eleanor Ayuketah Ngochi

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