Neighborhood of Buea, Cameroon.
Town and commune in Southwest Region, Cameroon
Mile 16 , also known as Bolifamba and Bolifamba Mile 16 ,
[2]
[3]
[4] is a locality in the
Buea Municipality of the
Fako Division,
South West Region of
Cameroon .
[5]
[6]
[7]
Mile 16 location refers to
Highway 8 , the first 17 miles of which were tarred in 1952.
[8] The
University of Buea is also nearby.
[9]
[10] Originally a separate village, the area has undergone
urban sprawl in the 2000s, yet supports
peri-urban agriculture .
[11] In 2003, the population was approximately 7,000
[12] and in 2019 was approxiamately 8,000.
[5]
History
Bolifamba Mile 16 is a
chiefdom in the
Buea council area.
[13]
[14] Violence has led to destruction in area during unrest and conflicts stemming from the
Anglophone Crisis , and threats
English-speaking population.
[15]
See also
References
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^
"Failed Decolonization of Africa and the Rise of New States: Cartography of the War in Southern Cameroons Ambazonia " . aleph.letras.up.pt . Archived from
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^
"The Bolifamba Community Transformation project | Royalty World" .
^
"Cholera Outbreak Puts Buea's Scarce Water Resources To Test" . February 4, 2022.
^
a
b Mbe Akoko, Robert; Eyole N. Monono, Lenka Pčolinská (September 2019).
"Urbanization and food security in Buea: an appraisal of household food security situation and resilience in Bolifamba-Buea Cameroon" . International Journal of Modern Anthropology . 2(12):173. Retrieved July 22, 2022 . Bolifamba can be described as a cosmopolitan village in Buea Subdivision. It is part of the gateway to Buea town from the nearby town of Mutengene. Bolifamba covers a vast area with a population of about 8205.
^
"Violence Continues to Disrupt Life in Many Parts of Cameroon" . VOA .
^
Village Dictionary of the Fako Division (PDF) , OFFICE DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIUQUE OUTRE-MER, 1973
^ Office, Great Britain Colonial (July 24, 1957).
"Report by Her Majesty's Government to the General Assembly of the United Nations on the Cameroons Under United Kingdom Administration" – via Google Books.
^
"Fired UB lecturer says his dismissal is an act of scores settling" . June 23, 2020.
^
" "The University Is Bound To Become More Innovative" " . www.cameroon-tribune.cm .
^ Buea, Cameroon and the planning challenges of peri-urban settlements , UGEC, March 8, 2016
^ Schmidt-Soltau, Kai (2003),
Rural livelihood and social infrastructure around Mount Cameron (PDF) , Im Auftrag der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GmbH)
^
"Buea | Cameroon | Britannica" . www.britannica.com . Retrieved 2022-02-19 .
^
"E. George, Bolifamba Village Study Report , Pan African Institute for Development, Buea, 1973" .
^ Searcey, Dionne (October 6, 2018).
"Cameroon on Brink of Civil War as English Speakers Recount 'Unbearable' Horrors" . The New York Times .