Don i tison

Don i tison
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location	Cameroon , West (/ Central ) Africa
Coordinates	4 ° 39 '1 "  N , 11 ° 5' 46"  E Coordinates: 4 ° 39 '1 "  N , 11 ° 5' 46"  E
particularities	German military post 1911/12

Don i tison (from Bafia : "city mountain") is the southernmost peak of a mountain range in Cameroon west of the city of Bafia . It is located not far from the village of Gouife .

Its name - in the sense of "inhabited mountain" - probably comes from the fact that a military post was set up here from March 1911 to September 1912 as part of the Bafia expedition to subjugate the surrounding population. Structural remains from this time, in particular a surrounding wall made of roughly hewn stones, have been preserved.

From November 6 to December 15, 1914, the place served the ethnologist Günther Tessmann as a starting point for his research on Bafia.

The ascent of the summit is a regular part of the biennial Mbam'art festival.

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  Ruins of the former German military post on the summit

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  Eastern part of the inner perimeter wall.

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Panoramic view from Don i tison in south-east to south-west direction.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Florian Hoffmann: Occupation and military administration in Cameroon. Cuvillier Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-867-27473-9 , p. 108 ( limited preview in Google book search).
2. ↑ DNB 368401693
3. ↑ Le Jour: Foires & festivals - Le prochain Mbam'art en 2014. In: live.mboa.info. November 19, 2014, accessed January 15, 2015 .