Mbule
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Mbule or Mbulle is a small community in Cameroon
, to the north of Tombel
in the Southwest Region, on the slopes of Mount Kupe.
On 31 December 1966 a Land Rover was attacked by unknown people while near Mbule. Four passengers were killed including three Bakossi
.
Tensions had been building between the Bakossi and Bamileke
migrants to the region, and the incident triggered a rampage in which many Bamileke were killed.
In 1979 a single specimen of Ardisia koupensis
was collected from the western slopes of Mount Kupe, just above Mbule.
Since then, two other locations have been found on the mountain above Kupe village.
The plant, which grows in the understorey of mid-altitude to submontane closed canopy forest, was on the 2010 IUCN Red List
of Threatened Species, classified as Endangered.
Mount Kupe was formerly covered in forest above around 300 metres (984.3 ft), but cultivation has gradually encroached. Near Mbule the forest is now cleared up to around 1000 metres (3,280.8 ft).
In 2008 young farmers had begun to plant oil palms in Mbulle, but they did not have a processing machine, and lacked fertilizers and chemicals. They also had no way to get their crop to market.
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
, to the north of Tombel
Tombel
Tombel is a town and commune in the Southwest Region of Cameroon, in the north of the Mungo Valley.The town is traditionally part of the Bakossi people's country, but now has a significant population of Bamileke people and others....
in the Southwest Region, on the slopes of Mount Kupe.
On 31 December 1966 a Land Rover was attacked by unknown people while near Mbule. Four passengers were killed including three Bakossi
Bakossi people
The Koose people live on the western and eastern slopes of Mount Mwanenguba and Mount Kupe in the Bakossi Mountains of Cameroon...
.
Tensions had been building between the Bakossi and Bamileke
Bamileke
The Bamileke is a folk whose native ancestral area is in the western highlands of Cameroon's West Province, west of the Noun River and southeast of the Bamboutos Mountains and in the Moungo region of the Littoral, Southwest, and Centre Provinces. They are a part of the Semi-Bantu ethnic groups...
migrants to the region, and the incident triggered a rampage in which many Bamileke were killed.
In 1979 a single specimen of Ardisia koupensis
Ardisia koupensis
Ardisia koupensis is a species of plant in the Myrsinaceae family. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests...
was collected from the western slopes of Mount Kupe, just above Mbule.
Since then, two other locations have been found on the mountain above Kupe village.
The plant, which grows in the understorey of mid-altitude to submontane closed canopy forest, was on the 2010 IUCN Red List
IUCN Red List
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species , founded in 1963, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature is the world's main authority on the conservation status of species...
of Threatened Species, classified as Endangered.
Mount Kupe was formerly covered in forest above around 300 metres (984.3 ft), but cultivation has gradually encroached. Near Mbule the forest is now cleared up to around 1000 metres (3,280.8 ft).
In 2008 young farmers had begun to plant oil palms in Mbulle, but they did not have a processing machine, and lacked fertilizers and chemicals. They also had no way to get their crop to market.