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Bakossi Landscape
- LANGAA RPCIG
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69 And it turned out to be When at mid-night I woke My message from abroad to check On the wonder machine The message announced A bright day it still was Radiant With sunshine of reassured hope Bakossi Landscape There sit you wonderfully dressed On the stool of Nature’s splendour. Possess you abundantly clearly Unrivalled gifts of Mother Earth. Thus gain you the title of Cameroon-microcosm, The best known AIM (Africa-In-Miniature), In terms mostly of biodiversity. Trees, tall, thick and green sway Incessantly in the evening soothing breeze, Restraining mad storms destruction-bound, Skirting and capping and thus protecting Kupe And Bakossi Mounts from harsh rays from the noon sky, Holding and releasing in trickles pure sweat of life That our thirst quench in the scourging heat of day. Grasses, tall and evergreen, With dotted stunted trees, Cover Muanenguba’s bounteous breasts, Nourishing twin Nature-wells atop her clear bald head. Like giant eyes stare the wells unblinking, 70 Keeping a keen watch over your entire outline And distributing freshness for your untainted beauty. In the lush and bloom of sundry flora, Fauna, big and small, on you like lice sprawl, Creatures that floral growth daily uphold, And thus their abodes they maintain, Guaranteeing these are with food littered, Like pollen dust, hence ensuring, In all certainty, their survival and ours. Bakossi Landscape, You truly really are The pride of Cameroon, The indelible emblem of Africa, The jutting living legacy of Mother Earth, The symbol of conservation, The enviable heritage for posterity preserved. The spirit Of Culture And Nature You nurture, And thus you we must With undying ember of enthusiasm Serve to protect and project. ...