Yaounde - Post Report Question and Answers
Is this a "shopping post"? Are there interesting handicrafts, artwork, antiques, or other items that people typically buy there?
You can find some neat art here - they grow some amazing kinds of wood here in Cameroon and you can buy masks or other wooden items made from this beautiful wood. - Jan 2020
There are some talented local artisans, particularly with wood. - Apr 2017
Wood carvings, paintings, tailor made suits and dresses. - Apr 2014
Amazing crafts. The Cameroonian circle tables carved from one piece of wood. Hand dyed batiks. Juju hats. Baskets. etc. - Jan 2014
Sad to say but Cameroon does not have anything worth buying. Other than masks, there is nothing that can be pointed to as memorable. They have cloth that they imprint with logos for every holiday but after shopping for local cloth I found that it too is imported. - May 2012
Beautiful fabrics. - Sep 2011
Very talented local artists, African crafts and fabrics, well-made shirts and dresses from tailors, and trips to the beaches or up north. - Mar 2010
Beautiful African crafts, particularly from Foumban and Bamenda. - Jan 2010
African material and clothing, unique woodwork, animal masks, stools, drums, furniture, etc. - Nov 2008
Handicrafts. - Sep 2008
Masks, but they all eventually warp. - Jun 2008
Fantastic cloth, wooden figures, tablecloths. Be careful with the incredible furniture, because the wood will warp over time. It ALL will warp, even if they tell you that it's treated. - Jun 2008
