Daily News | Philly’s Cameroonian Association sets goal for a new cultural center as a tourism magnet
Cameroonian music filled the basement at the Emmanuel Resurrection Episcopal Church in Northeast Philadelphia earlier this month.
Women served traditional Cameroonian dishes such as “kondre,” one of the two national dishes of Cameroon, whichis made with plantains, tomatoes, onions, spices, and goat, chicken, or pork meat.The other main national dish was “ndole,” a spinach stew made of spinach and bitter leaves, flavored with garlic and crayfish, and fortified with shrimp and beef.
“We can provide some resources, connect them with [a] network of Cameroonian leaders of the community who can guide them to success into the American way of life.” As time went on, they began to need a permanent meeting space instead of holding their monthly meetings in rented spaces such as church halls or individual homes. So, they decided to dream bigger.“We thought: ‘Why stop at buying a house? Why not build a high-level type of cultural center that will be not just a place where we can meet, but a full-fledged museum where people can come and visit? Where they can go and enjoy a good Cameroonian dish in the restaurant.
While families enjoyed the food, music, and conversation in the Emmanuel Resurrection church basement, a computer screen was showing a virtual architectural active rendering of how the proposed cultural center would be set up.As an initial wave of Cameroonian immigrants moved to the region, married, and began having children, the association said they also wanted the cultural center to serve as a cultural home to future generations.
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