Mbule or Mbulle is a small community in
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
, to the north of
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 other tribes from other regions of Camer ...
in the
Southwest Region, on the slopes of
Mount Kupe
Mount Kupe or Mont Koupé is a plutonic mountain in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon, part of the Cameroon line of volcanoes. It is the highest of the Bakossi mountains, rising to .
The mountain is revered by the local Bakossi people
The Ba ...
.
Conflict
On 31 December 1966 a Land Rover was attacked by unknown perpetrators while near Mbule. Four passengers were killed including three
Bakossi.
Tensions had been building between the Bakossi and
Bamileke
The Bamileke are a Central African people who inhabit the Western High Plateau of Cameroon.
Languages
The Bamileke languages belong to the Grassfields branch of the Niger-Congo language family, which is sometimes labeled as a " Bantuoid lang ...
migrants to the region, and the incident triggered a rampage in which many Bamileke were killed.
Wildlife
In 1979 a single specimen of ''
Ardisia koupensis
''Ardisia koupensis'' is a species of plant in the family Primulaceae. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
In 1979 a single specimen of ''Ardisia kou ...
'' 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
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biol ...
of Threatened Species, classified as Endangered.
Mount Kupe was formerly covered in forest above around , but cultivation has gradually encroached. Near Mbule the forest is now cleared up to around .
Agriculture
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.
References
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Populated places in Cameroon