Njé Mo Yé, Which means “what's that?” in

Douala language Duala (''ɓwambo ba duālā in douala)'' (also spelt Douala, Diwala, Dwela, Dualla and Dwala) is a dialect cluster spoken by the Duala and Mungo peoples of Cameroon. Douala belongs to the Bantu language family, in a subgroup called Sawabantu. ...

, is a permanent

sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

located in

Douala Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region (Cameroon), Littoral Region. Home to Central Africa's largest port and its major international airport, Douala International Ai ...

(

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). It was created by

Koko Komégné Koko Komégné is a visual artist based in Douala and a promoter of the contemporary art scene in Cameroon. Life and career Koko Komégné was born in 1950 in Batoufam. In 1956 he moves to Yaoundé where he attends school and he starts drawi ...

and inaugurated in 2007.

The artwork

Realized in tubes of painted iron 12 centimeters in diameter, Njé Mo Yé, which means ''what’s that?'' in the language of Douala, is a sculpture that represents and glorifies the couple. The artist,

, who lived in the neighborhood of Dernier Poteau in Nkololoun from 1966 until 1984, remembers that at that time, this place marked an extremity of the city. He wished to testify his childhood gratitude by offering the sculpture on this site. The sculpture is 5 meters high for a wingspan of 2,5 meters. It was inaugurated during the Salon Urbain de Douala SUD 2007. in 2013 the Municipality of Douala, after a car accident that damaged the artwork, financed the restoration and repainting.

* Pensa, Iolanda (Ed.) 2017. Public Art in Africa. Art et transformations urbaines à Douala /// Art and Urban Transformations in Douala. Genève: Metis Presses. * Babina, L., and Douala Bell, M. (eds.). (2007): Douala in Translation. A View of the City and Its Creative Transformative Potentials, Rotterdam, Episode Publishers. * Fokoua, S. O. (2012): «Doual’art. L’art dans la cité », Inter: Art actuel, n°111, p. 61-61. * Verschuren, K., X. Nibbeling and L. Grandin. (2012): Making Douala 2007-2103, Rotterdam, ICU art project. * Pensa, I. (2012): «Public Art and Urban Change in Douala». In Domus, [7 April 2012). http://www.domusweb.it/en/art/2012/04/09/public-art-and-urban-change-in-douala.html * Marta Pucciarelli (2014) Final Report. University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Laboratory of visual culture

* List of public art in Douala * Contemporary African art {{Portal, Arts, Cameroon Culture in Douala Public art in Douala

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