Mvolyé or Mvolye is a neighbourhood of

Yaoundé Yaoundé (; , ) is the Capital city, capital city of Cameroon. It has a population of more than 2.8 million which makes it the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region (Cameroon), Centre Region o ...

, Cameroon. Around 1900, during Cameroon's colonial period, the site was part of the lands ruled by Karl Atangana. Atangana donated part of the area to the German

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, a

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missionary group. The Ewondo people had previously been unable to settle it due to a large rock there. The Fathers built a permanent mission, which opened Central and Eastern Cameroon to Christianisation. Atangana remained chief of the area.

Local culture and heritage

Places and monuments

Basilica Mary Queen of the Apostles of Mvolyé

The basilica is located at the southern exit of

on the hill of Mvolyé. Basilique Marie-Reine des apôtres de Mvolyé 1.jpg, Front view Basilique Marie-Reine des apôtres de Mvolyé 2.jpg, Right view Intérieur Basilique Marie-Reine des apôtres de Mvolyé.jpg, Interior. File:Mvolye5.jpg, The entrance to Saint Benoit of Mvolyé Catholic Bilingual College File:Mvolye4.jpg, The entrance to the Saint Paul of Mvolyé printing press

References

* Ifuoleng, Afekefuni Muo (3 November 2005).
Persistently & Consistently Avoiding God in Cameroon (2)
. ''The Post Online''. Accessed 5 November 2006. * Nde, Paul

''The Dictionary of African Christian Biography''. Accessed 30 October 2006. * Ngoh, Victor Julius (1996): ''History of Cameroon Since 1800''. Limbe: Presbook. Neighbourhoods in Cameroon Populated places in Cameroon Yaoundé {{Cameroon-geo-stub