Les Lions Indomptables

The Indomitable Lions

Traditional dancers at the Lions game

Waving the Cameroon flag

We have a camera again so now we can share photos again. Studies show that blog posts sans photos are 23% less exciting. I just made that statistic up.

A couple weeks ago I was in Yaounde taking the Foreign Service Officers Test. The same weekend, Cameroon’s stellar football team, the Indomitable Lions played Togo in an exciting match that we attended with a group of other volunteers. It was the first professional football match I had ever attended. The stadium was packed. The seats are concrete steps, there is no electronic scoreboard, no announcer giving the play by play in between bits of base-heavy pop music. Instead, the energy of the crowd was intensified by Cameroonians playing traditional drums and dancing. Venders sold cookies, beer and soda, and there was a guy who served up a delicious helping of peanuts and popcorn in a paper cone for 100 francs (~20 cents). The Lions dominated Togo, winning the match 3-0.