Naaŋ kɛmi Bufɛ

Bamboo is Useful

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Naaŋ kɛmi Bufɛ

Naaŋ kɛmi bufɛ nindee?

Nuuŋ bɛ fɛ bideŋ bɛ bintindu bɛ Naaŋ.

Nuuŋ bɛ fa bɛŋkaa bɛ bidɛɛ bi Naaŋ lɛ.

Nuuŋ bɛ fɛ kwarakwara bɛ bidɛɛ bi Naaŋ lɛ.

Nuuŋ bɛ fɛ kikasɛ ki mbee lɛ bɛ Naaŋ.

Naaŋ kɛmi Bufɛ

Bamboo is Useful

written by

Chou Kain Godfrey + Kristine Roth Trammell + Anna Gallant

Images by MBANJI Bawe Ernest.

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Donga-Mantung Division, North West Region, Cameroon

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Translated by Nkenda Boniface Afuh and Nformi Wilson Tatoh

This book is an adaptation of the original, Bamboo is Useful, Copyright © 2019, SIL Cameroon. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Images by MBANJI Bawe Ernest, © 2019 SIL Cameroon. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Adapted from original, Copyright © 2008, SIL Cameroon. Licensed under CC-BY-NC 4.0. Excerpt from the SIL Cameroon Science and Citizenship Levelled, Integrated Reader.

Bamboo is Useful

How are bamboo stalks useful?

Bamboo stalks can be used to weave tables and chairs.

Bamboo stalks can be used to weave baskets.

Bamboo stalks can be used to weave mats.

Bamboo stalks can be used to make musical instruments.