The god of Mount Cameroon

EFASA-MOTO

The god of Mount Cameroon!

The story of Efasa Moto; the god of Mount Cameroon is known and retold by almost everyone who was born and raised up in the areas surrounding this mountain located in Buea Headquarters of the Southwest Region of Cameroon.
To be specific, this mountain (also referred to as "the chariot of the gods" by early European explorers) which is the second highest peak in Africa after Mount Kilimanjaro is specifically located in Fako Division and that’s why it is also referred to as Mount Fako by the local folks.
A lot of stories have been recounted about the Spiritual force that is harbored in the mountain. These stories are very popular in the towns which surround this massive natural physical structure. The Cameroon mountain which is in Buea stretches right down to the tourist resort town of Limbe (formerly called Victoria) and actually ends up on the Atlantic Coastline.
Other towns from which this massive mountain can be viewed are Muyuka, Tiko Idenau and many other smaller clusters of settlements scattered around the sky scraping structure.
The source of this spiritual force in Mount Cameroon is the deity Efasa Moto and among the Bakweries or Bombokos; the indigenous ethnic group in Fako Division, Efasa Moto is actually the god of Mount Cameroon!
To most indigenous and non indigenous,Cameroonians living around the mountain, Efasa-Moto is an exotic fairy tale beyond their comprehension.
It is as such seen as a myth handed down from one generation to the next and is usually characteristically recounted by elderly village folks during storytelling sessions.
In these story telling sessions, which do not usually have a clearly defined structure and dominantly informal, Efasa Moto is seen to have many functions in the mountain. One of these functions is a protective role.
As such, any unexplained happening in the mountain is more often than not, linked to Efasa Moto.
EFASA MOTO

The story of Efasa Moto was further fuelled by the onset of the popular annual sporting rendezvous; The Guinness Mount Cameroon Race presently referred to as the The Mount Cameroon Race of Hope since the sponsorship of the event was taken over by the Ministry of Sports and Physical Education of the Republic of Cameroon.
The earliest participants at the race were dominantly indigenous athletes with a sprinkling of some Europeans like the Catholic Priest Rev Father Stifter Walters who was one of the earliest non indigenous athletes to win the race.

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