Bamenda: When the Weather Feels Like a Drum Solo

if you're planning a trip, *TripAdvisor* has some decent recs for places to stay, but honestly, the best memories here won't come from a hotel room. they'll come from the nights you spend in a sweaty bar, listening to a drummer who's one cymbal short of a full set but somehow makes it work. and if you're lucky, you'll leave with a new rhythm in your head and a story that sounds like it was made up-but wasn't.

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