1. What To Wear or What Not To
Wear. That Is The Question?
When traveling to another county, we
need to think about that country’s
climate, culture, cloth washing, &
recreation activates.
It’s hard to figure out what to pack &
how much of it to pack.
Research on the country & or talking
to others that have visited Cameroon
will help with these questions.

2. Brief History of Cameroon
Cameroon’s people were divided by the
rulings of the British & the French. The
country was divided by North &
South, Muslim & Christianity, English
language & French language.
Cameroon’s clothing reflex's their religion
& the nation in which once ruled them as
well as the climate of the northern region
& southern region that they live in.
The northern region was ruled by the
French & predominantly Muslim with a
climate being dry & humid.
The southern region was ruled by the
British is predominantly Christian with a
climate of lots of rain & humid.

3. Causal Dress by Cameroon’s
In the northern region where Muslim is the
culture & religion, the rule of thumb for
casual dress for women is that as long as
their clothing covers their body except their
hands & face, is not tight fitting or of sheer
material, bold in color & should not
resemble the man’s clothing. This is so
that women don’t attract men purely for
the sexual nature, but for the beauty with
in. For men a similar attire applies. Men
should always be covered in loose,
unrevealing clothes. No shorts of any kind
that is above the knee.
Think simple, modest, & dignity for dress.

4. Casual Dress by Cameroon’s
In the southern part of Cameroon
because the people are
predominantly Christians and were
ruled by the British, their casual
clothing is based on the English type
of dress. Because of their climate
which is lots of rain & very humid
they tend to wear earth tone, light
weight clothing. Adults are
expected to wear professional
clothing for work, & not too
revealing clothing after work.

5. Packing for Cameroon
When packing for your trip to Cameroon, you want to consider the culture & the
climate.
You may want to consider having your shirts or dresses custom made for only
$10.00 there. This will cut down on how many piece of clothing you will bring.
For the most part Cameroon temperature is hot & dry, unless you plan on
traveling up into the higher elevations of the region a light jacket will be fine.
It would be wise to bring clothing that is of earth tone clothes, such as:
browns, beige, whites, greens, yellows etc. This is because of how dry it is, dust &
sediments will get your clothes dirty very quickly & the water that you wash your
clothes in may discolor bright’s & delicate materials.
Shorts & tang tops are only acceptable for sports & vacation time.