10 year-old's homework; a fact file about Cameroon.

1. Cameroon by Isobel Joyce

2. Cameroon is located here

3. This is an exciting trip all about Cameroon

4. Quick Fact file The official languages are English and French They are a republic The area is 475,442 km2 Cameroon holds 1.3% of the worlds water The capital is Yaoundé The population is (July 2009 estimate) 18,879,301 They have a President and Prime Minister The average temperature is 26°C, some places can get up to 9 m of rain a year

5. Many recipes show what Cameroon is about, but these are some classics:

6. African Fool Make the custard from the first three ingredients: Heat the milk in a saucepan over low heat. In a bowl, mix the half cup of sugar into the beaten eggs. Slowly add about a quarter of the heated milk to the egg-Sugar mixture, while stirring continuously. Slowly stir the egg-sugar-milk mixture into the remaining heated milk. Cook on low heat, until it thickens into a custard, stirring gently and continuously. Spoon it into a clean bowl and place in the refrigerator to cool. While the custard is cooling, cook the mangoes: Bring the water and three tablespoons of sugar to the boil. Add the mango pieces. Reduce heat and cook until tender, 5 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Mash the mango, or press it through a sieve. Spoon it into a clean bowl and place in the refrigerator to cool. 2 cups milk 2 eggs, lightly beaten 1/2 cup Sugar 3 tablespoons water 3tablespoons Sugar 2 mangoes, peeled, and cut into pieces

7. DG Chicken Directions Cut the Chicken into small pieces and season to taste. Fry the Chicken in palm oil Meanwhile, peel and chop the plantains and fry them. Cut all the vegetables into small pieces and then wash and drain. (Make sure you remove the seeds from the chillies) Put all the chopped vegetables in a pan, together with the fried Chicken. Add garlic, ginger and a cup of water and place under medium heat. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add the fried plantains and simmer until no water remains in the pan. Add some oil and let cook for a further 2–3 minutes. Serve hot. 1 Chicken 4 plantains 4 tomatoes; 2 leeks 3 sweet peppers 3 carrots 1 garlic clove ginger; parsley celery palm oil salt and pepper to taste Plantains

8. For everyone Although they are ranked 19th in the world at football, if you consider the vast amount of teams out there its brilliant. Samuel Eto'o Fils - is from Cameroon. Samuel Eto'o is a brilliant football player. ( Cameroonian fashion)