SFS Contest Picture of the Day 27

Steem greetings @everyone and welcome to my blog as I share with you on the contest “Picture of the Day”. I will share some of the remarkable pictures I captured at the Commonwealth burial ground in Limbe-South West region of Cameroon.

^{The commonwealth burial ground}

Watching this picture reminds me of the phrase “…We are mere mortals…” . This area used to be a place where slaves were gathered because of its nearness to the sea. It was easy to move the slaves from here to Europe and America. This area was used to keep the slaves, monitor them, discipline them which to me I consider “torture” before departing.

During World War I and World War II, many of the commonwealth commissioned soldiers at the Limbe as it was a coastal town and during this period many of the colonial masters and trained subordinates died during the process of the war.

^{A cross view of the burial ground.}

More to that, the outbreak of malaria during that era also caused the death of some missionaries who were also stationed there and some soldiers as well.

The area now acts like a tourist attraction site as tourists all over the world visit this place every year. When I visited the place, I only imagined what their families went through losing their lives to the senseless wars we created.

Today, many still suffer from malaria though the illness is easily curable than in those days were it was seen as a deadly illness without a cure.

I will like to invite @rafk, @josepha and @pelon53 to participate in the contest.