Our Team
Middle africa’s team
Our team is composed by enthusiastic people from different nationalities and backgrounds with a common motto: a good guide means a good trip.
Despite that organisation, lodging, food, transport are key elements for the development of the tour, we strongly believe that the person guiding the group is the key-stone for a successful travelling experience.
Here we present you the members of this varied group of people that form the soul of middle africa.
From left to right. Sani, historian from maroua, northern cameroon. He takes care of the groups visiting the lake chad area. He is fluent in french, english and fulfulde. Rafa serra was born in barcelona and is an experienced specialist in tourism. Has travelled all around the world and has fallen in love with central africa. Rafa is one of middle africa’s founders. Abdoul yaouba, guide specialised in ethnic tourism in northern cameroon. He speaks english, spanish and two tribal languages, which is great to communicate with the nomadic cultures and the mountain villagers.
Mohamed is the traditional leader or ‘lamido’ of didango, chiefdom located in the mountain province of the west. He is developing a pioneer project of sustainable tourism in his kingdom. The success of this ambitious and revolutionary new tourism concept in central africa has only been possible thanks to a close collaboration between mohamed, didango’s local population, our guides, anthropologists and our tourism specialists.
Joan Riera, anthropologist and sociologist graduated in richmond university. His research studies focus in animist societies from the mountain regions of central africa. In the picture joan was in a remote village of the mandara mountains (cameroon-nigeria border) contacting the elders of the area to get a grasp of local change in the lst 50 years. As one of middle africa’s founders, joan is in charge of giving our tours an ethnographic sensitivity.
Antoine krebs was born in yaounde ‘the political capital’ 28 years ago. He is fluent in 6 languages, loves travelling and meeting new people. Antoine belongs to this open-minded and well informed cameroonian generation.
Dorothée Tuete, Dola for those who her well belongs to the Bandjoun royal family in Western Cameroon. Dola is currently writing a detailed guide on Cameroon and its culture, she also guides groups all around the country.
Marie, is a smart medicine woman, living in the outskirts of lambarené, central gabon. She accompanies the travellers interested in indigenous curative techniques and explains interesting stories about animals and humans living in the jungle.
John ebea and batsik are the local canoers in the remote river village of lokoundje, in southern cameroon. - when there are no clients we fish prawns in the river, as we have always done – john, august ‘07
Hassan, is the responsible of middle africa’s vehicles. He is an expert driver and mechanic and has travelled all around central and west africa. Here you can see him with a baby baka, in central africa’s bayanga area (dzanga-sangha forest reserve).
William ferrer studied anthropology in barcelona and london. He has oriented his studies towards sustainable tourism. In william’s own words – tourism, far from being a threat, it can become the only realistic way of saving cultural minorities from extintion and protecting the natural environment-.
Albert was born in morocco but has lived most of his life in nigeria. He is an expert in yoruba culture and is currently writing a book on voodoo rituals. Albert coordinates the groups in nigeria, togo and benin.
Dr. Njoya from foumban, is a reputed notable of the bamun kingdom in western cameroon. He assesses middle africa in medical questions and is the ideal ‘cicerone’ when visiting foumban.
Amidou tetndap is one of middle africa’s founders. He studied biology in lagos university, but after his father’s death he had to take care of the family business. Six years ago he converted his father’s farm in a cosy hotel where we often lodge our clients.
Queen tueté from bandjoun is a widow who is raising up her big family by lodging travellers in the royal compound and guiding them around the bamileke territory. She is well known in the area for her wonderful vegetable cakes!
Ousseni mfouapon is our senior guide. As an experienced driver and guide he trains the future guides of middle africa. He travels all around looking for people who can join our innovative tourist project. He we can see ousseni, his wife adja and 4×4 driver mamadou in his house in douala.
Euloge kossouho was born in the small village of gbanamé, in the rural interior of benin. He has studied linguistics and tourism and is middle africa’s senior guide in west africa (benin, nigeria, ghana, burkina faso, niger, ivory coast and togo). In this picture euloge was with a group of italian clients in yorubaland, southwestern nigeria.
