Organised in collaboration with the City of Douala
Douala International Festival of Books, Cultures and Heritage — a living, educational festival combining exhibitions of books, paintings, sculptures, traditional music and religious objects, at the heart of an immersive journey through Cameroonian cultures.
The spirit of the festival
FILCP-D offers a living, educational experience of Cameroonian cultural heritage through three broad dimensions.
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Book exhibitions, specialised literature and encounters around Cameroonian and African writing.
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Paintings, sculptures, traditional music, religious objects and artistic demonstrations.
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An immersive journey through Cameroonian cultures and a festival of heritage and documentary film.
The festival's flagship event
Each cultural pavilion represents a community, a civilisational area or a spiritual tradition of Cameroon, through a space dedicated to its heritage.
Main pavilion
Coastal heritage, history, maritime traditions, gastronomy, music, urban memory.
Main pavilion
Chiefdoms, royalty, cultural entrepreneurship, traditional arts, symbols of power.
Main pavilion
Bamoun civilisation, royal heritage, Shümom script, historical memory.
Main pavilion
Orality, cosmology, social rites, narrative heritage.
Main pavilion
Biblical heritage, sacred arts, liturgical music, ecumenical dialogue, Christian literature.
Main pavilion
Traditional spiritualities, ancestral rites, sacred objects, cosmogonies, oral transmission.
Additional pavilions:
Every space will include:
Heritage and documentary film festival
A film programme devoted to Cameroonian cultures, traditional kingdoms, historical narratives and the contemporary dynamics of transmission.
Cameroon's stories and memories on screen.
Contemporary views of living traditions.
Filmed memory and sound heritage.
Explorations of African cultures and societies.
Rites, knowledge and transmission on film.
Literary works brought to the screen.
What you need to know
Dates
The festival dates will be announced shortly.
Venue
Cameroon — exact venue to be confirmed.
Organisation
Festival organised in collaboration with the city of Douala.
They support the event
FILCP-D is organised with the support of partners committed to books and culture.
Partner publishing house
Editions Eichenblatt Verlag
Join FILCP-D as a partner
Publishing house, company, cultural institution, media outlet or advertiser: associate your brand with FILCP-D and gain visibility — communication materials, website, catalogue and dedicated spaces on site — with an audience passionate about books, the arts and heritage.
Join us
Visitors, authors, artists, exhibitors or partners: download the registration pack or write to us to receive the full programme.