Kwemou: the gathering of all the children.

Bana is spoken in western Cameroon. There, Kwemou means the gathering, the coming together of children, of all the children. It is also a Cameroonian family name: a name that is passed down, like what we want to pass down.

We come from Cameroon, Senegal, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, from everywhere. Every language has its own word for saying that children grow up better together. We chose one, the way you choose a table to gather around. The table belongs to everyone who sits at it.

For our children to know each other. For them to have, in every city they pass through, families who look like them and welcome them. For them to grow up with our values, our stories, our food and our languages, and with friends who share them.