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| Wood transformation simply put, is the physical change of the state of the wood harvested from the forest into other forms. These include tables, chairs, windows, doors in all shapes and more. In the municipality of Buea, capital of the Southwest Province, Cameroon, the business of wood transformation could be seen in the major neighbourhoods, but very few people handle it with professionalism. One of these is Stephen Ngufor Ndifornda. He has been in the wood transformation activity for more than three decades. He has a wood transformation plant of his own. A general appraisal indicates that the basic equipments are available. For thirty-one years, Ngufor has, largely, seen better days in his trade. He went into apprenticeship in 1971, after he completed his primary education. He will complete apprenticeship in 1975. 1976, Ngufor began his career in wood transformation and he has been in there, braving the odds and why not, enjoying the fallouts too. He told this reporter that there are various types of woods. He will give the names in local parlance; Iroko, Mahogany, Dossier, Bété and Bobinga. Bobinga is said to be the strongest and most expensive in the world of woods. “It is beautiful, very hard in nature”, Ngufor described. However, Ngufor will corroborate the talk that some trees in the forest have a psychical element. Some trees are said to have “powers”. “You may see a particular tree now, and you will come later you would ... |
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