The little story of the KABA NGONDO

The name KABA NGONDO is said to come from the expression "cover it all" pronounced by Helene Saker, wife of the missionary Alfred Saker. Outraged by the nudity of her husband's maids, she ordered that they be covered with a garment, hence the name "COVER", which is translated into the local language as "kaba". She therefore created this loose-fitting boubou which was not only intended to hide the nudity of our ancestors but also to make them undesirable in the eyes of her husband because it covered them from the neck to the ankles.

With time, what had been imposed to make our mothers undesirable has become a stylish and unavoidable fashion instrument during ceremonies extending beyond the borders of Duala, Sawa and Bassa all the tribes of the coast and center of Cameroon.

 The Kaba Ngondo has become an honorary garment worn by respected women such as notables, queens and ladies of high class. This garment which at the beginning was only for the servants of Mr. SAKER became little by little a dress code for the people of the coast of Cameroon and even elsewhere.

Nowadays, it is not only worn by the populations of the coast of Cameroon but also by all the Cameroonian people.