Around 9:30 pm on the night of Thursday August 21st 1986, a roaring sound, muted like an approaching storm, arose near the area surrounding Lake Nyos in Cameroon’s North West region.
My father's people are Cameroonian, so I am Cameroonian. Also totally random - August 21 is the day of the beginning of the Haitian Revolution, the Nat Turner rebellion and the day George Jackson was murdered.
That is an attention- grabbing opener. Good writing, Helen.
Thank you, Candy! This one hit close to home. I know people who survived this event.
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My father's people are Cameroonian, so I am Cameroonian. Also totally random - August 21 is the day of the beginning of the Haitian Revolution, the Nat Turner rebellion and the day George Jackson was murdered.
Something about August!