Cameroon: My fleeting and superstitious view of events at Nsam Bilingual Technical High School in Yaoundé

On Wednesday, October 21, 2026, three first-year students at Nsam Bilingual Technical High School in Yaoundé were involved in a serious motorcycle crash while riding together to class. The driver, Feudjio Kidio Junior Cabrel, died at the scene, and his two classmates were seriously injured. Minutes earlier, another student had reportedly been sent home over a hairstyle deemed contrary to school rules. The timing fueled a rumor that the student who died was the one who had just been sent away.