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1 | Cameroon: Inventors, Makers and Creators | Kamerona: Ireo mpamorona sy mpanamboatra |
2 | A post on AfriGadget blog brought to our attention the work of few Cameroonian craftsmen and makers through videos taken by Bill Zimmerman of 27 months, a blog documenting “Cameroon from a technologist's point of view”. | Nampahita anay ny asan'ireo mpanao taozavatra sy mpamorona Kameroney ny lahatsoratra iray tao amin'ny bilaogy AfriGadget avy amin'ny alalan'ireo horonantsary nalain'i Bill Zimmerman ao amin'ny 27 months, bilaogy iray manadihady ny “Kamerona avy amin'ny fijerin'ny mpahay teknolojia”. |
3 | Metalworker collective by Bill Zimmerman CC/By-NC-SA | Fivondronan'olona mpanefy vy nalain'i Bill Zimmerman CC/By-NC-SA |
4 | The first group of craftsmen we'll check out are the blacksmiths Mr. Zimmerman writes about in The Extraordinary Makers of Maroua. | Ny vondrona mpanao taozavatra voalohany ho hitantsika dia ireo mpanefy vy tantarain'i Mr. Zimmerman ao amin'ny The Extraordinary Makers of Maroua. |
5 | They melt down scrap metal to make utilitarian items they can sell for less for a fraction of the cost to purchase their imported counterparts. | Manempo vy efa tsy ilaina intsony izy ireo havadiny ho zavatra ilaina afaka amidin'izy ireo ambanin'ny vidin'ny fanafarana ireo fitaovana nafarana avy any ivelany. |
6 | Not only do they copy parts, but they also modify and improve designs, even making their own tools: notice for example the bellows made with a bicycle wheel at the beginning of the 1st of 3 videos. | Tsy vitan'ny hoe mandika ampahany izy ireo, fa mbola manova sy manatsara ny endriny, na dia izy ireo ihany aza no manamboatra ny fitaovany: jereo ohatra ireo taforona vita avy amina kodiarana bisikileta ao amin'ny voalohany amin'ireo horonantsary 3. |
7 | Several dozen men with specialized skills are gathered here for a single purpose: to transform piles of scrap iron into finely finished tools, stoves, replacement parts and other useful implements for sale to the local population. | Lehilahy amam-polony maro manana fahaizana amin'izany no nivory eto ho amina tanjona iray: hamadihana ireo fatim-by ho fitaovana madinika vita fatana, kojakoja fanolo sy fitaovana enti-miasa ilaina ho amidy amin'ny olona ao an-toerana. |
8 | Young apprentices learn the craft while operating bellows or shaping wood for tool handles. | Ireo mpianatra taozavatra dia mianatra izany amin'ny fampiasana ny taforona na amin'ny famolavolana hazo ho an'ny tahon'ireo fitaovana. |
9 | The production here is performed entirely by hand and on a scale which must be seen to be fully appreciated. | Ireo zava-bita eto dia novolavolaina tamin'ny tanana tanteraka ary amina faritra izay tsy maintsy hita izay vao tena tiana. |
10 | Another one of Mr. Zimmerman's videos was taken during the 2009 Agro-Pastoral Show in Limbe, SW Cameroon. | Iray hafa amin'ireo horonantsarin'i Mr. Zimmerman dia nalaina nandritra ny Fampirantiana fambolena sy fiompiana 2009 tany Limbe, SW Kamerona. |
11 | In it, a maker shows his home made, low cost egg incubator: | Ao anatin'izany, mampiseho ny zava-bitany ny mpanao taozavatra iray, fampikotrehana atody amin'ny vidiny mora: |
12 | In the same Agro Pastoral show he also stumbled upon another craftsman that caught his eye: | Mbola ao amin'ity Fampirantiana fambolena sy fiompiana ity ihany dia variana tamina mpanao taozavatra iray hafa indray izy: |
13 | Amid all the displays, one guy stood apart with some creations that can only be described as a near perfect marriage of form, function, green design and a borderline obsession with bamboo. | Anivon'ny fampirantiana rehetra, nisy lehilahy iray niavaka tamin'ireo zava-bitany sasany izay voasoritra amin'ny fivadian'ny endrika, anjara asa, zava-maitso sy fanangolena tanteraka amin'ny bararata lavorary. |
14 | Lekuama Ketuafor is the proprietor of Bamboo Magic, a one-man cottage industry he's started to supplement his work as a teacher. | Lekuama Ketuafor no tompon'ny Bamboo Magic, orinasan'olontsotra izay nataony ho fanampim-pampidiram-bolany maha-mpampianatra azy. |
15 | In the accompanying video you can see the eye-catching artist wearing head to toe bamboo showing off two of his products: a cell phone casing and a laptop case also made out of the woodsy grass. | Ao amin'ity horonantsary manaraka ity dia mahita ity artista ity mitafy bararata ka hatrany ambony hatrany ambany mampiseho roa amin'ireo zava-bitany: ny fasiana finday sy fasiana solosaina finday (laptop) ihany koa dia vita avy amin'ity ahitra miendrika hazo ity. |
16 | You can read more about these and other Cameroonian entrepreneurs in Bill Zimmerman's blog 27 months. | Afaka mamaky bebe kokoa mikasika izany sy ireo mpitantana Kameroniana hafa ao amin'ny bilaogin'i Bill Zimmerman 27 months ianao. |