History

The SLZ or „Sprachlernzentrum Douala“(Language Centre in Douala) originated from a cooperation between the Goethe Institute in Cameroon and the Deutsch-Kamerunischer Kulturverein (German and Cameroonian Cultural Association). The latter of which was created by 3 friends and colleagues in 1994: Marie-Noelle Ntouba Ngolle, Jérôme Amougou Ada and Jean Kouny. Their objective was to promote the German and Cameroonian cultures through language courses, cultural events and conversations among young people.

In 1998, 4 years after the founding, the language centre was officially recognised.  10 years later, SLZ Douala achieved some important goals:

• It is one of the laureates of the Goethe Institute’s competition “Werkstatt EXPO 2000-Wasserwelten”
• It presented a film in 2000 at the EXPO 2000 in Hannover
• To this day it has taught 4000 Cameroonian students and businessmen and women
• In 1994 it organised a gala evening with Cameroonian and German culinary specialities.