Chutes de la Métché, Waterfall in Bafoussam, Cameroon.

Chutes de la Métché is a waterfall on the Metchié-Choumi river, in the Mbouda arrondissement on the edge of Penka-Michel, 5 km west of Bafoussam airport near the Dschang and Bamenda road junction. At the entrance to the site, salt, coins, palm oil and even meals lie on the ground, left by people who come to perform rituals.

During the independence period between 1955 and 1967, Cameroonian nationalists were thrown into the falls by the French army and loyalist forces. On 12 September 1959, the detained Jacob Fossi was pushed in by gendarmes and clung to André Houtarde, a French gendarme serving at Bafoussam; both disappeared and the Frenchman's body was never found. That day ended executions of prisoners at the site. In 2025 a Franco-Cameroonian joint commission on the decolonisation war proposed making the falls an official memorial site.

The falls are a ritual site: at the entrance the ground holds salt, coins, palm oil and even meals left by visitors. A guide explains that people come to perform ceremonies that wash away bad spells, and the site is used to "remove the curse" and to mourn the dead.

The falls lie 5 km west of Bafoussam airport, near the junction of the Dschang and Bamenda roads, in Mbouda commune on the Penka-Michel boundary. The site is reached on foot; at the entrance the ground holds salt, coins, palm oil and meals left as offerings, so visitors should avoid disturbing them.

On 12 September 1959, detainee Jacob Fossi was thrown from the falls by gendarmes and clung to André Houtarde, a French gendarme serving at Bafoussam; both disappeared, and the Frenchman's body was never found. The event ended executions at the site. In 2025 a Franco-Cameroonian joint commission proposed making the falls an official memorial site.