The plaque on Nzakame Rhema’s coffin marks the “sunset” of her short life - Oct. 24, 2020, the day gunmen burst into her school in Cameroon’s South West region and killed seven children.
In the town of Kumba on Thursday, hundreds of people came to pay their respects as the children’s coffins, draped in the Cameroonian flag, were laid next to their portraits. Gospel choirs sang and speakers offered prayers.