The president of the Football Association of Cameroon, Samuel Eto'o Fils, said he was happy to hear that Real Madrid player Vinícius Júnior has Cameroonian roots after being tested in his native Brazil.
On Tuesday, Vinícius Júnior released the certificate that shows that he was tested, which shows that his ancestors come from Cameroon in the Tikar tribe.
It came from a project organized by Golden Roots, with the aim of looking at the true origins of black people in Brazil, given that they were taken to this country during slavery in the past.
Vinícius Júnior, after taking a DNA test, declared that he did not know his origin and his biological parents were happy to know that they are from Cameroon.
This story of Vini was well received in Cameroon, where Samuel Eto'o Fils announced that it is good that this player is from Cameroon, since Kylian M'Bappe plays in his Real Madrid, which is known to be where his roots are.
The Tikar Vinícius tribe is one of the 294 tribes located in Cameroon where they live in the middle of the country. They are said to be predominantly farmers and herders while their history says that they lived from the 13th to the 14th century.
Golden Roots continues to campaign for black Brazilians to find out about their countries of origin in Africa and to prepare a film about them that will feature the actor Vinícius Júnior.
