Kylian Mbappe visits father's birth country Cameroon

The tour also includes visits to schools funded by Mbappe’s “Inspired by KM” charity

French footballer Kylian Mbappe landed in Cameroon on Thursday to a jubilant greeting from fans. His stay will include volunteering with deaf youngsters and visiting his father's village.

The 24-year-old forward was met by hundreds of people, many of whom were wearing the football uniform of his side, Paris Saint-Germain.

According to an AFP correspondent, they enthusiastically yelled his name as he left the airport in the nation's capital, Yaoundé.

"We are proud to see our Cameroonian brother. We want to offer him a very warm welcome," high-school student Vannel Kunde, 16, enthused.

In commemoration, a troupe of roughly 100 traditional dancers gave a performance. Before being driven away in an SUV with tinted windows, the football player waved to the crowd while being restrained by police.

The multi-day visit by Kylian Mbappe, who is also the captain of France's national team, will take place in a hotel complex owned by the Yaoundé-based family of Yannick Noah, a former French tennis champion.

According to his itinerary, which was seen by AFP, he is scheduled to visit a school for children who are deaf and hard of hearing on the capital's outskirts on Friday.

On Saturday, he travels to Douala, the nation's financial centre, to visit a school before travelling to Djebale, the area where his father, Wilfried Mbappe, was born. His father was a young man when he fled Cameroon for France, where he worked as a football coach.

According to a statement from his Paris-based company, Kylian Mbappe will get the chance to visit two schools in Yaounde and Douala that are funded by his own philanthropic organisation, Inspired by KM.