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Here is a list of notable Bamileke or people of Bamileke descent: Julius Akosah, Cameroonian soccer player; Benoît Angbwa; Adrian Awasom, American football player; Erykah Badu, American singer-songwriter, record producer and actress; Kadji Defosso, industrialist; Mathias Djoumessi, president of the UPC political party; Victor Fotso, industrialist
Bafia people; Baka people (Cameroon and Gabon) Bakoko people; Bakossi people; Baligham; Balondo Civilization; Bambenga; Bamileke people; Bamum people; Banda people; Bassa people (Cameroon) Beti people; Bikélé people; Buduma people
Ndolé is a dish in Cameroon Maize is a staple food in Cameroon Location of Cameroon. Cameroonian cuisine is one of the most varied in Africa due to Cameroon's location on the crossroads between the north, west, and center of the continent; the diversity in ethnicity with mixture ranging from Bantus, Bamileke,Bamoun,Bamenda people and Shuwa Arabs, as well as the influence of German, French and ...
Cameroon has a rich and diverse culture made up of a mix of about 250 indigenous populations and just as many languages and customs. The country is nicknamed "Little Africa" as geographically, Cameroon consists of coastline, mountains, grass plains, forest, rainforest and desert, all of the geographical regions in Africa in one country.
Bangangté is a town and commune in Cameroon. It is the capital of the Ndé division of West Region. The town is primarily inhabited by the people of the Bamileke (Bamiléké) tribe. It is home to the Université des Montagnes, a small private university focusing on health and technology programs.
Most of them were Bamileke (who accounted for 62 percent of the people). Douala was the main location of the trade in slaves, but most of the slaves of modern Cameroon who were delivered to Europeans, regardless of their specific origin, were sold to the Fernando Po slave trade center, and from there the European merchants took them to the ...
As the kingdom developed slowly over the years, a main factor of society was the agricultural farms near the villages. This created an environment of cooperative ideology, through teamwork when it came to handling the work on the farms. Slaves and war captives were used to supply a labor force for farms of kingdom officials and other title holders.
He voluntarily put his kingdom under the protection of German colonial power and was responsible for modernizing certain elements of Mbum society. [ citation needed ] In 1897, Njoya and his court converted to Islam, a decision that would affect Bamun culture long after Njoyua's death. [ 6 ]