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Tikar people. The Tikar (popularly known as Graffi, Grassfielders, or Western Grassfielders) [1][2] is an umbrella term for a group of closely related peoples who mostly inhabit the Northwest Region of Cameroon with a very small minority in the Adamawa Region. [3] Some of these groups include but are not limited to Bafut, Nso, Kom, Nkwen, and ...
At 475,442 square kilometres (183,569 sq mi), Cameroon is the world's 53rd-largest country. [84] The country is located in Central Africa, on the Bight of Bonny, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. [85] Cameroon lies between latitudes 1° and 13°N, and longitudes 8° and 17°E.
French Cameroon achieved independence on January 1, 1960. After Guinea, it was the second of France's colonies in Sub-Saharan Africa to become independent. On 21 February 1960, the new nation held a constitutional referendum, approving a new constitution. On 5 May 1960, Ahmadou Ahidjo became president.
In one genetic study, Bamileke-related genetic variations were found throughout Central, Southern and East Africa. [15] The researchers caution the assumption that the Bamileke are the source of the Bantu migration because the genetic variations in the region could have been very different 4000 years ago.
There are 24 major African language groups in Cameroon; additionally, English and French are official languages. Cameroonian Pidgin English is also widely spoken. Peoples concentrated in the Southwest and Northwest Provinces—around Buea and Bamenda —use standard English and Cameroonian Pidgin English , as well as their local languages.
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.
The Baka people, known in the Congo as Bayaka (Bebayaka, Bebayaga, Bibaya), [1] are an ethnic group inhabiting the southeastern rain forests of Cameroon, northern Republic of the Congo, northern Gabon, and southwestern Central African Republic. They are sometimes called a subgroup of the Twa, but the two peoples are not closely related.
Social organization. The Fon of Bafut is appointed directly by the prime minister of the Republic of Cameroon, and it's considered a civil servant. Bafut people divide traditionally between the court and the commoners. The fon, their wives, the princes, and the princesses made up the court and they concentrated in the fon quarter.