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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
An oral tradition exists claiming that the Bassa people are descended from Egyptian Jews who immigrated to Cameroon two thousand years ago. The Bamileke claim to be one of the Lost Tribes of Israel. [2] During the 1990s, some members of the Beth Yeshourun Pentecostal community decided to leave Christianity and become Jewish.
The Bamum political activities centered around the king and the king's palace. The palace was structured around the officers of the king and the people that wished to visit the king. This led to the capital of the Bamum Kingdom forming, Foumban. The surrounding villages then worshiped and followed the king as their leader. [4]: 72
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Bangou is a village of the Bamileke people in the West Province of Cameroon with a population of around 12,000. However, most people that consider themselves "from Bangou" do not reside in Bangou, but in Yaoundé, Douala, Nkongsamba or other cities in Cameroon and the world.
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 ...
The following 63 pages use this file: Aghem language; Atong language (Cameroon) Awing language; Baba language; Balo language; Bamali language; Bambalang language
Bagirmi Dog: a large dog with piebald colour, named after the Baguirmi Department of Chad. [7] Cameroon Dog: a hunting dog from West Africa, of medium size and primitive type, with erect ears, long legs and short coat, often piebald in colour, named after Cameroon. [7] East African Dog: a hunting dog from Kenya, large in size. [7]