Bamileke
Overview
- "Bazu" was also the name of an ancient country in Southwest Asia.
The Bamileke is a folk whose native ancestral area is in the western highlands of Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
's West Province, west of the Noun River
Noun River
The Noun River is a river of the West Province of Cameroon. It arises at Lake Oku and flows south, it is joined by the Monoun River and flows south in the valley between the mountains Ngotsetzezan and Mount Yahou. It turns east at about 5° N latitude...
and southeast of the Bamboutos Mountains and in the Moungo region
Moungo (department)
Moungo is a department of Littoral Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 3,723 km² and as of 2001 had a total population of 452,722.The capital of the department lies at Nkongsamba.-Subdivisions:...
of the Littoral, Southwest, and Centre Provinces. They are a part of the Semi-Bantu (or Grassfields Bantu) ethnic group
Ethnic group
An ethnic group is a group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage, often consisting of a common language, a common culture and/or an ideology that stresses common ancestry or endogamy...
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