Bakweri

E591940

The Bakweri are an indigenous Bantu-speaking ethnic group of Cameroon, primarily inhabiting the slopes of Mount Cameroon in the country's Southwest Region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people
ethnic group
colonialHistory affected by German colonial plantations
land expropriation under German rule
continent Africa
country Cameroon NERFINISHED
countrySubdivision Fako Division NERFINISHED
culturalPractice palm wine tapping
traditional dances
ethnologueCode bri
geographicalFeatureOfHomeland Atlantic coast NERFINISHED
Mount Cameroon NERFINISHED
hasAutonym Bakweri NERFINISHED
Kpe NERFINISHED
hasExonym Bakwele NERFINISHED
Kpe NERFINISHED
indigenousTo Cameroon NERFINISHED
languageBranch Narrow Bantu
languageFamily Bantu languages
languageGroup Sawabantu languages NERFINISHED
linguisticArea Cameroonian Littoral Bantu zone NERFINISHED
majorCrop cocoa
cocoyam
coffee
plantain
majorEconomicActivity fishing
plantation agriculture
subsistence agriculture
majorTownInTerritory Buea NERFINISHED
Limbe NERFINISHED
Tiko NERFINISHED
nationalContext one of the coastal ethnic groups of Cameroon
postColonialIssue land rights disputes
primaryLanguage Bakweri language NERFINISHED
Mokpwe NERFINISHED
region Southwest Region of Cameroon NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Bakoko NERFINISHED
Duala NERFINISHED
Isubu NERFINISHED
Wovea NERFINISHED
religion African traditional religion NERFINISHED
Christianity
traditionalPoliticalOrganization chiefdoms
traditionalReligionFeature ancestor veneration
belief in nature spirits
traditionalTerritory Fako Division NERFINISHED
coastal area around Limbe
slopes of Mount Cameroon
usesScript Latin script

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Duala closelyRelatedTo Bakweri
Southwest Region ethnicGroup Bakweri
subject surface form: Southwest Region (Cameroon)