Cameroon-Nigeria borderlands

E703815

border region cultural region historical region

The Cameroon-Nigeria borderlands are a historically significant cultural and linguistic crossroads in Central-West Africa, known as an early homeland and dispersal zone for Bantu-speaking peoples.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nigeria–Cameroon border	1
Nigeria–Cameroon border region	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	border region ⓘ cultural region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
colonialBoundaryDefinedBy	Anglo-German agreements NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialHistoryWith	Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
countryBorder	Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalCharacteristic	intermarriage across the border ⓘ multilingualism ⓘ shared kinship networks ⓘ
dispersalZoneFor	Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
earlyHomelandOf	Bantu-speaking peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity	cross-border trade ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ smallholder agriculture ⓘ
ethnicGroupPresent	Bamileke NERFINISHED ⓘ Efik NERFINISHED ⓘ Fulani NERFINISHED ⓘ Hausa NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibibio NERFINISHED ⓘ Kanuri NERFINISHED ⓘ Kotoko NERFINISHED ⓘ Mambila NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandara peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Masa NERFINISHED ⓘ Mofu NERFINISHED ⓘ Tikar NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEnvironment	mountainous terrain ⓘ savanna ⓘ tropical rainforest ⓘ wetlands ⓘ
hasSubregion	Adamawa Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Bakassi Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Benue Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Cross River region NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Chad Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandara Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
ICJJudgmentYear	2002 ⓘ
includesTerritorySubjectTo	Bakassi Peninsula dispute ⓘ
knownFor	Christian missionary activity in southern areas ⓘ Islamic influence in northern areas ⓘ cultural diversity ⓘ high linguistic diversity ⓘ historical trade routes ⓘ trans-Saharan connections ⓘ
linguisticFamilyPresent	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Bantoid languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Chadic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Grassfields Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Gulf of Guinea region NERFINISHED ⓘ
postColonialBoundaryDisputeBetween	Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
securityIssue	Boko Haram insurgency in Lake Chad region ⓘ cross-border smuggling ⓘ refugee movements ⓘ
subjectToDecisionBy	International Court of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bantu peoples → migrationOriginRegion → Cameroon-Nigeria borderlands ⓘ

Mambilla Plateau → partOf → Cameroon-Nigeria borderlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nigeria–Cameroon border region

UN-supervised plebiscites of 1961 → significantFor → Cameroon-Nigeria borderlands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nigeria–Cameroon border