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Peoples and communities
The ethnic groups and communities of Cameroon.
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Fula peopleThe Fula people, Fulani people, or Fulɓe are an ethnic group in the Sahara, Sahel, and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region. Inhabiting many countries, they live mainly in West Africa and northern parts of Central Africa, South Sudan, Darfur, and regions near the Red Sea coast in Sudan.
Hausa peopleThe Hausa people are an ethnic group native to West Africa. They speak the Hausa language, which is the second most spoken language after Arabic in the Afro-Asiatic language family.
Pygmy peoplesIn anthropology, pygmy peoples are ethnic groups whose average height is unusually short.- PiaristsThe Piarists, officially named the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools (Latin: Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum), abbreviated SchP, is a religious order of clerics regular of the Catholic Church founded in 1617 by Spanish priest Joseph Calasanz.
FrancophonieThe Francophonie or Francosphere or Francophone world is the whole body of people and organisations around the world who use the French language regularly for private or public purposes.
Fang peopleThe Fang people, also known as Fãn or Pahouin, are an ethnic group found in Equatorial Guinea, northern Gabon, and southern Cameroon. Some Fang also live in the Republic of the Congo.
De La Salle BrothersThe De La Salle Brothers, officially named the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (Latin: Fratres Scholarum Christianarum; French: Frères des Écoles Chrétiennes; Catalan: Germans de les Escoles Cristianes; Italian: Fratelli delle Scuole Cristiane) abbreviated FSC, is a Catholic lay religious congregation of pontifical right for men founded in France by Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (16- Banda peopleThe Banda people are an ethnic group of the Central African Republic. They are likewise found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and South Sudan. They were severely affected by slave raids of the 19th century and slave trading out of Africa.
Tiv peopleThe Tiv (or Tiiv) are a Bantu ethnic group. 5% of Nigeria's total population, and number over 8 million individuals throughout Nigeria and Cameroon.
Bamileke peopleThe Bamiléké people are an ethnic group of Central Africa that inhabits the Western High Plateau colloquially known as the grassfields of Cameroon. According to Dr John Feyou de Hapy, Bamiléké means "people of faith".- Gbaya peopleThe Gbaya, also Gbeya or Baya, are a people of the western region of the Central African Republic, east-central Cameroon, the north of the Republic of Congo, the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan.
Jukun peopleJukun (Njikum; Hausa: Kororofawa; Kanuri: Gwana, Kwana) are an ethno-linguistic group or ethnic nation in West Africa. The Jukun are traditionally located in Taraba, Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Adamawa, Bauchi and Gombe States in Nigeria and parts of northwestern Cameroon.- Duala peopleThe Duala (or Sawa) are a Bantu ethnic group of Cameroon. They primarily inhabit the littoral and southwest region of Cameroon and form a portion of the Sawabantu or "coastal people" of Cameroon. The Dualas readily welcomed German and French colonial policies.
Ekoi peopleEkoi people, also known as Ejagham, are an ethnic group in south east Nigeria and extending eastward into the southwest region of Cameroon. They speak the Ejagham language.- Kotoko peopleThe Kotoko people, also called Mser, Moria, Bara and Makari, are a Chadic ethnic group located in northern Cameroon, Chad and Nigeria.
Archdiocese of DoualaThe Archdiocese of Douala (Latin: Archidioecesis Dualaensis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Douala in Cameroon.
Bamum peopleThe Bamum, sometimes called Bamoum, Bamun, Bamoun, or Mum, are a Grassfields ethnic group located in Cameroon. In 2018, the Bamum and Bamileke peoples accounted for about 24% of the country's population. The Kingdom of Bamum covers approximately 7,300 km.- Archdiocese of BamendaThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamenda is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of Bamenda in Cameroon. It was by the bull Tametsi Christianarum, of 13 August 1970, that Pope Paul VI erected the Diocese of Bamenda with territory detached from the Diocese of Buéa.
- Archdiocese of GarouaThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Garoua is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Garoua in Cameroon.
Archdiocese of YaoundéThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yaoundé (Latin: Yaunden(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Yaoundé in Cameroon.
Diocese of Doumé–Abong' MbangThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Doumé–Abong’ Mbang (Latin: Dumen(sis)–Abongen(sis)–Mbangen(sis)) is a diocese located in the cities of Doumé and Abong’ Mbang in the ecclesiastical province of Bertoua in Cameroon.
Diocese of MbalmayoThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Mbalmayo (Latin: Mbalmayoën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Mbalmayo in the ecclesiastical province of Yaoundé in Cameroon.
Archdiocese of BertouaThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bertoua is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Bertoua in Cameroon.- Diocese of BafangThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafang is a Latin Catholic suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Douala in Cameroon.
Diocese of BafiaThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafia (Latin: Bafien(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Bafia in the ecclesiastical province of Yaoundé in Cameroon.- Diocese of BafoussamThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafoussam (Latin: Bafussamen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Bafoussam in the ecclesiastical province of Douala in Cameroon.
Diocese of BatouriThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Batouri (Latin: Baturien(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Batouri in the ecclesiastical province of Bertoua in Cameroon.
Diocese of EbolowaThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Ebolowa (Latin: Ebolouanus) is a diocese located in the city of Ebolowa in the ecclesiastical province of Yaoundé in Cameroon.
Diocese of EdéaThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Edéa (Latin: Dioecesis Edeana) is a diocese located in the city of Edéa in the ecclesiastical province of Douala in Cameroon. It was established on 22 March 1993.- Diocese of EsékaThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Eséka (Latin: Esekanen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Eséka in the ecclesiastical province of Douala in Cameroon.
Diocese of KribiThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Kribi (Latin: Dioecesis Kribensis) is a diocese located in the city of Kribi in the ecclesiastical province of Yaoundé in Cameroon.
Diocese of KumboThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Kumbo (Latin: Dioecesis Kumboënsis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the Ecclesiastical Province of Bamenda in Cameroon. The first German settlers were Missionaries of the Sacred Heart who arrived in 1912 and established their mission in 1913.- Diocese of MamfeThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Mamfe (Latin: Mamfen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Mamfe in the ecclesiastical province of Bamenda in Cameroon.
Diocese of NgaoundéréThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Ngaoundéré (Latin: Ngaunderen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Ngaoundéré in the ecclesiastical province of Garoua in Cameroon.
Diocese of NkongsambaThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Nkongsamba (Latin: Nkongsamben(sis)) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Douala in Cameroon.- Diocese of ObalaThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Obala (Latin: Obalan(us)) is a diocese located in the city of Obala in the ecclesiastical province of Yaoundé in Cameroon.
- Diocese of YagouaThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Yagoua (Latin: Yaguan(us)) is a diocese located in the city of Yagoua in the ecclesiastical province of Garoua in Cameroon.
- Mandara peopleThe Mandara people, also known as Wandala or Mandwara, are a Central African traditionalist ethnic group found in north Cameroon, northeastern Nigeria, and southeastern Chad. They speak the Wandala language, which belongs to the Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic Language family.
- Chamba peopleThe Chamba are a significant Bantoid ethnic group in western Cameroon and north eastern Nigeria. The Chamba are located between present day Nigeria and Cameroon. They together with the Tiv people, the Mambila people and the Efik people are the most populous Bantoid peoples in Nigeria.
- Diocese of BuéaThe Diocese of Buea (Latin: Dioecesis Bueaensis) is a Latin Church diocese located in the city of Buea in the ecclesiastical province of Bamenda in Cameroon.
- Diocese of Maroua–MokoloThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Maroua–Mokolo (Latin: Maruan(us)–Mokolen(sis)) is a diocese located in the cities of Maroua and Mokolo in the ecclesiastical province of Garoua in Cameroon.
- Diocese of SangmélimaThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Sangmélima (Latin: Sangmelimaën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Sangmélima in the ecclesiastical province of Yaoundé in Cameroon.
- Diocese of YokadoumaThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokadouma (Latin: Yokaduman(a)) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Bertoua in Eastern Cameroon, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
- Mambila peopleThe Mambilla or Mambila people of Nigeria live on the Mambilla Plateau (in 'Sardauna' local government area (formerly, Mambilla LGA) of Taraba State in Nigeria).
- Roman Catholic Diocese of KumbaThe Diocese of Kumba (Latin: Diocesis Kumbana; French: Diocèse de Kumba) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the African country of Cameroon. Headquartered in Kumba, the diocesan cathedral is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart and its bishop is Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon.
Tikar peopleThe Tikar (formally known as Tikari, Tigar, Tigari, and Tigre throughout their history) are a Central African ethnic group in Cameroon. They are known to be great artists, artisans and storytellers.- Bassa peopleThe Bassa (also spelled Basa or Basaa and sometimes known as Bassa-Bakongo) are a Bantu ethnic group in Cameroon. They number approximately 800,000 individuals. The Bassa speak the Basaa language.
- Maronite Catholic Eparchy of the AnnunciationThe Eparchy of the Annunciation is an Eparchy of the Maronite Church immediately subject to the Holy See located in Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal and Angola. Its current ordinary is Eparch Simon Faddoul.
