Bassa of Cameroon

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Bassa of Cameroon are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group in Cameroon known for their rich cultural traditions, agriculture, and historical role in anti-colonial movements.

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Bassa of Cameroon canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
artForm body scarification (historically) ⓘ
mask making ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
associatedLeader Ruben Um Nyobè ⓘ
cashCrops cocoa ⓘ
coffee ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Cameroon ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Cameroon ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor veneration ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
traditional music and dance ⓘ
ethnicGroupIn Cameroon ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Bantu ⓘ
linked to: Bantu languages
foodCrops cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
plantain ⓘ
historicalRole participation in anti-colonial movements in Cameroon ⓘ
resistance to French colonial rule ⓘ
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent ⓘ
language Bassa language ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
musicInstrument drums ⓘ
xylophone ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroups Bakoko people ⓘ
Duala people ⓘ
Ewondo people ⓘ
notableMovement Union des Populations du Cameroun ⓘ
oralTradition epic narratives ⓘ
proverbs ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
partOf Cameroonian peoples ⓘ
region Centre Region of Cameroon ⓘ
Littoral Region of Cameroon ⓘ
Sanaga-Maritime Division ⓘ
South Region of Cameroon ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
traditionalBelief spirit world ⓘ
supreme creator deity ⓘ
traditionalHousing compounds of extended families ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

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Bassa → hasAlternativeName → Bassa of Cameroon ⓘ