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This list is a compilation of the indigenous names that were given by Amerindian people to the Caribbean islands before the Europeans started naming them. The islands of the Caribbean were successively settled since at least around 5000 BC, long before European arrival in 1492.
Cameroon has a rich and diverse culture made up of a mix of about 250 indigenous populations and just as many languages and customs. The country is nicknamed "Little Africa" as geographically, Cameroon consists of coastline, mountains, grass plains, forest, rainforest and desert, all of the geographical regions in Africa in one country.
Bafia people; Baka people (Cameroon and Gabon) Bakoko people; Bakossi people; Baligham; Balondo Civilization; Bambenga; Bamileke people; Bamum people; Banda people; Bassa people (Cameroon) Beti people; Bikélé people; Buduma people
DNA studies changed some of the traditional beliefs about pre-Columbian Indigenous history. According to National Geographic, "studies confirm that a wave of pottery-making farmers—known as Ceramic Age people—set out in canoes from the northeastern coast of South America starting some 2,500 years ago and island-hopped across the Caribbean ...
This is a picture of the late fon (king) of Ngambe, one of the Tikar villages. Around his neck is an ivory collar made of elephant tusks. He carries it only once per year, during the time of the festival called "Sweety". It is a traditional Tikar festival during which one calls upon the spirits of the ancestors and asks them to bless the community.
also: Countries: Cameroon: People The main article for this category is List of Cameroonians . This category is for native-born people from Cameroon , its colonial precedents, or (on a case-by-case basis) the territory of modern Cameroon before the colonial period.
Hadza people, who are indigenous to the African Great Lakes A Maasai traditional dance Baka pygmy dancers in the East Province of Cameroon Batwa Pygmy with traditional bow and arrow Somali women in traditional headresses Tigrayan women in traditional attire Wolayta chief Berta people playing trumpets during a wedding ceremony Nilotic men in Kapoeta, South Sudan 19th century Zulu man wearing a ...
B. Traditional Beliefs and Religion: The Bassa people have a strong connection to their ancestral spirits and believe in a spiritual world that coexists with the physical realm. Ancestor worship, animism, and traditional rituals are integral to their religious practices. The Bassa people also revere nature and maintain a close relationship with ...