Cultural history of cameroon

Bafut is a town located in a modern commune in Cameroon, it is also a traditional fondom.
It is located in the Mezam Department, which in turn is located in the Northwest Province.

The Baka people, known in the Congo as Bayaka, are an ethnic group inhabiting the southeastern rain forests of Cameroon, northern Republic of the Congo, northern Gabon, and southwestern Central African Republic.
They are sometimes called a subgroup of the Twa, but the two peoples are not closely related.
Likewise, the name Baka is sometimes mistakenly applied to other peoples of the area who, like the Baka and Twa, have been historically called pygmies, a term that is now considered derogatory.

The Centre Region occupies 69,000 km2 of the central plains of the Republic of Cameroon.
It is bordered to the north by the Adamawa Region, to the south by the South Region, to the east by the East Region, and to the West by the Littoral and West Regions.
It is the second largest of Cameroon's regions in land area.
Major ethnic groups include the Bassa, Ewondo, and Vute.

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.
This also contributes to its cultural diversity as ways of life and traditional food dishes and traditions vary from geographical region to geographical region.

Cameroon's noncontentious, low-profile approach to foreign relations puts it squarely in the middle of other African and developing country states on major issues.
It supports the principles of non-interference in the affairs of third world countries and increased assistance to underdeveloped countries.
Cameroon is an active participant in the United Nations, where its voting record demonstrates its commitment to causes that include international peacekeeping, the rule of law, environmental protection, and Third World economic development.
In the UN and other human rights fora, Cameroon's non-confrontational approach has generally led it to avoid criticizing other countries.

Cameroon is home to at least 250 languages, with some accounts reporting around 600.
These include 55 Afro-Asiatic languages, two Nilo-Saharan languages, four Ubangian languages, and 169 Niger–Congo languages.
This latter group comprises one Senegambian language (Fulfulde), 28 Adamawa languages, and 142 Benue–Congo languages .
French and English are official languages, a heritage of Cameroon's colonial past as a colony of both France and the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1961.
Eight out of the ten regions of Cameroon are primarily francophone, representing 83% of the country's population, and two are anglophone, representing 17%.
The official percentage of French and English speakers by the Presidency of Cameroon is estimated to be 70% and 30% respectively.

The North Region makes up 66,090 km2 of the northern half of The Republic of Cameroon.
Neighbouring territories include the Far North Region to the north, the Adamawa Region to the south, Nigeria to the west, Chad to the east, and Central African Republic to the southeast.
The city of Garoua is both the political and industrial capital.
Garoua is Cameroon's third largest port, despite the fact that the Bénoué River upon which it relies is only navigable for short periods of the year.