&sq=&lang=&file=File:Baka_dancers_June_2006.jpg) Baka dancers in the East Province of Cameroon | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 5,000 to 30,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Central Africa, Cameroon, and Gabon | |
| Languages | |
| Baka, Ganzi, Gundi (Ngondi), French | |
| Religion | |
| African Traditional Religion, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Aka, Gyele, Kola |
The Baka people, known in the Congo as Bayaka (Bebayaka, Bebayaga, Bibaya),[1] 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.
- ^ or, along with the other Mbenga peoples, the derogatory Babinga, and in some areas Ngombe (Bangombe)