Bamum people

Bamum
ꚫꛣꚧꚳ
Bamum artisan at work in Foumban
Total population
420,000
Regions with significant populations
Cameroon
Languages
Bamum
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Tikar people, Nso people, Bamileke people, Bafia people, Grassfields peoples

The Bamum, sometimes called Bamoum, Bamun, Bamoun, or Mum, are a Grassfields ethnic group located in now Cameroon. In 2018, the Bamum and Bamileke peoples accounted for about 24% of the country's population.[1] The Kingdom of Bamum covers approximately 7,300 km.[2]: 70  The Kingdom of Bamum was surrounded to the north by the territory of Cameroon, from the west and south-west the kingdom's boundary touches the River Nun while the Rivers Mape and the Mbam surround it to the east.[3]: 38 

Climate in the Kingdom consists of two seasons: a long rainy season, and a short dry season. This is mainly due to its location between a forest zone in the south and a tropical savannah grassland in the north. The length of the two seasons last for irregular time lengths.[2]: 71 

  1. ^ U.S. News Staff. "Overview of Cameroon". U.S. News. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  2. ^ a b Fomine, Forka Leypey Mathew (2009). "A Concise Historical Survey of the Bamum Dynasty and the Influence of Islam in Foumban, Cameroon, 1390 – Present". The African Anthropologist. 16 (1&2): 69–92 – via AJOL.
  3. ^ Jeffreys, M. D. W. (1950). "The Bamum Coronation Ceremony as Described by King Njoya". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 20 (1): 38–45. doi:10.2307/1156047. ISSN 0001-9720. JSTOR 1156047. S2CID 143702386.