Chamba people

Chamba
Buffalo mask of the Chamba people
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The Chamba are a significant ethnic group in the north eastern Nigeria. The Chamba are located between present day Nigeria and Cameroon.[1] The closest Chamba neighbours are the Mumuye, the Jukun and Kutep people. In Cameroon, the successors of Leko and chamba speakers are divided into several states: Bali Nyonga, Bali Kumbat, Bali-Gham, Bali-Gangsin, and Bali-Gashu.[2] They are two ethnic groups in Ghana and Togo also called Chamba, but they are ethnically distinct.[3] The Chamba are identified through their own language, beliefs, culture, and art.

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  2. ^ Fowler, Ian; Zeitlyn, David (1996). "Chapter 1:Introduction: the Grassfields and the Tikar". In Fowler, Ian (ed.). African Crossroads: Intersections between History and Anthropology in Cameroon. Book Publishers. pp. 1–16.
  3. ^ James Stuart Olson (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing. pp. 124–125. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8.