Fang people

Fang people
4-faced Ngontang mask of Fang people
Total population
~1 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Equatorial Guinea (85%)
 Cameroon
 Gabon
Languages
Fang language, French, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Religion
Christianity, some syncretic with Traditional African religion
Related ethnic groups
Other Beti-Pahuin peoples

The Fang people, also known as Fãn or Pahouin, are a Bantu ethnic group found in Equatorial Guinea, northern Gabon, and southern Cameroon.[2][1] Representing about 85% of the total population of Equatorial Guinea, concentrated in the Río Muni region, the Fang people are its largest ethnic group.[3] The Fang are also the largest ethnic group in Gabon, making up about a quarter of the population.[4]

  1. ^ a b Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates (2010). Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. pp. 415–419, 460. ISBN 978-0-19-533770-9.
  2. ^ Fang people, Encyclopædia Britannica
  3. ^ Jamie Stokes (2009). Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East. Infobase. pp. 225–227. ISBN 978-1-4381-2676-0.
  4. ^ Equatorial Guinea People and Society; Cameroon People and Society; Gabon People and Society; CIA Factbook