 A Bakweri farmer working his cocoyam field on the slopes of Mt. Fako in the Southwest Province of Cameroon | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Total: 32,200 (1982)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Cameroon | |
| Languages | |
| Mokpwe | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christian and/or ancestor worshippers | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bakole, Bamboko, Duala, Isubu, Limba, Mungo, Wovea and other Bantu peoples |
The Bakweri (or Kwe) are a Bantu ethnic group of the Republic of Cameroon. They are closely related to Cameroon's coastal peoples (the Sawa), particularly the Duala and Isubu.
Early survey discussion of these topics may be found in Ardener 1956[2] and Dugast 1949[3]