The Mundang people are an ethnic group in West Africa who live in parts of Cameroon, Chad, and Nigeria.[1] They speak the Mundang language, a subset of Mbum languages.[2]
Historically, the Mundang were an agricultural people; in the beginning of the 20th century they grew and harvested peas, beans, potatoes, nuts and durra.[3] They also branched out into cotton production and raised cattle and goats.[3] They brewed beer as well, from millet.[3] Mundang people in Léré built mud houses with straight roofs and polished interior walls.[3] They also constructed circular corn silos or granaries, accessed through the roof.[3]
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Sultan Lamido Ganthiome and his two wives in Léré, Chad in 1913. -
Corn towers of the Sultan Lamido Ganthiome in Léré, Chad. -
Mundang village of Léré, Chad in about 1913. -
A woman carries water before the village of Léré, Chad. Illustration by Ernst M. Heims.
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- ^ Gates, Jr. and, Henry Louis; Appiah, Kwame Anthony, eds. (2010). "Mundang". Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195337709.
- ^ Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.
- ^ a b c d e Friedrich, Adolf (1913). From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile: an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911. London: Duckworth. pp. 109–111.