Fang communities of Equatorial Guinea

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The Fang communities of Equatorial Guinea are a major Central African ethnic group whose various subgroups, including the Ntumu, share a common Fang language and cultural heritage across the country.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people
ethnic group
citizenship Equatoguinean
colonialHistoryContext Spanish Guinea
continent Africa
country Equatorial Guinea
culturalHeritage epic storytelling
oral tradition
ethnolinguisticGroup Fang people
language Fang language
languageFamily Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
majorityEthnicGroupIn mainland Equatorial Guinea
region Central Africa
relatedEthnicGroup Beti-Pahuin peoples
Bulu people
Ewondo people
religion Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
syncretic Christianity
sharesCulturalHeritageWith Fang people of Cameroon
Fang people of Gabon
sharesLanguageWith Fang people of Cameroon
Fang people of Gabon
significantPopulationIn Bioko Island
subgroup Esamengong
Meke
linked to: Mekè

Mvaï
Ntumu
Okak
traditionalArt mask making
wood carving
traditionalBelief ancestor veneration
belief in spirits
traditionalCrop cassava
plantain
yam
traditionalEconomy subsistence agriculture
traditionalHuntingPractice forest hunting
traditionalInstrument drums
harp-zither
traditionalMusic polyphonic singing
traditionalPractice initiation rites
traditionalReligion Fang traditional religion
traditionalSocialStructure patrilineal clans
urbanMigration Bata
Malabo
usesScript Latin alphabet

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Ntumu ethnicAssociation Fang communities of Equatorial Guinea
Ntumu ethnicAssociation Fang communities of Gabon
linked to: Fang communities of Equatorial Guinea
Fang communities of Equatorial Guinea sharesCulturalHeritageWith Fang people of Cameroon
linked to: Fang communities of Equatorial Guinea