Ewondo people

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The Ewondo people are a Central African ethnic group primarily from Cameroon, known for their rich cultural traditions and as one of the major Beti-Pahuin groups.

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Ewondo people canonical 14

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Beti-Pahuin people
ethnic group
colonialHistory French Cameroon
linked to: Cameroon

German Kamerun
continent Africa
country Cameroon
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
culturalPractice bridewealth
extended family compounds
initiation rites
educationLanguage English
Ewondo language
French
ethnolinguisticGroup Bantu peoples
language Ewondo language
languageFamily Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
majorSettlementArea Yaoundé
missionaryInfluence Catholic missions
Protestant missions
musicTradition call-and-response singing
drumming ensembles
notableSubgroup Mfoundi
region Central Africa
relatedEthnicGroup Beti people
Bulu people
Eton people
Fang people
religion Christianity
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
traditional African religions
socialOrganization chiefdoms
patrilineal clans
traditionalInstrument drums
harps
rattles
xylophones
traditionalLivelihood fishing
hunting
small-scale trade
subsistence agriculture
traditionalReligionFeatures ancestor veneration
belief in nature spirits
ritual specialists
urbanization significant presence in Yaoundé
urbanRole founding population of Yaoundé region
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Ewondo language spokenBy Ewondo people
Ewondo spokenBy Ewondo people
Ewondo ethnicGroup Ewondo people
Kolo usedByEthnicGroup Ewondo people
Fang people relatedEthnicGroup Ewondo people
Beti-Pahuin peoples subgroup Ewondo people
Beti–Pahuin languages spokenBy Ewondo people
Southern Cameroon hasEthnicGroup Ewondo people
Bulu people relatedEthnicGroup Ewondo people
Ewondo language ethnicGroup Ewondo people
subject linked to: ewo