Bassa (Cameroon)
The Bassa (also called Basa or Basaa) are an ethnic group of Cameroon .
This people, of which there are a total of 230,000 members in Cameroon, is a Bantu people . Their language is the Bassa .
Culinary specialties
The most famous Cameroonian dishes that go back to the Basaa country are:
- The bongo tjobi
- The mintumba , made from manioc bread , is made from malaxed manioc mixed with palm oil , salt and allspice , wrapped in banana leaves and tied, cooked and finally served.
- Most coconut dishes
literature
- Ilsemargret Luttmann: Les Bassa sous L'influence des conditions coloniales allemandes: une étude sur une société segmentaire et acéphale . Dissertation, submitted at the University of Hamburg 1997. 4 microfiches.
music
- Psalmody bassa: Religious songs from Cameroon . Choir of the Bassa under the direction of Abbé Aloys Lihan. Calig-Verlag, Freiburg 1966. Record 45 / min; 17 cm
- Missa Bassa: mass chants from Cameroon . Choir of the Bassa under the direction of Abbé Aloys Llhan. Calig-Verlag, Freiburg 1966. Record 45 / min; 17 cm
Individual evidence
- ↑ M. Guthrie, The Bantu Languages of Western Equatorial Africa , pp. 28-40
- ↑ Pierre Lemb, François de Gastines, Dictionnaire basaá-français , pp. 23-28
- ↑ Dominique Nyacka, Joseph Mben Mben, Basogol b nkal le. Textes basaá pour l'enseignement , p. 14
- ^ Pierre Lemb, François de Gastines, Dictionnaire basaá-français , p. 28