Musgum
The Musgum (also Mousgoum or Mupui ; own name Mulwi ) are a people of Cameroon and Chad .
They speak the Musgu language , a Chadian language which in 1992 had 61,500 speakers in Cameroon and 24,408 speakers in Chad in 1993. In Cameroon the Musgum live in the Maga subdivision in the Mayo-Danay-Division ( Extreme North ). In Chad they live in the Bongor sub-prefecture in the Mayo-Kebbi Est region and in the N'Djamena sub-prefecture in the Chari-Baguirmi region . This territory lies between the Shari and Logone rivers . An increasing number of Musgum in Cameroon are settling further north, towards Kousséri .
The Musgum are of neo-Sudanese origin and, together with other neo-Sudanese, left the Paleo-Sudanese in the present territory . Their recorded history begins with its conquest by the Fulani during the jihad of Modibo Adama in the 19th century. Many musgum were forced to convert to Islam and have since adopted elements of Fulbe clothing and culture. Fishing is a major activity for the Musgum during the rainy season when the Logone floods. This created ethnic tensions with rival Kotoko fishermen .
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