Ndzimu

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The Ndzimu (also Nzime ) are an ethnic group who live in the southeastern Cameroon rainforest zone. There are fewer than 30,000 (2000) ndzimu in Cameroon.

The Nzime live along the road that starts south of Abong-Mbang , goes through Mindourou and Lomié , and branches off to Zoulabot and Zwadiba . Their territory is south of the Badwe'e in Djaposten, east of the Koo, north of the Njyem , and west of the Kunabembe peoples - all of these peoples are culturally related. The Ndzimu speak the Nzime dialect of Koonzime ("OZM"), one of the Makaa – Njyem - Bantu languages .

In the meantime many Nzime are Christians, only a few profess their own traditional Central African religion.

literature

  • Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005): " Koonzime ". Ethnologue: Languages ​​of the World , 15th ed.Dallas: SIL International. Accessed June 7, 2006.
  • Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005): " Makaa-Njem (A80) ". Ethnologue: Languages ​​of the World , 15th ed.Dallas: SIL International. Accessed June 7, 2006.
  • Neba, Aaron, Ph.D. (1999) Modern Geography of the Republic of Cameroon, 3rd ed. Bamenda: Neba Publishers.
  • Ngima Mawoung, Godefroy (2001) "The Relationship Between the Bakola and the Bantu Peoples of the Coastal Regions of Cameroon and their Perception of Commercial Forest Exploitation". African Study Monographs , Suppl. 26: 209-235.
  • Ngoh, Victor Julius (1996) History of Cameroon Since 1800. Limbé: Presbook.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Koonzime", Ethnologue . Because the neighboring Bajwe also speak Koonzime, it is unclear how many of this figure are Nzime and how many are Bajwe.