Bedzan people

Bedzan people

The Bedzan people, singular Medzan, also known as the Tikar, are a Pygmy (or at perhaps pygmoid) people of Cameroon. The Bedzan community, in Yoko Commune on the Tikar Plain, is estimated at between 250[1] and 1200.[2] They live at the interface of the forest and the savannah, and their language is a dialect of Tikar, which is related to the Bantu languages.

Although not particularly short in stature—at least any longer—the Bedzan are considered Pygmies because of their historical ties to the forest and cultural features such as their music.[3]

References

  1. ^ Hewlett & Fancher (2011) "Central African Hunter-Gatherer Research Traditions". In Cummings, Jordan, & Zvelebil, eds, Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers.
  2. ^ Barbier, J.-C. (1978) Les pygmées de la plaine Tikar au Cameroun. Yaoundé.
  3. ^ Bedzan Pygmies From The Tikar Plain, CD, 2000.

External links


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Tikar people — A Tikar family in the Northwest Province. The Tikar are a group of related ethnic groups in Cameroon. They live primarily in the northwestern part of the country, in the Northwest Province near the Nigerian border. They speak Bantoid language,… …   Wikipedia

  • Classification of Pygmy languages — Distribution of Pygmies according to Cavalli Sforza. Many of the southern Twa are missing. The Pygmies of Equatorial Africa are those forest people who have, or recently had, a deep forest hunter gather economy and a simple, non hierarchical… …   Wikipedia

  • Pigmeo — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Pigmeo Población total Desconocido …   Wikipedia Español

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”