The Bakoko, also known as the Basoo, are a Bantu ethnic group in Cameroon. According to 2010 figures there are around 111,000 of them, mostly concentrated in the Littoral Region in the southwest of the country.[1] They speak the Bakoko language and are related to the Bassa people.[2][3] These people put up a resistance to the Germans when they invaded in 1889.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Bakoko people". Joshua Project. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  2. ^ Appiah, Anthony; Gates, Henry Louis (17 February 2010). Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-19-533770-9. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  3. ^ Fanso, Verkijika G. (31 July 1989). Cameroon History for Secondary Schools and Colleges: Prehistoric times to the nineteenth century. Macmillan. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-333-47121-0. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  4. ^ Jonassohn, Kurt; Björnson, Karin Solveig (1998). Genocide and Gross Human Rights Violations in Comparative Perspective. Transaction Publishers. p. 250. ISBN 978-0-7658-0417-4. Retrieved 28 August 2012.


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