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Mmuock
Mmuock (sometimes Mmock) is the Anglicised form of Muòk ()—sometimes written as Mǒk (see next paragraph). Mmuock is a tribe in the West/Southwest of Cameroon. Belonging to the Bamilike ethnic group, the Mmuock tribe comprises four villages: Mmuock Leteh, Mmuock Fossimondi, Mmockmbie, and Mmock Leleng . The first three villages are found in the English-speaking Lebialem Lebialem is a department of Southwest Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 617 km and as of 2005 had a total population of 113,736. The capital of the department lies at Menji. Since the outbreak of the Anglophone Crisis i ... Division in the Southwest Region of Cameroon, while Mmock Leleng lies in the french-speaking West Region. The Mmuock tribe speaks the Mmuock (Mmock) language. Due to dialectal differences, the name of the tribe is pronounced in Mmuock-Leteh and Mmuock-Fossimondi as , and in the other two villages as . As a result, there are two Anglicised spellings: Mmuock and M ...
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Mmuock Leteh
Mmuock Leteh () is a community of the Mmuock tribe. Administratively, it is found in the Wabane subdivision of the Lebialem Division in the Southwest Region of Cameroon. Located at 5.675°N/10.041°E, it is the last village on the northwestern border with the West Region of the country. Colonial administrators called it ''Fotang'' after the name of the traditional ruler. As a result, the village is today alternatively known as Fotang, and that name is retained on some administrative maps of Cameroon and osatellite imagery At 2740 m asl, Mmuock Leteh has one of the highest peaks in Cameroon located iMaleta The climate can be termed temperate, with night temperatures occasionally falling below 10 °C and the lower regions characterised by fog during the day. History Mmuock Leteh is part of the Mmuock tribe and, hence, shares the same early history with the other Mmuock villages. Evolution from the Mmuock group Not much is known about the Mmuock people prior to the 18th ...
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Mmuock Language
Mmuock, also called Mmock in some regions, is the language of the Mmuock (Mmock) people of western Cameroon. A writing system is based on the Latin script. Mmuock is a tonal language: the phrase ''a fa lèlā'' can mean at least four different things depending on the tone on the second ⟨a⟩: * a fǎ lèlā. ''she has been wrong to cry'' * a fâ lèlā. ''she will be wrong to cry'' * a fȧ lèlā. ''she hen she wants, or has, tomakes the mistake of crying'' * a fă lèlā. ''she s is in her naturemakes the mistake of crying''. Orthography The Mmuock alphabet referenced herein has notations for fifteen tones and forty letters. Keyboard layouts Some Unix-like operating systems such as Linux Linux ( or ) is a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged as a Linux distribution, w ... provide aXKBkeyboard la ...
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Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Its nearly 27 million people speak 250 native languages. Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad, and the Baka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest. Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area ''Rio dos Camarões'' (''Shrimp River''), which became ''Cameroon'' in English. Fulani soldiers founded the Adamawa Emirate ...
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Bamilike
The Bamileke are a Central African people who inhabit the Western High Plateau of Cameroon. Languages The Bamileke languages belong to the Grassfields branch of the Niger-Congo language family, which is sometimes labeled as a " Bantuoid language," rather than a Bantu language.Derek Nurse & Gérard Philippson, 2003, ''The Bantu Languages,'' p 227 History The Bamileke are said to have entered their current location from the Mbam region further north, They originally referred to themselves as ''Baliku''. ''Bamileke'' is thought to be a colonial corruption of their original names. They were later joined by the Tikar, Bali, Bamum and Bafia peoples, who migrated into their current region of Cameroon. This accounts for the use of the title ''Fon'' by all five of the ethnic groups. Like a king, the ''Fon'' is head of all authorities, from territory to civil and military, within a given kingdom. In the 17th century, the Bamileke migrated further south and west under the pressure ...
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Lebialem
Lebialem is a department of Southwest Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 617 km and as of 2005 had a total population of 113,736. The capital of the department lies at Menji. Since the outbreak of the Anglophone Crisis in 2017, much of Lebialem has come under the control of the Red Dragon militia, which were led by Lekeaka Oliver until he was shot dead on July 12, 2022. In October 2019, after forcing traditional rulers to flee, Oliver declared himself "Paramount Ruler of Lebialem". As of May 2020, much of Lebialem district is under the control of Oliver and his Red Dragon militia. Subdivisions The department is divided administratively into 3 communes and in turn into 17 villages or Fundons. Communes # Alou # Menji Menji is a town and commune in Cameroon. It is also the capital of Lebialem division. Geographical information See also *Communes of Cameroon The Arrondissements of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Came ...
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Southwest Region (Cameroon)
The Southwest Region or South-West Region () is a region in Cameroon. Its capital is Buea. , its population was 1,553,320. Along with the Northwest Region, it is one of the two Anglophone (English-speaking) regions of Cameroon. Various Ambazonian nationalist and separatist factions regard the ''Sud-Ouest'' region as being distinct as a polity from Cameroon. Administration The region is divided into six divisions or departments: Fako, Koupé-Manengouba, Lebialem, Manyu, Meme, and Ndian. These are in turn broken down into subdivisions. Presidentially appointed senior divisional officers () and subdivisional officers () govern each respectively. Ambazonian separatism Separatists from the Ambazonia administration regard both the Nord-Ouest (Northwest) and Sud-Ouest (Southwest) regions as being constituent components of their envisaged breakaway state. Geography The region was notable for having the first English-speaking university in Cameroon (the University of Buea). Towns i ...
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West Region (Cameroon)
The West Region (french: Région de l'Ouest) is 14,000 km2 of territory located in the central-western portion of the Republic of Cameroon. It borders the Northwest Region to the northwest, the Adamawa Region to the northeast, the Centre Region to the southeast, the Littoral Region to the southwest, and the Southwest Region to the west. The West Region is the smallest of Cameroon's ten regions in area, yet it has the highest population density. As home to the enterprising Bamum and Bamileke kingdoms, the West is an economic bright spot and one of Cameroon's more developed regions. This progressive development is tempered by the strong traditional culture that persists among the Bamileke and the province's other major ethnic group, the Bamum (sometimes ''Bamoum'', ''Bamun'', ''Bamoun''). Geography Land The West sits at the geologic crossroads of Cameroon; the soil varies greatly within a relatively small land area. The land along the Noun River and at the Bamendjing ...
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Bafou
Bafou is a small municipality situated in the west of Cameroon, in the West region, Menoua division and Nkongni subdivision. Bafou is populated by the Bamileke people, situated at approximately 10 km from Dschang the closest city. The rural economy is sustain by agriculture, except some few government worker civil servant, the large part of the population depends on agriculture. See also *Communes of Cameroon The Arrondissements of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. The arrondissements are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each province (now Regions). As of 2005 (and since 1996) there are 2 urban commu ... References Site de la primature - Élections municipales 2002 Contrôle de gestion et performance des services publics communaux des villes camerounaises Thèse de Donation Avele, Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV * Charles Nanga, La réforme de l’administration territoriale au Cameroun à la lumière de la loi ...
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