Mbakaou is a village in the
Adamawa Region
The Adamawa Region (french: Région de l'Adamaoua) is a constituent region of the Republic of Cameroon. It borders the Centre and East regions to the south, the Northwest and West regions to the southwest, Nigeria to the west, the Central Afr ...
of
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 C ...
. It is part of the
commune of
Tibati
Tibati (Fula: Tibati 𞤼𞤭𞤦𞤢𞤼𞤭) is a town and commune in Djérem, Cameroon. The town and region are reigned by a local monarch, the Lamido.
The most notable economic activity in the region is the fishery industry. The fish comes fr ...
. The economy is based mainly on fishing.
References
Bibliography
* P. Dubreuil, J. Guiscafre, J.-F. Nouvelot, J.-C. Olivry, « Le Djerem à Mbakaou », i
''Le bassin de la rivière Sanaga'' ORSTOM, Paris, 1975,
* Sirri Gerrard, « Fishery and Gender in Mbakaou, a Northern Cameroonian Village », in ''Mega-Tchad'', 1994, No. 2, p. 43-46.
See also
*
{{Portal, Cameroon
Populated places in Adamawa Region