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