Bafanji is one of the five villages of

Balikumbat Balikumbat is a town and commune in Cameroon. It comprises 5 villages : *Bafanji * Baligansin * Baligashu * Balikumbat (village) * Bamunkumbit See also *Communes of Cameroon The Divisions of Cameroon are the third-level units of administrati ...

subdivision and one of the thirteen villages of

Ngo-Ketunjia Ngo-Ketunjia is a department of Northwest Province in Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central Af ...

department in

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

. Bafanji is one of five Mangeh villages without a defined boundary.

History

Mangeh villagers believe that Mangeh had five children, two sons (Tuningmungwa and Chengfong) and three daughters (Byiae, Vhenji and Mekheng). The eldest Tunigmungwa succeeded their father and formed Bambalang while his brother Chengfong established the

Bamunka Bamunka is a small village of Cameroon located in the North West Region along the ring road from Bamenda. Bamunka Village is the Sub Divisional Headquarter of Ndop, Cameroon, Ndop Central Subdivision and the Divisional Headquarter of Ngoketunjia D ...

village and Byiae formed

Bamali Bamali village is one of the four villages that make up Ndop Central sub division and one of the thirteen villages of Ngoketunjia division of the North West region of Cameroon. Bamali village is located partly along the ring road from Bamenda ...

, Vhenji formed

Bafanji The Fanji language, ''Chuufiè'' (''chufieʼ''), is a Grassfields Bantu language and the language of the Bafanji people in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. There are approximately 17,000 speakers. The language has a rich system of tonal morpho ...

and Mekheng the Bamunkumbit village. Bambalang and Bamunka were descendants of the males (sons of Mangeh) while Bafanji, Bamunkumbit and Bamali were the descendants of the daughters. These five villages formed the Mangeh Family Association to maintain peace and unity among themselves. Mangeh branches are found all over the country and abroad.

References

Populated places in Northwest Region (Cameroon) {{Cameroon-geo-stub