The Bikélé are an ethnic group living mainly in the south-west of Cameroon, in the department of Haut-Nyong, sub-division of Messamena. They are closely related to the Badjoué.

Language

The Bikélé speak the kol language (also known as Bikélé), a southern Bantoid language.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Kol at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon

Bibliography

  • Dictionnaire des villages du Haut-Nyong, Centre ORSTOM de Yaoundé, June 1968, 84 p. (identification of Bikélé villages)
  • H. Koch, "Le petit bétail chez les Badjoué et Bikélé de Messamena", in Bulletin de la Société d'études camerounaises, 1946, 276, Numbers: 13-14, p. 27-108
  • Henri Koch, Magie et chasse au Cameroun (Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1968) [a study of the culture of Badjoué and Bikélé peoples].

See also

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