Tikar people
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The Tikar are a Central African ethnic group in Cameroon. They are known to be great artists, artisans and storytellers. Once a nomadic people, some oral traditions trace the origin of the Tikar peopl
A Tikar man (wearing Toghu cloth) plays the end-blown horn, a traditional instrument from the Northwest Region of Cameroon
Tikar Throne, Tikar Bamum artist, wooden, 42' high; 27" deep, 38" wide. Photo by Bruno Kemayou. Released by David W. Reed, PhD.
Madou-Yenou thrones commissioned by the Tikar chieftaincy of Rifum, crafted by Njikam Isidore, grandson of Nji Gbetom Salifou. Two thrones were made simultaneously as a customary precaution.
Bronze figurines of four enslaved Tikar being marched by a Moorish colonial guard and a Mboum royal guard toward the coast to be exported to the Americas, by Nji Gbetkom Salifou, a Bamoun sculptor from Cameroon's Grasslands, 1946–1950. Photo by Bruno Kemayou. Released by Chief Mongbet Vessah Ibrahim and David W. Reed, PhD.
Demographics of Cameroon
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The demographic profile of Cameroon is complex for a country of its population. Cameroon comprises an estimated 250 distinct ethnic groups, which may be formed into five large regional-cultural divisi
A Tikar family in the Northwest Province
