Tikar

Tikar

The Tikar are a group of related ethnic groups in Cameroon. They live primarily in the northwestern part of the country, in the Northwest Province near the Nigerian border. They speak several related Southern Bantoid languages. Their population is approximately 25,000.

The Tikar have elements of matrilineal and patrilineal descent. Their folk belief states that during pregnancy the blood that the woman would normally release during menstruation forms parts of the fetus. This blood is said to form the skin, blood, flesh and most of the organs. The bones, brain, heart and teeth are believed to be formed from the father's sperm. [http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/Rainforest/SML_files/Pricede/descent_1.html] In the case of a son the masculinity also comes from this. The Tikar are also noted as mask-makers.

For the 2006 PBS television program "African American Lives", the noted African American musician Quincy Jones had his DNA tested; the test showed him to be of Tikar descent.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tik Tikar entry] at Ethnologue site
* [http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/dz/xroads/intro_3.html Article about Bamenda and Tikar]


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