Bakossi people
Bakossi house in 1920 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 200,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Bakossi Mountains (Cameroon) | |
| Languages | |
| Akoose | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Mbo and other Bantu peoples |
The Bakossi people are a Bantu ethnic group that live on the western and eastern slopes of Mount Mwanenguba and Mount Kupe in the Bakossi Mountains of Cameroon. They number about 200,000, mostly engaged in subsistence farming but also producing some coffee and cocoa.