IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bcp/journl/v8y2024i2p89-104.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Anthropological History of the Upper Banyang People in the Banyang Country, from Pre-Colonial Times to 2022

Author

Listed:
  • Kingsley A. Eyong (PhD)

    (Doctor of Institutional and Conflict History, University of Bamenda, Cameroon)

  • Sammy Besong Arrey-Mbi

    (Doctor of Economic and Social History, University of Bamenda, Cameroon)

  • Tambi Daniel Mbu (PhD)

    (Professor of Economics, Higher Institute of Transport and Logistics, The University of Bamenda, Cameroon)

  • Agborbechem Peter Tambi (PhD)

    (Professor of Test and Measurement, Faculty of Education, The University of Bamenda, Cameroon)

Abstract

The Upper Banyang people just like their Lower Banyang and Ejagham neighbours have the Bantu ancestry and migratory history. They migrated in waves and settled in the Cross-River Region of Cameroon. Before unification subject to colonial rule, they were scattered through the forest in separate settlements. Despite their disintegration, they had a common anthropological and binding factor; their Kenyang language. They remained Manyang with a defined settlement pattern, lineage structure and clans. The main objective for this study therefore is to bring out the geography, settlement pattern, lineage structure and clans in Upper Banyang. This paper employs qualitative historical analysis developed from primary and secondary data. The study reveals that the Upper Banyang people despite their migratory and complex colonial history, maintained a common anthropological ancestry, settlement pattern, lineage structure and clans.

Suggested Citation

  • Kingsley A. Eyong (PhD) & Sammy Besong Arrey-Mbi & Tambi Daniel Mbu (PhD) & Agborbechem Peter Tambi (PhD), 2024. "Anthropological History of the Upper Banyang People in the Banyang Country, from Pre-Colonial Times to 2022," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 8(2), pages 89-104, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:8:y:2024:i:2:p:89-104
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/Digital-Library/volume-8-issue-2/89-104.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/articles/anthropological-history-of-the-upper-banyang-people-in-the-banyang-country-from-pre-colonial-times-to-2022/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:8:y:2024:i:2:p:89-104. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Dr. Pawan Verma (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.