"The Tikar (also Tikari, Tige, Tigar, Tigre, Tikali) are a central African people who inhabit the Bamenda Grassfields in Cameroon. They are known as great artisans, artists and storytellers. Once a nomadic people, oral tradition traces the origin of the Tikar people to the Nile River Valley. They speak a Northern Bantoid language called Tikar. The current population of Tikar in Cameroon is approximately 168,000-173,000. This is a great difference from other trafficked ethnic groups like the Kirdi, who still number around 15 million people.
The Tikar people are thought to be closely related to the Bamileke people through the Bantu-Cameroon-Bamileke cluster." - (en.wikipedia.org 04.07.2022)
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