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

Kingsley A. Eyong (PhD), Sammy Besong Arrey-Mbi, Tambi Daniel Mbu (PhD) and Agborbechem Peter Tambi (PhD)
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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

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2024, vol. 8, issue 2, 89-104

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.

Date: 2024
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