Kotoko people

The Kotoko people , also called Mser, Moria, Bara and Makari,^[1] are an ethnic group located in northern Cameroon, Chad and Nigeria. ^[2] The Kotoko population is composed of 49,071 people, the majority of which, 40,904 people live in Cameroon. The Kotoko form part of the Chadic people. The mother tongue is Lagwan - (kot). Most of Kotoko are Sunni Muslims, but they also are members of other Islam sects like Ibadhi, Ahmadi, Alevi, Yazidi, Druze and Khariji. Only slightly more than 10% of the population is Evangelical. ^[1] They founded the Kotoko kingdom in the 15th century.

References

External links

• Global Payers Digest. Daily Topic for February 22, 2008. Muslim Kotoko People
• The Secret Of The Putchu Guinadji

Ethnic groups in Nigeria Anlo Ewe Annang Atyap Bariba Berom Buduma Defaka Dendi Djerma Ebira Edo Efik Eket Ekoi Eleme Esan Etsakor Fon Fula Goemai Gwari Hausa Ibibio Idoma Igala Igbo Ijaw Isoko Itsekiri Iwellemmedan Jukun Kamuku Kanuri Kilba Kirdi Kofyar Kotoko Kuteb Longuda Mafa Mumuye Nupe Ogoni Saro Tarok Teda Tiv Urhobo Yoruba

Ethnic groups in Cameroon Akunakuna Ana Anglo-Cameroonian Aro Bafia Baka Bakoko Bakossi Baligham Bamileke Bamum Banda Bassa Beti-Pahuin Bubi Buduma Duala Dwe'e Ekoi Fali Fula Gbaya Hausa Kanuri Kapsiki Kirdi Kole Kom Kombe Kotoko Kuteb Kwe Kwele Limba Mafa Makaa Mambila Mankon Masa Mbo Mboko Mofu Mungo Musgum Njem Nso Nzime Pori Subu Tikar Tiv Tupuri Vengo Widikum Wodaabe Wovea Yerwa Kanuri Yeyi

Ethnic groups in Chad Amdang Anakaza Baggara Bidayat Bilala Buduma Dar Daju Daju Daza Fongoro Fula Fur Gouran Haddad Hadjarai Hausa Kanembu Kanuri Kim Kimr Kotoko Lisi Maba Mandinka Mararit Masa Masalit Musgum Sara Shuweihat Sinyar Sudanese Sungor Tama Teda Toubou Tunjur Tupuri Yerwa Kanuri Zaghawa