Buduma people

The Buduma are an ethnic group of Chad, Cameroon, and Nigeria who inhabit many of the islands of Lake Chad. They are predominantly fishers and cattle-herders. In the past, the Buduma carried out violent raids on the cattle herds of their neighbors. They were feared villains with aggressive reputations; thus, they were respected and left alone for many years, protected by their own habitat of water and reeds.

Today, they are a peaceful and friendly people willing to adopt some modern changes. Although their neighbors call them Buduma, meaning "people of the grass (or reeds)," they prefer to be called Yedina. Their language is known as Yedina.

References

• Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005): "Buduma". Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 15th ed. Dallas: SIL International. Accessed 13 January 2007.
• Profile of the Buduma people

Ethnic groups in Cameroon
Akunakuna Ana Anglo-Cameroonian Aro Bafia Baka Bakoko Bakossi Baligham Bamileke Bamum Banda Bassa Beti-Pahuin Bubi Buduma Chamba 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

Ethnic groups in Nigeria
Anlo Ewe Annang Atyap Bariba Berom Buduma Chamba 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