Batibo

Batibo is a name that refers to a town and a subdivision in

Trans-African Highway, 27 miles west of Bamenda and about 100 miles east of Nigeria. Batibo is the economic, social, political and cultural heartbeat of the Moghamo speaking people as well as the Greater Widikum tribe

. Batibo, formerly referred to as Aghwi, is home to a people including farmers, traders, and craftsmen.

Batibo is the capital of Batibo Sub Division or Batibo Council and is located 40 kilometers southwest of Bamenda in the northwest region of Cameroon, along the Bamenda - Mamfe road. It is located between latitudes 575 and 590 north of the equator,

savannah

to the north.

Villages

Batibo comprises the following villages:^[2]

Climate

Batibo experiences two seasons, the

rainfall

recorded at approximately 2500 mm.

Statistics

The time zone ID for Batibo is Africa/Douala.
The population is estimated at twenty-thousand.

Culture

Batibo culture portrays itself in rhythmic music, traditional outfits, artwork, and folklore and traditional rites.

pawpaw

.

Wine

Batibo and its catchment area of Moghamo is the

Yaounde and Douala

. Fitchuk hardens with age and has actually been frozen and shipped to Europe and the USA where it is used to grace birth and marriage celebrations.

Food

Nang-cheuppi is a pourish^[check spelling] made of coco-yams, and vegetables. Huckle Berry vegetable (Njama Njama) and cocoyams is a frequent meal. The over twelve types of yams are cooked with meat, fish, chicken, vegetables and spices. Other foods consumed by the Batibo people include: rice, fufu, ndole, eru, achu, miyondo, koki, garri.One of the special meals eaten by the batibo people is a type of cocoyam called "Nang Kon" with a soup known as "abanwa" (leaves of a certain tree, these leave regulate the blood pressure of most people having high blood pressure) with tadpoles inside the soup.

The inhabitants of Batibo engage in animal husbandry. Animals raised in Batibo and Moghamo include

cows, rabbits and pigs. Pigs are commonly eaten on social events. In addition to those animals, chickens

are also raised both in poultries and as free range.

Music

It is an inhabitant of Batibo who originated the quote "Music is the fruit of life's creative and rhythmic juices".^[citation needed] A visit to any cultural occasion in Batibo will reveal the rhythmic culture. The Batibo inhabitants and their catchment area of Moghamo have a culture that is full of music, folklore, and dance. The traditional dances include the Tiwara, Nchibi, Mareway, Ambolo, Njang, and Ngo,Fongwa not forgetting the Royal dance and the Nere.The Nere dance is an annual festival dance celebrated during the Xmas vacation. This annual festival dance brings most of the Batibo people both in the country and abroad back home to celebrate the festival.

References

^ travelingluck.com
^ Troisième recensement général de la population et de l'habitat (3^e RGPH, 2005), Bureau central des recensements et des études de population du Cameroun (BUCREP), 2010
^ "Batibo Fondom Online". www.batibo.org. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[1] travelingluck.com

[2] Troisième recensement général de la population et de l'habitat (3^e RGPH, 2005), Bureau central des recensements et des études de population du Cameroun (BUCREP), 2010

[3] "Batibo Fondom Online". www.batibo.org. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[2]

v t e Communes of Northwest Region, Cameroon
Boyo	Belo Bum Fundong Njinikom
Bui	Elak-Oku Jakiri Kumbo (urban) Kumbo (rural) Mbiame Nkum Nkor
Donga-Mantung	Ako Misaje Ndu Nkambé Nwa
Mezam	Bafut Bali Bamenda 1st Bamenda 2nd Bamenda 3rd Santa Tubah
Momo	Andek Batibo Mbengwi Njikwa Widikum-Boffe
Ngo-Ketunjia	Ndop Balikumbat Babessi
Menchum	Fungom Wum Furu-awa Menchum valley