Our History

Socially Bakundu comprise of a heterogeneous people who function harmoniously around a main figure – the chief. The chief is at the top of the political setup and he rules with the close collaboration of a traditional council. In most of the villages, few non-natives are incorporated into the council. When it comes to traditional matters, the people attach a high degree of importance to the relationship between the chief and the citizens. In their day to day activities, unlike in most villages in the north west of Cameroon, there is no mark difference between the chief and his people, men and women. What exist here is that normal respect for seniors and submission to husbands or parents.

At the economic level, the economy of the Bakundu people is basically agriculturally oriented. Like 80% of Cameroonians, the Bakundu people derive their main stay from agricultural activities. This is seen in the cultivation of cash crops like cocoa, coffee, rubber and palm oil. Food crops such as plantains, cocoyams, cassava, yams, etc. are also cultivated. Cultivation of cash crops mostly rests with the men folk, while the women take care of the food crops. Apart from these, there is also little hunting done by men and extensive fishing activity carried out by women mostly in groups.

Bakundu villages are found in Meme Division in the South West Region of The Republic of Cameroon. They are precisely in three clusters, namely Konye Subdivision, Mbonge Subdivision and in Kumba I Subdivision.

The villages found in Konye Subdivision are Kokaka Bakundu, Ndoi Bakundu, Konye Town, Mbakwa Supe, Kumbe Bakundu, Wone Bakundu, Dipenda Bakundu, Koba Bakundu, Ibemi Bakundu, Sambaliba Bakundu, Mbu Bakundu, Itoki Bakundu, Mwangale Bakundu, Masaka Bakundu, Mosanja Bakundu, Mbiaka bakundu, Mambaba Bakundu, Bosaka Bakundu, Mandongo Bakundu and Mokwalibe.

And in Kumba I Subdivision are Kake Bongwana (Kake I) and Kake Bokoko (Kake II)

In Mbonge Subdivision we have the following villages along the Kumba–Buea road: Bombe bakundu, Banga Bekele, Banga Ngonge, Bopo. And along the Kumba-Mbonge road we have: Kombone Miso, Kombone Bakundu, Boa Bakundu, Marumba Botondowa, Marumba Bowa, Pete Bakundu,Foe Bakundu, Kwakwa Bakundu, Nake Bokoko, Nake Bongwana, Bole I, Bole Dipenda, Bole Botondowa, Ngongo Bakundu, and Mabonji Bakundu.