Bafut people
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Bafut people, also known as Fut or Bufu people are a Grassfields ethnic group located in the Bafut Subdivision of the North West Province, Cameroon.
Around 134 000 Bafut people speak the Bafut language, an Eastern Grassfields language of the Niger-Congo languages.[citation needed] Thirty percent of the Fut people read and write the language. Expanding Literacy in Fut language is supported by ten schools and thirty churches.[1]
Bafut people were once multilingual. Most of the upper Bafut can speak the Bafut language and Cameroonian Pidgin English. Also, in a minor degree, they can speak local languages such as Mankon, Meta', or Mungaka.[2]
Religion
Christianity is the predominant religion between Bafut people, accounting for 74%[citation needed] to 95% of the population. A minor group still follows their ancestral religion. Bafut Christians divide between Roman Catholic, Protestants, and other independent churches.[1]
The New Testament has been translated to the Bafut language and gospel recordings can be also heard.[1]
