Tupuri people explained

Group:	Tupuri
Regions:	Cameroon and Chad
Region1:	Chad
Pop1:	215,466
Ref1:	^[1]
Region2:	Cameroon
Pop2:	125,000
Languages:	Tupuri • Arabic • French
Religions:	Christianity • Traditional

The Tupuri are an ethnic group in Cameroon and Chad. They speak a language called Tupuri, which had 125,000 speakers in Cameroon at an unspecified date and 90,785 speakers in Chad in 1993. There were 215,466 of them in Chad in 2009.^[2]

In Cameroon, the Tupuri live east of Kaélé in the Kaele division and in the Kar-Hay subdivision of the Mayo-Danay division of the Far North Province. In Chad, Tupuri live near Fianga, Fianga Subprefecture, Mayo-Kebbi Prefecture in the southwest of the country.^[3]

The Tupuri are known for a dance called the gourna, "the dance of the cock", which involves the dancers forming a circle and holding long sticks.^{[4] [5]}

The Tupuri political and religious life is headed by the Wang Doré, the traditional Kings of Doré, who are based in the village of Doré near Fianga, Chad.^[6]

References

• Chrispin, Pettang, directeur, Cameroun: Guide touristique. Paris: Les Éditions Wala.
• Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005): "Tupuri". Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 15th ed. Dallas: SIL International. Accessed 7 June 2006.
• West, Ben (2004). Cameroon: The Bradt Travel Guide. Guilford, Connecticut: The Globe Pequot Press Inc.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Analyse Thematique des Resultats Definitifs Etat et Structures de la Population . Institut National de la Statistique, des Études Économiques et Démographiques du Tchad . 3 May 2020.
2. Web site: Analyse Thematique des Resultats Definitifs Etat et Structures de la Population . Institut National de la Statistique, des Études Économiques et Démographiques du Tchad . 3 May 2020.
3. Ethnologue.
4. Chrispin 129.
5. West 18.
6. Book: Tchago . Boumion D. . Tubiana . Joseph . L'identité tchadienne : l'héritage des peuples et les apports extérieurs : actes du colloque international célébrant le 30e anniversaire de la fondation de l'Institut national des sciences humaines de l'Université du Tchad, Ndjaména, 25-27 novembre 1991 . 1994 . Harmattan . Paris . 2-7384-2622-0 . 139–157 . La fête religieuse de Kagi du royaume de Doré.