Galdi, Cameroon

Galdi
Galdi
	Galdi
	Coordinates: 7°05′N13°51′E / 7.083°N 13.850°E
Country	Cameroon
Region	Adamawa
Department	Vina
Population (2005) [1]
• Total	1,529

Last updated April 03, 2019

Galdi (also Galde) is a village in the commune of Nyambaka, in the Adamawa Region of Cameroon, in the south-eastern part of the Adamawa Plateau.^[2]

The Arrondissements of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. The arrondissements are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each province.

Nyambaka is a town and commune in Cameroon.

The Adamawa Region is a constituent region of the Republic of Cameroon. It borders the Centre and East regions to the south, the Northwest and West regions to the southwest, Nigeria to the west, the Central African Republic (CAR) to the east, and the North Region to the north.

Population

In 1967, Galdi contained 182 inhabitants, mainly Fula people ^[3]

The Fula people or Fulani or Fulɓe, numbering between 38 and 40 million people in total, are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Sahel and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region. Inhabiting many countries, they live mainly in West Africa and northern parts of Central Africa but also in, South Sudan, Sudan and regions near the Red Sea coast.

At the time of the 2005 census, there were 1529 people in the village.^[1]

There is a Sunday market in the village.^[3]

Rock art

A site with rock art has been discovered in the vicinity of the village, with more than 150 motifs, including stylised metal weapons, arrangements of cups, and other unidentified signs.^[2]

In archaeology, rock art is human-made markings placed on natural stone; it is largely synonymous with parietal art. A global phenomenon, rock art is found in many culturally diverse regions of the world. It has been produced in many contexts throughout human history, although the majority of rock art that has been ethnographically recorded has been produced as a part of ritual. Such artworks are often divided into three forms: petroglyphs, which are carved into the rock surface, pictographs, which are painted onto the surface, and earth figures, formed on the ground. The oldest known rock art dates from the Upper Palaeolithic period, having been found in Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa. Archaeologists studying these artworks believe that they likely had magico-religious significance.

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References

1 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.
1 2 Narcisse Santores Tchandeu, « Découverte d’un site d’art rupestre à Galdi au moyen Cameroun », in Afrique : Archéologie & Arts, No. 5, 2009, p. 1739.
1 2 Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua, ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, p. 25

Bibliography

Jean Boutrais (ed.), Peuples et cultures de l'Adamaoua (Cameroun) : actes du colloque de Ngaoundéré, du 14 au 16 janvier 1992, ORSTOM, Paris ; Ngaoundéré-Anthropos, 1993, 316 p. ISBN 2-7099-1167-1
Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua, ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, 133 p.
Narcisse Santores Tchandeu, « Découverte d’un site d’art rupestre à Galdi au moyen Cameroun », in Afrique : Archéologie & Arts, No. 5, 2009, p. 173-179.

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External links

Nyambaka, on the website Communes et villes unies du Cameroun (CVUC)

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[RG-1] 1 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.

[NAR-2] 1 2 Narcisse Santores Tchandeu, « Découverte d’un site d’art rupestre à Galdi au moyen Cameroun », in Afrique : Archéologie & Arts, No. 5, 2009, p. 1739.

[DIC-3] 1 2 Dictionnaire des villages de l'Adamaoua, ONAREST, Yaoundé, October 1974, p. 25