Fali

The Fali They are mainly implanted in Cameroon, and they are also found in Nigeria and the Tchad, even though they speak different languages they have the same beliefs. They are mainly farming villages. The city of Garoua is the one that groups the largest number of Fali. The Fali are the result of crossings due to numerous migrations throughout the times. Until the conquest of the Peulin the century XIX They occupied vast territory but were forced to retreat into the mountains. Like the Doayo, Kapsiki and many other peoples are part of the great group KirdiThe basic social unit is the extended family, within the same concession. Several concessions constitute a village, which is a religious and political unity. In the concession each wife has her own enclosure, the rooms are mixed with barns and woodworks offering an aspect of confusion. They have family altars, in the huts-reliquary, to worship the ancestors even though most of them have embraced Islam. Faw, the sky, the lord of life, created Ona, the earth, joined her and so human beings were born. His wooden dolls, Ham Pilu, are known as those of the Namji, adorned with numerous multicolored beads. These dolls are a symbol of female fertility. The man offers it to his future wife to have a favorable birth and a healthy child, for which he carries her on her back throughout the pregnancy, as if she were already the child to be born.