The groups encountered by 19th century explorers all had a past, often turbulent, which had brought them to the place where they were found…
Apart from the indigenous people of the equatorial forest, the Babongo, Bakola and Baka Pygmies, most of the Gabonese groups come from the regions some distance to the north-east…
Over a period stretching from the 13th-14th centuries to the 18th-19th centuries, there were sporadic migrations, retreats and separations, long intervals of peace interrupted by times of crisis (local wars, epidemics, slave trader raids, etc.)
Only the Punu come from the south…
The Fang people came from Egypt…
Before they settled in Egypt, they came
from Mesopotamia…
“This is why the Fang man is a black Jew; he possessed the same habits as the Jews. In Mesopotamia, the Fang were very imposing…”
All the Fang, from the Bulu, the Yewondo, and the Ntumu fought wars until they arrived in Egypt, where they remained for a long time…
From Egypt, they passed through the savanna, where they encountered another people, the Hausa…
They fought wars against each other…
The Fang had to continue onward until they arrived at Adzombogha [a mythical tree that blocked the migration path]
After that they left the savanna and entered into the forest…
SOURCES;
(Cinnamon, J. M. (1998). The long march of the fang: Anthropology and history in equatorial africa A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Yale University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy)
(Interview with Nang-Nkweign Marcel, Agnang, 29-30 November 1988)
(Louis Perrois, ‘Fang Visions of Africa Series’; 2006)
The Beti-Pahuin or Fang people of Middle Africa or specifically West-Central Africa descend from the Ancient Israelites of the Bible…
They’re patriarch specifically coming from the tribe of Manasseh…
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