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Fang

Bantu-speaking peoples of southern Cameroon, mainland Equatorial Guinea, and northern Gabon. The Fang number about 3.6 million. Under colonial rule they engaged in ivory trading and after World War I in cacao farming. By 1939 much of the population was Christian, but since 1945 syncretistic sects have grown rapidly. The Fang are politically influential, especially in Gabon.


fang
1. the long pointed hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake through which venom is injected
2. any large pointed tooth, esp the canine or carnassial tooth of a carnivorous mammal
3. the root of a tooth


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