The Tupuri non-Fulbe, non Muslim ethnic group of northern Cameroon, southwestern Chad, and southeastern Nigeria, a subgroup of the Kirdis.
Most of those in Chad are concentrated near the town of Fianga in Mayo-Kebbi Prefecture. They arrived there fleeing Fulbe slave traders in the lowlands. The Tupurs live by fishing and raising cattle, as well as by farming millet and sorghum in terraced, hillside fields. They also raise cattle.
The Tuburi of Chad are numbering 274,000. They are part of the Adamawa-Ubangi people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 600,000 in 2 countries (Chad and Cameroon) (Peoplegroups.org, 2024).
Tpuri are Kirdi people.
Their primary language is Tupuri.
The primary religion practiced by the Tuburi is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.
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.
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.
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