Cameroonians in France consist of migrants from Cameroon and their descendants living and working in France.
Total population | |
---|---|
90,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
París, Marseille | |
Languages | |
Fanji, Jagham, Basaa, Medumba, French | |
Religion | |
Christianity (majority) Islam (minority) |
The first Cameroonian immigrants in France came in the 1970s, like the Congolese, some years after the first immigrant wave from Sub-Saharan Africa (Senegal Valley) to France.[1] This immigration has sped up in the 1980s (due to the social and economic crisis in Cameroon)[2]