What is "babungo"

alt. The Bantu language of the Vengo people from the village of Babungo in the Cameroonian Grassfields. n. The Bantu language of the Vengo people from the village of Babungo in the Cameroonian Grassfields.

Babungo may refer to:

• the Babungo located in the Northwest of Cameroon;
• the Babungo Foundation, an NGO to help children in Cameroon;
• the ethnic group of the Babungo people;
• the Babungo language;
• things originating from the culture or tradition of the Babungo people.

The spelling "Bamungo" is also often used instead of "Babungo". With respect to language and people, the following alternate terms are used for "Babungo": Vengo, Vengoo, Vengi, Pengo, Ngo, Nguu, Ngwa, Nge.

Babungo is one of the four villages of Babessi Sub Division, Ngoketunjia Division of the North West Region Cameroon. It is situated on the Ring Road from Bamenda about ten kilometers (10 km) from Bamunka on the high plain of Ndop which is fertile and rich in water, intensely cultivated and surrounded by a ring of hills covered with pastures, making it an ideal grazing land.

Since October 2003, Babungo Museum started to contribute to the development of the cultural values aimed at overcoming the gap between local and global, as well as between tradition and modernity. They opened up new job opportunities and possibilities for development linked to the enhancement of an important resource of the country, whilst reinforcing the conscience of a rich cultural identity opened to encounter and exchange with the cultures of the world. The museum was designed using local materials, techniques and labor thanks to an Italian architect Antonio Piva, lecturer in museography at the faculty of Architecture of the Politecnico of Milan and a UNESCO collaborator. Upon the opening of this museum to the public, it has been attracting a lot of visitors to Babungo village to see the sculptures.