Tikarè, Togo

Tikare is a village in the Bimah Prefecture in the Kara Region of north-eastern Togo.

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Tikaré, Burkina Faso

Tikaré (also, Tinkari and Tinari) is a town in Bam Province, Burkina Faso. It is the capital of the Tikare Department and had a population of 5,344.

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Tikar people

The Tikar is a blanket term used for several ethnic groups in Cameroon. It has been used very widely of people (and for example of ethnic art objects) so that it has become profoundly ambiguous.

There is a single ethnic group called the Tikar who live in on the Tikar Plain Adamaoua Region (Province). They speak a Bantoid language called Tikar. Their population is approximately 25,000. (See below for other groups to whom the term is applied). The Bedzan pygmies (who also live on the Tikar Plain) share their language. The main Tikar towns are Bankim, Ngambe Tikar, and Magba.

The Tikar have elements of matrilineal and patrilineal descent. Their folk belief states that during pregnancy the blood that the woman would normally release during menstruation forms parts of the fetus. This blood is said to form the skin, blood, flesh and most of the organs. The bones, brain, heart and teeth are believed to be formed from the father's sperm. In the case of a son the masculinity also comes from this. The Tikar are also noted as mask-makers.