n.
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.