TheAvikam are anAkan people who live predominantly inIvory Coast.[1]
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| Avikam, Brignan in Ivory Coast.Continent: Africa | |
The Avikam people of southern Cote d 'Ivoire live in a tropical rainforest fringed by a coastal lagoon. The nearby city ofAbidjan, the country's economic capital, is also home to many of them.[2]
Most of Avikam people earn a living fromagriculture. Some are subsistence farmers, living off what they raise in their own fields. Others work in agricultural cooperatives that growpalm oil,coconut,cassava orbananas. Still others work for large producers ofrubber and palm oil.[2]
About a century ago, missionaries fromAfrica andEurope delivered the Gospel to the Avikam people. Today, a sizable portion claim to beChristians while yet adhering to strongly established animistic customs. Strong believers frequently experience daily pressure from individuals who insist on employing fetishes, or things produced by humans that are thought to have supernatural powers, to fend off evil spirits.[2]
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