The Kotoko people, also called Mser, Moria, Bara and Makari,[citation needed] are a Chadic ethnic group located in northern Cameroon, Chad and Nigeria.

[1] The Kotoko population is composed of approximately 90,000 people of which the majority live in Cameroon.

They founded the Kotoko kingdom in c. 1500 CE,[2] and are considered to be descendants of the Sao civilization.

The fish they catch is subsequently smoked or dried then sold in local markets.

[5] The Kotoko converted to Islam due to the growing presence of Muslim merchants and clerics from the Bornu Empire.