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314: 297:. Wood carving is done primarily by men, yet there is no one specific specialist. Tools are a creation of the carver themselves, creating tools as needed. Things like chisels, curved knives, straight knives are made by the sculptor. Using these handmade tools leaves room for error and never leaves and entirely smooth surface. Sculptures with heart shaped faces symbolize the earliest artistic endeavors, while current mask display stylizations of birds, beasts, and humans. A majority of Mambila figures in the Mambila Plateau were taken by art traders in the 1960s and 1970s, leaving very few figures and sculptures to be documented. The most documented figures of the Mambila culture are Tadep and Kike figures. 269:). This is an area which, beginning from about A.D 1700, they, in a piece-meal fashion, progressively captured from the Twumwu, a pre-Tikar group that inhabited the Ndom Plain (Zeitlyn & Connell, 2003). At an altitude of some 700 m, these Ndòm villages live in a different ecological zone from those of the Plateau: for example, oil palm plantations and gallery forest are found there. The toponym Ndòm itself on this plain is a transplanted replica of the old Ndòm at Nyö Heights on the Mambilla Plateau. Mbèrr (the correct name of "Shonkolong") was similarly taken from the original "Mbèrr" at Gwalì area of the Nyö Heights, from which the current Mbèrr on Ndòm Plain and the Mbèrrbà around Kwanja emanated. 261:
zone, is Nigeria's loftiest landform. Villages are found both on the hilltops and on valley bottoms, and are relatively isolated from one another particularly during the rainy seasons when river crossings can be difficult (and impossible for motorised transport). Agriculture is concentrated on the valley bottoms while the highlands have been extensively grazed since the 1940s, i.e. since the immigration of cattle graziers towards the end of British administration (it was part of British Cameroon until the referendum of 1959/61). There has been overgrazing and erosion has caused considerable problems from the late 1970s onwards.
301: 200:. The Common Mambilla or Tungbo Dialect is the most widely understood Mambilla dialect in Nigeria. It is also the literary language of Mambilla for the vast majority who inhabit the Mambilla Plateau. The Mambilla New Testament known as 'Li Fa' and several Mambilla Language study texts are written in the Common Mambilla Dialect for Nigeria. A New Testament in Ju Ba is also available for speakers of Mambilla dialects on the Cameroon side of the border. 1140: 367:
confirmed newspaper and official reports of Fulani mercenaries being brought into Mambilla). Similar troubles occurred on 17 June 2017 when a Community Leader was abducted at about 3am in a Gestapo-style operation of the now-disbanded SARS Police brought in by certain actors. Again on 1 March 2018, the shooting to death of 2 men in a farm sparked off another round of conflict.
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A smaller fraction of the Mambilla, migrants from Nyö or Mvũrr in southern Mambilla Plateau and other villages, are to be found on the edge of the Ndòm (northern Tikar) Plain in Cameroon at the foot of the escarpment of the Mambilla Plateau. The principal Cameroonian villages are Mbèrr (Sonkolong),
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grassfields. The plateau is dissected by many rivers (notably the River Donga) leaving a complex geography of steep valleys separated by highlands (all of similar altitude). The Gang Peak, located in the northeastern corner of the Mambilla Plateau, on the Mambilla-Gashaka-Cameroon tri-point boundary
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In late 2000, and thereafter, particularly on 1 January 2002 when Udawa Fulani mercenaries from Niger and Chad invaded the Mambilla Plateau, conflicts over land led to many Fulani herders being driven from the Mambilla Plateau and becoming refugees in Cameroon and other parts of Nigeria. (There were
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The festivals celebrated in Mambilla include the Bol (November), Literr (February), Toshin (January–February), Mbà Sùu (April–June), Tírrìm (September), and Kàtìi (December). They are known by other nomenclatures in the Ndòm Plain (northern Tikar lowlands). For instance, Bol has an alternative name
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are something that only certain sexes are allowed to see. The pith figures were to act as embodiments of visiting ancestral spirits. Ancestral spirits guarded family treasures located within shrines by embodying these figurines. Another distinction is the annual application of their color scheme of
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Being the highest point in West Africa, the Mambilla Plateau is the coldest area in Nigeria. The climate is generally temperate throughout the year. There is a dry season from late November until early March, the rains (which are abundant and regular) peaking in August - September before gradually
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The Mambilla people of Nigeria (with a small fraction in Cameroon) regard themselves as a group with a common identity. They are the denizens of the Mambilla Region, and have been in their homeland for about 5,000 years. In Nigerian dialects they refer to themselves as 'Norr' (the people) while in
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side of the international border as well as in a couple of small villages, such as New Nàmba, on the Gashaka Plain in the north, and Jiini-Nyalang-Langa area close to the Kwanja. The Mambilla also occupy the Nyorrong-Lii-Ngùum area of Cameroon and are traceable in history to the Bang District of
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who can be referred to as "Bo ba bo", meaning "the Ba people". The populations of different Mambilla villages speak different dialects of Mambilla or closely related Mambiloid languages. They also share a set of closely related cultural practices, in particular a conjunction of masquerade and
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reducing in intensity. Showers and isolated heavy rains are rarely experienced between December and February On the Mambilla Plateau the altitude is sufficient for evenings to be cool. Daytime temperatures hardly exceed 25 °C (77.0 °F) making it the coldest plateau in Nigeria.
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oath-taking called "Suu", "Shua", "Sua" or "Shuaga". In the Somie (Ndiba) dialect this is phonetically written as . See discussion in "Sua in Somie" cited below. A locally written French language historical source for Somie history is Zeitlyn Mial & Mbe 2000.
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Cameroon there is a collective noun 'Ba' that is used in the unmarked sense to refer to the Mambilla, and also to refer to Mambilla in Cameroon on the Ndom or northern Tikar plain (see below) contrastively with neighbouring Mambilla on the highlands of the
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Men travel from village to village for festivities which include dance, sports, and form friendships that promote inter-village relations. Masks appear at Mbâ Sùu and can only be seen by men. There are many awe-instilling Sùu figures. The "Sùuburr" or
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Gausset, Q. (2005): 'Agro-pastoral conflicts in the Tikar Plain (Cameroon)', in Q. Gausset, M. Whyte and T. Birch-Thomsen (eds.), Beyond territory and scarcity: Exploring conflicts over natural resource management, 90–111. Uppsala: Nordic Africa
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Zeitlyn, David, Nicodeme Mial, and Charles Mbe 2000. Trois études sur les mambila de Somié, Cameroun. Boston, Mass.: Boston University African Studies Center: Groupe de Recherches sur l'Afrique Francophone. Fulltext available from
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Tadep depict male and female pairs usually carved from low density wood. They can also depict singular figures of multiples of one sex. Kike (Táké) are figures carved and made from the pith of
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red, white, and black to functioning objects. The male figure had a small opening in the abdomen as a receptacle for food particles, while the female figure had a blocked off abdomen opening.
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database gives two codes MCU for the Cameroonian dialects and MZK for the Nigerian dialects. See the survey work of Bruce Connell on the VIMS website cited below, and the article on
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of "Lùm", which, though known, is less widely used on the Plateau except at Nyo, Mvua and other eastern villages. Gùbírr is celebrated in September too and begins at Dieb (Dembe).
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Bami-Yuno (2009): "Linguistic Genocide in the Mambilla Region", Paper, 3rd Biennial Convention, National Association of Mambila Students, Bommi, Nigeria, 28–29 December 2009
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Bami-Yuno (2011): "The Original Bantu Homeland Debate"; Paper, 4th Biennial Convention, National Association of Mambilla Students, Bommi,Nigeria, 28–29 December 2011
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Male Tadep figure, Mambila People, Cameroon, early 19th century CE. Tadep figures were used in male-female pairs. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
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There are several eccentricities that set their art apart from other cultures. Mambila figures made of soft pith, and the attachment to shrines and
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David Zeitlyn, Sua in Somie: Aspects of Mambila Traditional Religion, Sankt Augustin, Academia Verlag, 1994, 260 pp., 3 88345 375 7
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Perrin, M. J. and Hill, M. V. 1969. Mambila (Parler d'Atta): Description Phonologique. Yaoundé: Universite Federale du Cameroun.
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in Nigeria. "Norr" is also used (the word for person in Nigerian dialects of Mambilla) (Bami-Yuno, 2013 ms).
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Words and Processes in Mambila Kinship: the Theoretical Importance of the Complexity of Everyday Life.
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Zeitlyn, David (Autumn 1994). "Mambila Figurines and Masquerades: Problems of Interpretation".
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Zeitlyn, David (Autumn 1994). "Mambila Figurines and Masquerades: Problems of Interpretation".
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lies north of the grasslands. The inhabitants developed unique art styles of sculpture made of
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Percival, D.A (1938): "Administrative Reorganization of Mambilla" (An Intelligence Report)
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or Mambilla language is a congeries of dialects and related languages. The SIL
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of Nigeria . This is a highland plateau, the northerly continuation of the
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with their modern capital at Bommi (Gembu in "Sardauna" Local Government).
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See Gaussett's article, and reports/photos of the captured mercenaries in
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for the Ndòm Plain (also known as northern Tikar Plain) on the
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Bami-Yuno (2012): "Jumboni - History of the Mambilla Chiefdom"
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Bami-Yuno (2012): "The Mambilla Region in African History"
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Mambilla Plateau. Today, the preferred ethnonym is spelt
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Index

Mambila
Mambilla Plateau
Nigeria
Cameroon
Mambila
French
English
Fulfulde
Traditional African religions
Islam
Christianity
Nigeria
Mambilla Plateau
'Sardauna'
Taraba State
Nigeria
Mambilla Plateau
Cameroon
Mambilla plateau
Mambila
Ethnologue
Mambiloid languages
Mambilla plateau
6°42′50″N 11°15′00″E / 6.713833°N 11.25002°E / 6.713833; 11.25002 (Gembu, Nigeria)
Taraba State
Bamenda
Somié
Mambila Plateau
clay
terracotta

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