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- The Mandara people, also known as Wandala or Mandwara, are a Central African traditionalist ethnic group found in north Cameroon northeastern Nigeria, and southeastern Chad. They speak the Wandala language, which belongs to the Chadic branch of Afro-Asiatic languages found in northeastern Africa.
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The Mandara people, also known as Wandala or Mandwara, are a Central African traditionalist ethnic group found in north Cameroon northeastern Nigeria, and southeastern Chad. [4] They speak the Wandala language, which belongs to the Chadic branch of Afro-Asiatic languages found in northeastern Africa.
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The two main Mandara towns are Kerawa on the northernwestern and Mora on the northerneastern edge of the Gwoza Hills. The Mandara live also in Mozogo and Koza (where they mix with Mafa) and in Ashigashia (where they mix with Mafa and Glavda). They also live in the towns southeast of Mora in the plains alongside the eastern fringes of the Northern M...
Their origins are unclear. They live in the mountainous region and valleys north of the Benue River in Cameroon, and have long been a part of the Mandara Sultanate. Their region witnessed slave trading and sub-Saharan caravans till the 19th century. The Mandara people were known for their horse raising and iron working skills, and featured a societ...
Unlike most other peoples of the hill country in the region, they accepted Islam, which has helped them establish close associations with local Arabs. There are small mosques in most Mandara villages. They wear the traditional Muslim robe and amulets.
Most Mandaras are farmers, raising groundnuts and cotton for commercial sale. In recent years, periodic droughts in the Cameroon plains have badly damaged the Mandara economy.
The global population is about 95.500 (73.500 in Cameroon and the rest in Nigeria) (Peoplegroups.org, 2024)
The origins of the Mandara people are in the Mandara Kingdom, once found in the Mandara Mountains, along the northern Cameroon at its border with northeastern Nigeria between the Benue River and Mora, Cameroon. Their prehistory is unclear. One oral traditions trace their start to a king Agamakiya in the 13th century, who led them as invasions came ...
Their historic lands have been midst a densely populated river valley surrounded by volcanic mountains rich in iron ore, famed as a horse breeding area. Their Sultans have had Mora in Cameroon as their capital. The Mandara people have lived in dispersed villages, each with a mosque, growing sorghum (சோளம்)as their principal crop and producing iron ...
J. Lukas (1937:115ff) informs us that the Kanuri say Mandara, while the Mandara call themselves Wandala. R. Lukas (1973:111) explains that both names mean the same, but that no etymology is known. The first mentioning of the name ‘Mandera’ is by Fra Mauro (1459) and Leo Africanus (1526) who mentions ‘Me?dra’, as well as Anania (1973) who speaks of ...
Barreteau (1984:167) classifies wandala as a dialect very close to mura (Mora) and malgwe (Gamergu) and less close to gelvaxdaxa (Glavda) and perekwa (Podokwa) under wandala-east. Blench (1999) speaks of the ‘Wandala cluster’ of the Biu-Mandara Branch and classifies under it: ‘Wandala, Mura, Malgwa’ as being close, and ‘Glavda, Guduf-Gava, Dghwede ...
Mandara/Wandala ethnicity must be understood from the point of view of a political identity of the Wandala as citizens of the Wandala state. Forkl (1995:33ff) informs us that the beginnings of the Wandala state go back to king ‘Agamakiya’ who founded the early Wandala state in the 13th century. The Wandala state converted to Islam under king ‘Bukar...
The Mandara people, also known as Wandala or Mandwara, are a Central African traditionalist ethnic group found in north Cameroon northeastern Nigeria, and southeastern Chad. [4] They speak the Wandala language, which belongs to the Chadic branch of Afro-Asiatic languages found in northeastern Africa.
The Mandara Kingdom (sometimes called Wandala or the Kingdom of Medra) was an African kingdom in the Mandara Mountains of what is today Cameroon. The Mandara people are descended from the kingdom's inhabitants.
Oct 27, 2019 · The Mandara, (also referred to as Wandala), is an ethnic group located south of Lake Chad in both northern Cameroon and Nigeria. Their native language, called Wandala (or Mandara), belongs to the Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family.
The Mandara Kingdom, a historic realm in Central Africa, flourished for centuries in the Mandara Mountains. Known for its advanced art, culture, and governance, the kingdom stood as a centre for trade and Islamic scholarship, leaving a lasting legacy in the region’s history.
The Mandara (or Wandala) tribe is located just south of Lake Chad in both northern Cameroon and Nigeria. Their native language, called Wandala (or Kirdi-Mora), belongs to the Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family.
