Mubimambila Essays

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Mubimambila Essays


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Amaro, Francs B. Fai
1977
Mbamnga. A Mambilla village - in 1900 and 1976 - A study in Historical Geography
Department of Geography, Teacher's College, Mubi
Unpublished Local Study

Mbamnga: origin Kimi then a hill on the border - near Kabri, then dispersed to diff. villages such as Mbamnga. Local name = Limil meaning people of the plain. Mbamnga a corruption of Fulani "Vamgo" = hamlet. Popn c 1000
Pegs - stakes with heads called Mki ued to demarcate important tradl areas. People from Mbara made alliance with those of Duk and Fuh to take revenge on the ??Shuy?? (unclear) who had killed a boy. They were forced to a part of Mbara which was never to be raided by custom. Some of the people from Duk fled to Mbamnga Petel. A girl from Fuh became pregnant, she was forced to reveal the man's name - from Njuro. Fight developed and the Njuro migrated.
54 Route of path near Toma hill changed after lightning killed a Fulani man there.
58 skulls of those killed in war stored in the sua enclosures. In these places special round stones and black bowls. First fruit festivals in Sept

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