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Bariba

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Bariba 

(Barba, Borgawa, Bogung), people living in northern Dahomey, between the settlements of Parakou and Kandi, and also in the northeastern outskirts of Togo. They numbered about 200,000 in Dahomey and about 5,000 in Togo according to a 1967 estimate. Their language belongs to the Gur group. The Bariba retain traditional religious beliefs; about 10 percent profess Islam. Their main occupations are farming and cattle raising.
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It attempts to give a more detailed enumeration of some of Nigeria's ethnic groups as follows: Afemai, Agbassa, Annang, Anwain, Aro, Atyap, Aulliminden, Awori, Baggara, Bariba, Berom, Buduma, Chamba, Damakawa, Defaka, Ebira, Edda, Edo, Efik, Egba, Eket, Ekoi, Ekpeye, Eleme, Emal, Esan, Etsakor, Fon, Gokana, Gwari, Hausa, Hausa-Fulani, Ibibio, Idoma, Igala, Igbo, Ijaw, Ikpide, Ikwerre, Isoko, Itsekiri, Jukun, Kanuri, Kilba.
Africa@50 ridding ourselves of colonial mentality: as 17 African ... by Duodu, Cameron / New African
Ethnic groups include the Yoruba in the southeast (migrated from Nigeria in the 12th century); the Dendi in the north-central area (they came from Mali in the 16th century); the Bariba and the Fulbe (Peul) in the northeast; the Betammaribe and the Somba in the Atacora Range; the Fon in the area around Abomey in the South Central and the Mina, Xueda, and Aja (who came from Togo) on the coast.
Benin by Background Notes
Of the local languages, Fon and Yoruba are most common in the south, Bariba and Dendi in the north.
Benin by Boko, Michee / New Internationalist
 
 
 
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