BRIEF HISTORY AND CULTURE OF BABUR/ BURA PEOPLE. According to history there was a mass movement of people from Yemen in the Middle East to the Nile valley and by A.D.600.They had dispersed and reached the Sudan and Sahara. The Babur Bura people together with other tribes like Luguda are believed to have migrated from Yemen via Sudan through the Chad Basin [Kanem of Borno region] to the present Babur Bura land in Borno and Adamawa state. In Borno state, the Babur Bura people are found in the following local Government Areas, Biu, Hawul, Kwaya kusar, Shani and Bayo while in Adamawa State, they reside mainly in Garkida in Gombi Local Government Area. Famous Babur Buravillages and towns includes Biu, Garkida, Kwajaffa, Sakwa, Marama, Shaffa, Wandali, Kida, Miringa, Buratai, Zuwa, Yimirshika, Hyera ,Dayar, Fumwa, Azare, Gwaski, Diragina, Yimana, Gwallam, Tiraku, Shindiffu, Goski, Pela Birni, Wangdang, Bula tawhiwhi, Kogu Tashan Alade, Kida, da hang shang etc. Each of this places have its own unique history. For example the founder of the present Royal dynasty of Biu is Yamta-ra wala or Yamta the great. Local tradition asserts that Yamta was the son of a Mandara woman who already carrying him in her womb at the time she was taken into the Mai of Borno’s household. Yamta was brought up as a Kanuri. Yamta established sizeable kingdom for himself in the area bounded by the Gongola and the village of Kopchi, with his first capital at a place called Limbur between Chikorkur and Mandaragrau. Yamta’s grave is still identified at Limbur. The Babur people are mostly, the inhabitants of Biu and its Immediate environment while the Bura people are the rural inhabitants of the Babur Bura land . The Babur Bura language is linguistically classified as Afro-Asiatic, Chadic and Biu- Mandara. The Bura language has great affinity and similarity with Chibok, Marghi, Higgi, Kilba and Bazza. The Babur Bura people are found in large numbers in Borno, Adamawa, Gombe and Yobe States. THEBABUR/ BURA PEOPLE. The various names that the Babur Bura people are known with include; Babur, Bura, Babir, Pabir with subgroups including Bura Pela , Bura Hilhauwul, plain Bura and plain Pabir. The Babur Bura person can be picked from the crowd by virtue of his /her intonation, intelligence, inclination and independence. Most Babur Bura people are known by either their clan names (thimfwal or thim geli) ,individual names ,village or town names. The famous Babur Bura clan names mostly associated with the Menfolk include: Gwary, Balami, Mshelia, Garnvwa, Bwala, Mshelmbula, Zoaka, Ndahi, Mshel’izah, Mshelgaya, Wakawa, Durkwa, Sawa, Mbaya, Malgwi, Bassi, Dibal, Shallangwa, Bdliya, Yakda, Tarfa, Hena, Wudiri, Dahwa, Bumba, Kwari, Banu, Bassi, Mshelwaksha, Ngadda, Mshelbila, Mshelgaru, Mshelbara, Thlahal, etc. The feminine clan names include: Jauni, Zhawa, Kwatamdia, Kwarmiksa, Zoaka, Hindi etc, Famous Bura individual names include: Anjili, Anjikwi, Kubli, Kucheli, Arhyel, Hyelsinta, Hyelni, Hyelkuzuku, Hyelajaka, Hyeladzira, Maravi, Madika, Mindira, Hyelduku, Yiharami, Mbwidiffu, Aviyama, Hyaratawa, Zharakahyel, Dzamakwa, Asuku, Hyelhamta, Mbursa, Dahirwa, Wakumahyel, Watrahyel, Kadala, Lemsu, Ciwar, Kadafur, Kwatikar, Mapindar, Madawi, Matagi, Machabiri, Magira, Mangawa, Angawa, etc. Traditionally and culturally, the Babur Bura person can speak the Language fluently, can dance bansuwee and waksha-waksha, eats and enjoys shaptang ka dana , kavila and taraku, understands karapu and narrate makubtha and generally intelligent and industrious. Try the Babur Bura person with music from yagandi, tsinza, gullum or ganga and you will see what I am talking about. BABUR/ BURA COMMUNITY; CHALLENGES AND CONCLUSION. The average Babur Bura person is naturally independent, intelligent and industrious. The challenge is we must unite, help each other, promote our culture, tradition and language. We must teach our language to our children. We must support one another where ever we are and in whatever position we are. Proudly Buraman, Mshelia samson to be Precise.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 11:19:30 +0000
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