The plight of the Koma people were highlighted to Nigerians in 1986 by yohana madaki the military governor of them gongola state.
Putting on clothes was a new experience for the women, green leaves are worn and are changed on daily basis, there hair are plaited short strands and dyed reddish brown,
The women they say enjoy the privilege of changing husbands.
If ones wife decides to follow another man as husband, the new husband must adequately compensate the first husband, and the children of the first husband remain his legal property
Bride pice require ten heads of maize and a new hoe and the sum of 200 naira.
The women marry at the age of 12 or 13, young girls remove their incisors to initiate them to womanhood, they believe if a woman refuse to remove her incisors she may never have a child
That is why it is noticeable, if a woman smiles, two front tooth are always missing
Most of the women find it difficult to wear wrapper or skirts because they impede there movement on the mountain were the terrain is difficult and involves jumping hopping and climbing
The Koma men are adjusting to the modern way of life, inset you will see them putting on suits and tyies
The men use to wear goatskin, moonlight dances are a common sight, smoking tobacco is common with them
Resettlement schemes meant to bring them close to western values has failed as some of them has gone back to the mountain, they were discovered by youth corpers on exploratory trip in 1986.
Missionaries tried a lot donating clothes and shoes to them especially winners chapel.

No pix of the said ppl of koma, nd hwz their mood of dressing nw nd way of life.

No pix of the said ppl of koma, nd hwz their mood of dressing nw nd way of life. First to comment joor

No pix of the said ppl of koma, nd hwz their mood of dressing nw nd way of life.

When I was expecting to see pictures to back up the claim.