adidison:

It’s actually because of the religion and location that people from the northern part of Nigeria are referred to as Hausa which is very very wrong. As a matter of fact they are different tribes and religions there like for instance we have the Hausa - Kano, Kanuri- Maiduguri and the Zangokataf (or so) - southern Kaduna(xtians) and i think they call the people from Abuja and Jos with different names. But Nigerians are too lazy to even bother about it or refer to them individually so they classify them by their location. They just call (classify) every person from the north Hausa.

Why don't we refer to these ethnic groupings as Efik/Ibiobio?

adidison:

@abeem,

Seun is right.

It’s actually because of the religion and location that people from the northern part of Nigeria are referred to as Hausa which is very very wrong. As a matter of fact they are different tribes and religions there like for instance we have the Hausa - Kano, Kanuri- Maiduguri and the Zangokataf (or so) - southern Kaduna(xtians) and i think they call the people from Abuja and Jos with different names. But Nigerians are too lazy to even bother about it [/b]or refer to them individually so they classify them by their location. They just call (classify) every person from the north Hausa. Ok like Edo people, they refer to them by their location MIDDLE BELT, see). I don’t think it’s because they want to do what u think NAHHHH. I bet they are even to dull to think like that. lol (didn’t mean that O, b4 they start another riot say na me cause am) abeg e don do like that. [b]WE ARE ONE NIGERIA O.

stayreal:

The reason is political. Please cut the crap. What other african country are they considered one?

DanKan0:



Thats why, only mainly in Nigeria and Sudan.

[img]http://mathildasanthropologyblog.files./2008/06/fulanimap.jpg?w=500&h=326[/img]

Other fulanis are of course in many other countries.

stayreal:

I am aware of those maps. If they have so much in common, why don't they create Arewa?

yusuf baba: hausa-fulani is not a tribe....its a politicl nd adminsrtv entity....d fulanis ar d ruling elites in most northrn nigeria emirates.... fulanis in north east retaind most of their identits....most in d north west intermarrd nd loss most of their idntities due to a no of reasons.,,i will expantiate later....most of d ruling elite even those of hausa origin marries frm d fulani.,..tht gave rise to d acronym...hausa/fulani....which means d largest bloc of northn elites(tht origintd frm d emirates aftr d jihad)...mostly of pure fulani, mixd fulani nd few hausa.....aftr d jihad of sheikh usman danfodio....most of d presnt emirates of d northeast were cavd out by d fulanis( out of barren lands e.g adamawa,muri,gombe,jama,are,misau etc while in d northwest d emirtes were won ovr, thy constitute d hausa city state.... without d ruln fulani elites accomdtn d hausa, d jihad could hav lastd few years....nd d issue issue resultd in a no. unrest during d reign of sultn muhammdu bello d second sultn aftr danfodio....its a lengthy issue which i would elaborate in a seperate tread

Abeem: As far as I know,  the Hausas and Fulanis are two distinct tribes that inhabit the Northern Nigeria and most of the countries in West Africa.  The Fulanis are by occupation cattle rearers hence naturally are nomadic. The Hausas are not.  It is only in Nigeria that the two tribes are treated as one ethnic grouping. Why are they co-joined?  Is it to give them an overwhelming majority over the Yorubas and the Ibos? If it is because of intermarriage, does the Efiks and the Ibiobios not intermarry? Why don't we refer to these ethnic groupings as Efik/Ibiobio? and so on and so forth.  Methinks this kind of siamese grouping is fraudulent, because of the false impression that they outnumbered the Yorubas and the Ibos.  If you treat them as separate tribes, they will fall back to the 3rd and 4th positions behind the Yorubas and the Ibos or even be displaced by the sprawling Ijaw tribe.
Can anyone educate me and the rest of the forum why this fraud has been allowed to stand unchallenged?