Koma is a relatively primitive hill-dwelling ethnic group in northern Adamawa, in the Atlantika Mountains, which shares a border with southern Cameroun. Hill-dwellers are spread through the south and southwest of these mountains, including many on the Cameroun side. There are 21 Koma villages in the Cameroonian side of the Alantika Mountains and 17 villages on the Nigerian side.

History

The Koma people became recognized as Nigerians in 1961, a year after independence, along with the old provinces of northern Cameroun. Today Koma is part of the seven districts of Ganye local government in Adamawa State.

The hill was discovered in 1986 by a corps member.

The Koma have their own language, known as Koma, with an estimated 61,000 speakers. It is a member of the Niger–Congo language group. The Koma people are divided into three main groups: the hill-dwelling Beya and Ndamti, and the Vomni lowlanders.

They are committed to their traditional culture. The men wear loincloths by men and women wear fresh leaves. Koma men are much more receptive to wearing of contemporary clothes than the women. Customarily children in Koma inherit their maternal lineage. As a mark of acceptance and friendship, a Koma man may share his wife with friends, especially visitors. They have an average population of about 400 people per village, and many engage in rearing of animals.

The late Colonel Yohanna Madaki visited the mountains in 1989, at the insistence of the first set of corps members posted to the lowlands.

Culture

Among the Komas, a twin birth is regarded as evil, and twins are considered abominable so much so that until recently babies of multiple births used to be buried alive with the women who had the 'misfortune' of being their mothers. This obnoxious practice of twins killing is out of vogue among Komas who dwell on the plains, but in the out-of-the-way settlements on the hills, the ancient practice still thrives untainted.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koma_in_Adamawa

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See those creatures up there!

so,we still av this kind of people in Naija.....Mary Slessor no perfect her wrk oooooo!

The fresh air will soon reach them.

Women in Koma wear leaves but their men wear real clothes! What kind of injustice is this?

Adamawa in Nigeria or which country

Wow!! And this was quick to make front page....

This picture is a very long time ago, koma people of adamawa state where i am currently is nothing like that picture, they even have schools now and the government of adamawa state is providing amenities for them........


Koma people are now like me and you

That picture is like 10yrs ago

Btw, i live in adamawa state

Na wah ooo!!!
Boo.bz on display....

Waitooooo! re dis ppl Nigerians too?

FP tinz

Chai see por.n for FP

MANGAM: Among the Komas, a twin birth is regarded as evil, and twins are considered abominable so much so that until recently babies of multiple births used to be buried alive with the women who had the 'misfortune' of being their mothers. This obnoxious practice of twins killing is out of vogue among Komas who dwell on the plains, but in the out-of-the-way settlements on the hills, the ancient practice still thrives untainted.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koma_in_Adamawa

Are they in Nigeria?

Jesu!!!

People live without clothes in this generation?

Na wa o.

I remeber the serious warning they gave all the guys in NYSC camp during our orientation, in the words of the State Coordinator "The NYSC will not be held responsible for what will happen to you if you are posted to Koma and you go and misbehave"
All who went there sha enjoyed themselves, the missionaries took good care of them. their allawee remained untouched till the end of service (where you wan see the bank sef)
I hear they are embracing clothes small small sha

Interesting....

Eleyi gidigan ooo

the topic of this thread look strange on FP.

dejt4u: .

Abbey2sam: .

. Not again!

MANGAM:
The hill was discovered in 1986 by a corps member.

As a mark of acceptance and friendship, a Koma man may share his wife with friends, especially visitors.

wtf

See all those women fine like Rihanna...

I beg oooo.Who can direct mi to d place ooo.I need to look 4 a wife oooo.untouched.

real afrikan culture

Idrismusty97: Are they in Nigeria?

Mba! Spain

seriously for this 21st century

mehn, This is real Africa