Gwandara annual festival day two is an annual festival commemorating the remembrance and the coming together of Gwandara speaking people to observed cultural displays and celebrations among Gwandara sons and daughters nationwide; fixed centrally and it is preceded by the season of advent or the nativity of Gwandara in very fast, which historically in the…
In Gwandara traditional religion, like the traditional religion of other societies the Supreme Being is the core of worship. Generally, Gwandara cultures believes in the existence of God (Allah). Other languages like, the Nupe name for God is Soko, TIV is Aondo, Yoruba is Olodumare, Ibo is Chukwu, Jukun is Chido, Ibibio is Abasi Ibom,…
In the Gwandara lineage, the non-ancestral spirit in their beliefs system may be classified as spirits associated with the control of natural phenomena such as the earth, thunder or water spirits concerned with vital functions such as human reproduction, crop fertility and guardian spirits. These spirits may be associated with individuals or with group. Of…
By: HRH (Dr.) Mohammed Sani Bako III In the Gwandara society, several types of beliefs are found in varying combination in different places. These include beliefs in spirit (both ancestral and non-ancestral) magic, witchcraft and sorcery. The kind of traditional religion found commonly among Gwandara is called “Potochi” according to (Sani M. Bako, 2011). This…
Gwandara is a West Chadic language as earlier stated from our previous articles written by Sani Musa Sarkinpada as referenced Dr. Sylvester O. Ayih, and the closet relative of Hausa. Its several dialects are spoken in Northern Nigeria, predominantly in the North Central Region of Nigeria with over million people. Gwandara are situated among areas…
Alhaji Yahaya Asawu Idu – a teacher, Agriculturist, Broadcaster, a Property valuer, a Custodian of Traditions and above all a career civil servant. Born on the 24th of April, 1965, to the family of the late Sarki Tagwai, in Idu village of Abuja Municipal Area Council. Alhaji Yahaya Asawu – a dynamic and a well…
The norms associated with hygiene in the home and in public places of Gwandara people reflect a concern for human life. Norms defining acceptable ways for setting an argument or dispute among Gwandara people and other tribes usually exclude physical violence and manslaughter the array of rules and regulations dealing with transport and behavior on…
The Nigerian Gwandara Cultural values are characterized by passive acceptance and high tolerance of frustration; and they emphasize traditional rather than rationalism, consensus rather than conflict and respect for elders and seniors, communal relationship; and group identity rather than individualism. The cultural values emphasized destiny and divine intervention in solving individual and collective problems of…
The Gwandara people, their cultural beliefs and practice can’t be contested; their beliefs and practices are uniquely, distinctively and purposefully defined. Usually and anywhere culture is as old as human society and is important for both the individual and the society which provides the cultural identity, social and psychological security and a sense of belonging…
According to Bayero University Dons, Mohammed Awaisu Haruna and Bello Ibrahim of sociological Department, that culture originated from a Latin word “Colere” – which means to inhibit, to cultivate or to honor generally with reference to human activities. The concept has been defined in a number of ways by different scholars including sociologist and anthropologist….