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Tribes in Nigeria- The Afizere Tribe

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The Afusari or Afizere are an ethnic group of Nigeria. They are also known by several other names, including Afizarek, Afusare, Fezere, Fezerek, Fizere, Izere, Jarawa, Jarawan Dutse, and Jari.

Harold Gunn (1953) traces the root of the Afizere people from a region in southern Kaduna, Kaduna state, Nigeria, called Chawai. Their origin is in three successive migrations involving three patrilineal groups. The first comprised the Shere/Fobour family group. These two brothers first settled at Shere and due to their rapid “Muturu” (cattle) expansion, the Fobur “patriarch” moved southward to Afozi and later to Fobur plains while his shere kin remained occupying what is now Shere District. Another family group left Fobur to found what is now referred to as Kwall; the origin of Irigwe (Miyango) people. 

The Afizere people are well distributed over five major traditional districts. They well inhabit territories within Jos NorthJos East, Mangu local government areas in Jos, Toro local government in Bauchi and some parts of Jema’a local government area of Kaduna state. During the pre-colonial period, the people lived in hilly terrains surrounding the Jos Plateau as a defense mechanism against jihadist attacks during and after the Fulani Jihad.

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References

 Appiah, Kwame Anthony; Gates, Henry Louis Jr. (2005). Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. V (2nd ed.) Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 236.

 Nyam, Ajiji; Ayuba, Larab (May 2016). “The Growth of Urban Slums and Conflicts in Nigeria: A Case Study of Jos and Environs 1980-2010”. International Journal of Social Science and Humanity. 6 (5).

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