Mambila people
The Mambilla or Mambila people of Nigeria live on the Mambilla Plateau (in 'Sardauna' local government area of Taraba State in Nigeria). A small fraction of Mambilla migrants left the Mambilla Plateau for the Ndom Plain (also known as northern Tikar Plain) on the Cameroon side of the international border as well as in a couple of small villages, such as New Namba, on the Gashaka Plain in the north, and Jiini-Nyalang-Langa area close to the Kwanja. The Mambilla also occuoy the Nyorrong-Lii-Ngum area of Cameroon and are traceable to the Bang District of Mambilla Plateau. Today, the preferred ethnonym is spelt Mambila in Cameroon and Mambilla in Nigeria. "Norr" is also used (the word for person in Nigerian dialects of Mambilla) (Bami-Yuno, 2013 ms).
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 129,000 (1993) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mambilla Plateau | |
| Nigeria | 99,000 |
| Cameroon | 30,000 |
| Languages | |
| Mambila, French, English, Fulfulde | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional African religions, Islam, Christianity | |