Information AboutKirdi |
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| ethnic groups in cameroon | |
| ethnic groups in nigeria | |
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, Cameroon , tells the future by interpreting the changes in position of various objects as caused by a fresh-water crab.]] Kirdi is a word of Kanuri origin, denoting non- Muslim s, referring to the ethnic group of the Northern Mandaras in Cameroon and north-eastern Nigeria . Derogatory in its origin, the term has been accepted as a self-designation and may be used by montagnards to refer to their ethnic pride. In a generalized context, Kirdi can be interpreted as denoting resistance against Islamization and the holding on to a traditional local Paganism . The first mentioning of Kirdi is by Denham in 1826 (1985:145) who translates the word ''Kerdies'' as "Negroes who have never embraced the Mohammedan faith". SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINK
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