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By Habila Ibrahim, Abuja | Published on August 6, 2026. Introduction Every community has a story worth telling. Others are to be found on the pages of books; and yet more are handed down through songs, festivals and in families themselves from one person to the next. The story of the Chutia people of India

By Habila Ibrahim | Last Updated on July 7, 2026. Introduction In my life before now, I didn’t grow up hearing a tribe named Marma people in Abuja. I first stumbled on them while reading about the Buddhist festivals in Asia, and one detail stopped me, that’s an ethnic group in Bangladesh that still writes

By Habila Ibrahim | Last Updated on 8th July, 2026. Introduction In central Tanzania there are people who measure wealth in cattle. No cash needed, no land needed but only cows. They are the Gogo. The Gogo (or Wagogo) are a Bantu tribe. They speak a language called Cigogo. Most of them live in the

By Habila Ibrahim | Last Updated on July 10, 2026. Introduction In the northern Philippines, there’s a people who fish with spears, weave magic into baskets, and still tell stories of panagbibi (ancestral spirits). They’re the Gaddang. The Gaddang are an Indigenous group in Cagayan Valley, Luzon. And their language name is Gaddang, part of

By Habila Ibrahim | Last Updated on July 10, 2026. Introduction The first time I saw Tsonga dance on the internet I was interested. And anyone who has ever watched a cultural dance of the Tsonga people would understand the reason for the survival of their traditions through the generations. Their story is told in