Akurmi people (also Kurama), are an ethnic group in the

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and

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states who speak the T'kurmi language, an East Kainji language of

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History

The Akurmi people, a friendly people who practice subsistence farming were said to have settled in Kaduna State about 600 years ago.

Religion

The Akurmi are reportedly predominantly Christian, numbering 88.0% (with Independents at 30.0%, Protestants 50.0% and Roman Catholics 20.0%). The remaining being adherents of Ethnic religion, 6.0% and Islam, 6.0%.

Kingship

The Akurmi are found in Akurmi (Kurama) Chiefdom in Lere Local Government Area. Their paramount ruler is called "''B'gwam Kurmi''" or Bagwama Akurmi. The current monarch, HRH Dr. Ishaku S. Damina, ''B'gwam Kurmi II'' was reportedly detained by the

Kaduna State Kaduna State ( ha, Jihar Kaduna جىِهَر كَدُنا; ff, Leydi Kaduna, script=Latn, ; kcg, Sitet Kaduna) is a state in northern Nigeria. The state capital is its namesake, the city of Kaduna which happened to be the 8th largest city in ...

governor in 2017. They are also found in

Saminaka Saminaka is a town and headquarters of Lere Local Government Area and of Saminaka chiefdom of the Hausa people in southern Kaduna state in the North Central region of Nigeria. The postal code of the area is 811. See also * List of villages in ...

Chiefdom in the same area.

References

{{Reflist Ethnic groups in Nigeria