Kamwe language

They are also found in Mubi North, Hong, Gombi, Song and Madagali local governments in Adamawa State.

It derived its meaning from a special type of native Kamwe ornament worn by close relatives of a deceased person as a mark of identity and empathy.

The Kamwe people and language were called Higi (Higgi)/hagyi or hiji as pronounced by Fulani in the past.

Because grasshopper from which the derogatory word "higgi" is derived is a hopeless insect in Kamwe culture eaten by lizards and frogs because they are weak and vulnerable.

[4] Large number of Kamwe elders interviewed said that despite their objection to the word higgi in the past, the Church of the Brethren Missionary (CBM) who arrived in Lassa town from Garkida in 1929 still went ahead to document it despite the protest by Kamwe people who attend CBM school and missionary hospitals in Lassa.

[5] Motto: Dabeghi Nji Denama (There is strength in unity) There are twenty-four active dialects of the Kamwe language.

The active Kamwe language dialects include Nkafa, Dakwa, Krghea (sometimes called Higgi Fali), Fwea, Humsi, Modi, Sina, and Tilyi; Blench (2006) considers Psikye to be another.

The name Mwecika(Michika) is a Nkafa phrase which means creeping in silently to hunt.

Depicting how Kwada Kwakaa the warrior was moving stealthily on the Michika hills to hunt his games.

What is unique about the Kamwe people's culture is the way the name their children according to the child's birth from the mother.

First female twin is Thakma, second female twin is Kwalgha Before the advent of Western legal system in Africa and especially Nigeria, the Kamwe People had an organised legal system of the King called "Mbege" as the sole adjudicator.

During the maiden edition in 2017, a book titled the 'Kamwe People of Northern Nigeria: Origin, History and Culture was presented to the public.