Brief history, belief, marriage, and language of Babur Bura people
Brief history, belief, marriage, and language of Babur Bura people. Interestingly, the ancestors of Babur Bura together with other tribes like Luguda are believed to be among those who migrated from Yemen. The Bura people are found mostly in Borno and Adamawa state. They are known for covering their babies' heads with calabashes in the past. This practice was documented in the Autumn 1970 issue of African Arts magazine. The origin of the Babur Bura people can be traced back to the 6th century. History has it that at a point in time there was an exodus of people from Yemen in the Middle East to the Nile valley. And as at A.D.600, these people had not only dispersed, a good number of them had also reached the Sudan and Sahara. Interestingly, the ancestors of Babur Bura together with other tribes like Luguda are believed to be among those who migrated from Yemen via Sudan through the Chad Basin [Kanem of Borno region] to the present Babur Bura land in Borno and Ad...