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Koma tribe is a particular tribe identified as the Koma tribe. They are part of the 7 districts of Ganye Local Government area in Adamawa State, Nigeria. Latitude and longitude coordinates: 8.436663, 12.050793. The people of Koma are in the Atlantika mountains and they also share a border with southern Cameroon.

History
The history of the Koma people can be divided into four segments: Pre-colonial era, Colonial era, Independence and Modern Discovery.

As of the 16th century, Africa was a nest of migrating ethnic groups. Among them, prominent migrations were by Northern and Eastern African ethnic groups such as Bata, Chamba and Marghito the Upper Benue.The reason for migration is not farfetched. The mentioned ethnic groups were all looking for fertile lands. As at this time, the Koma people lived in the Faro valley, a fertile land located in the Upper Benue. They are small and unorganized and were easily chased off the Faro Valley by the Bata people up the Alantika Mountains. Therefore, they became the hill-dwellers we all know today
 * Precolonial Era

During the colonial era, Germany was the colonial masters of the Cameroons. By being under the Cameroons, they were in charge of the Alantika Mountains. However, while they were colonial masters, their stay was not effective and productive. The Koma people still experience the raids from the Fulanis/Lamidos. The Fulanis use this tocollect taxes from the Koma people. This eventually ended when the Allied Powers placed the territory under the British Mandate.today
 * Colonial Era

Even though they occupy both the Nigerian and Cameroonian side of the Alantika Mountains, the Koma people are Nigerians. They became Nigerians in 1961, a year after independence after a Plebiscite. Currently, they are part of the seven districts under the Jada local government in Adamawa state.
 * Independence

In 1986, one of the Nigerian corps members discovered the Koma Hills. The news spread like wildfire, with many people surprised about their way of life. It also led to the rise in tourism and religious expeditions to the Koma Hills.
 * Modern Discovery

Description
Koma people speak their own language known as Koma; a language of the Niger-Congo, with an estimated number of 62, 000 speakers. Before their discovery, the Koma people were pure traditionalists. This is still visible in what they call home, i.e., the Alantika Mountains. “Alantika” in the Kanuri language means “Allah hasn’t yet arrived. “Islam was the major religion at that time. Therefore, the name that they favored more of their religion then. They despise Islam of then, and it is visible in “farting sessions” they engaged in to mock the puritanical Muslims.
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