Mutanen Jenjo

Mutanen Jenjo
Yankuna masu yawan jama'a
	Najeriya

'Jenjo', wanda aka sani da Janjo, Jen, Dza, Gwomo, da Karenjo, kabila ce a Najeriya. Ana samun su galIbi a Karim Lamido, Jalingo da Ibi a Jihar Taraba. Jenjomawa na magana ne da yaren Jen wanda ke ƙarƙashin reshen Bikwin-Jenan na yarukan Adamawa.^[1] Yawan mutanen Jenjo a yau kusan mutane 100,000 ne.^[2]

Asali

Jenjomawa sun samo asali ne daga Bata, sun ƙaura zuwa yankin da ake kira Jihar Taraba a yau daga Lamurde ko Numan a Jihar Adamawa ta yau. Wannan ƙaura mai yiwuwa ya kasance ne sakamakon rikici tsakanin su da sarakunan Bata.^[3] An san su da siffofi masu kama da Mutanen Nilotic. Maza suna da tsayi kusan ƙafa 6, tare da da yawa daga cikinsu kamar tsayi 6 ft. 4 ko 5 inci. Bisa ga al'adar baki ta Jenjo, sun fito ne daga yankin da ake kira Za.

Jenjomawa daga baya sun taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen kafa Masarautar Muri sakamakon kawancen su na farko da 'yan jihadi na Fulbe. Fulbe, wadanda suka kasance mazauna farko na Muri, sun yi ƙaura zuwa Muri a fadin Kogin Benue. Sun koma kudu zuwa Muri da yankin da ke kusa da ƙananan Kogin Gongola. Sun yi abota da al'ummomin Jenjo, musamman a Kiri, zuwa ƙarshen karni na goma sha bakwai, ƙarni biyu kafin jihadi. Wannan dangantakar abokantaka tsakanin wadannan kungiyoyi biyu ta kasance har zuwa yau. Wannan ya kara karfafawa ta hanyar auren da ke tsakanin su biyu. Muhammad Nya, Sarkin sarakuna na Muri, wanda ya yi mulki tsakanin 1874 da 1896, ya karfafa wadannan auren.

Addinin gargajiya

Addinin gargajiya na mutanen Jenjo shine na Jukun. Sunan allahn su shine Fi kuma suna danganta shi da Sun wanda yayi kama da Jukun wanda ke danganta allahn su, Chi-dô, da Sun (nyunu). Akwai yiwuwar cewa Fi ya bambanta da Shi ko Chi, kalmar da ake amfani da ita a duk faɗin Afirka tare da ma'anar "Ubangiji". Jenjo kuma suna da allahn na biyu, Ma, wanda a lokaci guda ya kasance coadjutor kuma bawan Fi. Jukun kuma suna da allahn na biyu da ake kira Ama ko Ma, wanda shine 'halicci' kuma allahn duniya. Dukansu Jenjo da Jukun sun yi imanin cewa wannan allahn na biyu ya halicci kuma ya tsara dukkan rayayyun halittu. Yana da alloli a ƙarƙashinsa kamar Umwa (allahn yaƙi da farauta), Nimbwi (hasken wuta) da Kue, 'yan sanda' waɗanda ke jin komai kuma suna azabtar da saɓo.^[4]

Jenjo sun yi imani da sake haihuwa. Sun yi imanin cewa abokin gaba da aka kashe a yaƙi za a iya sake haifuwa ta hanyar matar wanda ya kashe su. An ce a lokacin yaƙi, lokacin da mace ta zama mara lafiya kuma / ko ta nuna alamun hysteria, ana zaton cewa ɗanta da ba a haifa ba shine abokin gaba da aka kashe. An ce, duk da haka, cewa idan abokin gaba ya ga mai kisan a matsayin mugunta, ba zai zaɓi a sake haife shi ta hanyar matar mai kisan ba, kuma zai bi mai kisansa kuma ya ɓata ƙarfinsa.^[4]

Shahararrun mutanen Jenjo

Mohammed Shata - tsohon Ministan Harkokin Cikin Gida (1999 - 2003)

Manazarta

↑ Olson, James Stuart (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary (in Turanci). Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8.
↑ Benson, Peace (2020). "Ideophones in Dzə (Jenjo), an Adamawa language of northeastern Nigeria". Language in Africa. 1 (3): 336–352. doi:10.37892/2686-8946-2020-1-3-336-352. S2CID 234421963 Check |s2cid= value (help).
↑ Ali, Bello; Lawal, Salihu, A Review of Historical Perspectives on Traditions of Origin and Migration of Selected Ethnic Groups in the Northern Senatorial Zone of Taraba State
1 2 Meek, C. K. (Charles Kingsley) (1978). Tribal studies in northern Nigeria. Internet Archive. New York : AMS Press. pp. 519–529. ISBN 978-0-404-12107-5. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":1" defined multiple times with different content

[1] Olson, James Stuart (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary (in Turanci). Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8.

[2] Benson, Peace (2020). "Ideophones in Dzə (Jenjo), an Adamawa language of northeastern Nigeria". Language in Africa. 1 (3): 336–352. doi:10.37892/2686-8946-2020-1-3-336-352. S2CID 234421963 Check |s2cid= value (help).

[:0-3] Ali, Bello; Lawal, Salihu, A Review of Historical Perspectives on Traditions of Origin and Migration of Selected Ethnic Groups in the Northern Senatorial Zone of Taraba State

[:1-4] 1 2 Meek, C. K. (Charles Kingsley) (1978). Tribal studies in northern Nigeria. Internet Archive. New York : AMS Press. pp. 519–529. ISBN 978-0-404-12107-5. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":1" defined multiple times with different content

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