The Kambari of Nigeria, numbering 259,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Benue people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc.
This people group is only found in Nigeria. Their primary language is Tsishingini. The primary religion practiced by the Kambari is Protestant Christianity.
A reclusive people, the Kambari people pride themselves as being as independent from the government as possible.
Kambari is a remote community in Birnin Amina in Rijau Local Government Area in Niger state where people go about naked.
They are a forgotten tribe satisfied with their simple way of life and their lack of governmental support for a sustainable community.
Kambari People are found in an ancient rural community in Rijau Local Government Area of Niger State. It is located about 260 kilometers from the state’s capital.
The people are one of the few primitive tribes in Nigeria; the people still practice nudity.
Nudity is part of their way of life as their men, women and young girls go about their day-to-day activities in the nude. They are half-covered during their market days where they sell their agricultural produce. There is no sign of infrastructural development in their community (the region cannot be found on google map) despite this, they all live in peace.
They are a forgotten tribe who are satisfied with their simple way of life and their lack of governmental support for a sustainable community.
The Kambari people do not speak English or Hausa, but speak their native Kambari. They stay in their small communities and only interact with others when they have to go to the farm and market. Nudity as a culture was passed down to them by their ancestors and is a part of them they aren’t willing to let go of.
However, when they people go to the market to sell their farm produce, the women cover the bottom half of their bodies with wrappers while the men do the same.
Donkeys provide the only means of transport for a largely agrarian and nomadic people.
The people cherish early marriage. Parents believe marrying off their children at a young age is the best gift they could give them. Men save up through their harvests and use the money to get married. The people are said to marry themselves since no one understands their culture.
A man can marry up to four wives once he can take care of them. Marriage here is celebrated by slaughtering goats and cows for food while the parents of the bride cook food for the groom. Once the food is eaten, the marriage is contracted.
In Kambari, marriage is celebrated by slaughtering goats and cows for food while the parents of the bride cook food for the groom. Once the food is eaten, the marriage is contracted.
According to the community chief, what attracts men is not the nudity of the women but how they plait their hair, good manners and the tattoos the young women have.
The Kambari people are not Christians or Muslims like most of northern Nigeria. Instead, they are pagans who worship a god called Magiro. They also believe strongly in witchcraft and magic.
As part of the Rijua local council area, the Kambari people produce a large percentage of the crops consumed by the entire people of the area. The most popular crops produced are corn, millet, peanuts, beans, and rice. Nearly all of the locals keep chickens and goats for meat while the richer ones have cattle.
