Bakulu people

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Bakulu people (also Ikolu, Ikulu, Bekulu) are a people found in Zangon Kataf, Kachia and Kauru Local Government Areas of southern Kaduna State of Middle Belt (Central) Nigeria.[1] They speak a Plateau language called Kulu.[2] They call their land Akulu.

Bakulu
Total population
50,000 (1998)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Nigeria
Languages
Kulu
Religion
African Traditional Religion, Islam, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Adara, Anghan, Bajju, Atyap, Ham, Tarok, Jukun, Efik, Igbo, Yoruba and other Benue-Congo peoples of Middle Belt and southern Nigeria

Religion[]

A majority of the Bakulu people were reportedly adherents of traditional religion, numbering about 29.5% of the entire population, while Muslims number 0.5% and Christians with 70.0% of the population. Among the Christians, Independents have 60.0%, Protestants 25.0% and Roman Catholics 15.0%.[3]


Politics[]

[4]The paramount ruler of the Bakulu people is addressed as "Agwom" (or Agam). The current monarch is His Highness (HRH) Agwom Yohanna Sidi Kukah, Agwom Akulu II. The Agwom Akulu is the head of the Akulu Traditional Council of Akulu (Ikulu) Chiefdom, whose headquarters is at Fadan Ikulu[5] in Kamuru.[6]

Land subdivisions[]

The land of the Bakulu people is known as Akulu (Hausa: Ikulu). Ikulu is one of the 11 subdivisions of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of southern Kaduna State. It is in turn divided into the following:[7]

  1. Gidan Pate
  2. Gidan Zomo
  3. Kamaru Ikulu (Kamuru)
  4. Kamaru Hausawa (Kamuru)
  5. Katul
  6. Ungwan Jada
  7. Ungwan Jatau
  8. Ungwan Pa
  9. Ungwan Sani
  10. Yadai
  11. Ungwa Rimi(Ghidol)
  12. Fadan Ikulu(Ansang)
  13. Gidan Ali(Ginkpon)
  14. Fansil(Antang)
  15. Ungwan Makama
  16. Ampaga(Boto, Lisuru)
  17. Ashafa(Agwenshe)
  18. Gidan Bako(Gunyua)
  19. Dutsen Bako(Gekon'Unyua)
  20. Anzaah

A prominent Bakulu son, Rev. Fr. Matthew Kukah decried in an interview with This Day News that the Bakulu alongside the Anghan are the smaller of the groups in the local government with each having just a ward only despite their numbers.[8]

Notable people[]

  • Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto
  • Hon. (Chief) Charles Garba Ali Madaki, Politician, Former Minister Federal Ministry of Works and Housing
  • Hon. Ali Wakili, Politician, Former House of Assembly Member, Kaduna state
  • Hon. Allahmagani Yohanna, Politician, Former Commissioner Culture and Tourism, Kaduna State
  • Prof. Joseph Mamman, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
  • Prof. Abdullahi Musa Ashafa, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) Kaduna State University, Kaduna
  • Hon. Ben Bako, Politician, Former commission for Information and Home Affairs, Kaduna state
  • Barr. (Chief) Joseph Maimagani, Seasoned Administrator and Lawyer.
  • Prof. Aje Tokan, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, (ATBU) Bauchi

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Ikulu". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
  2. ^ "Glottolog 3.0 -Ikulu". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
  3. ^ "Joshua Project entry on Ikulu in Nigeria".
  4. ^ "Ministry of Local Government Affairs: Composition of the State's Council of Chiefs". Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  5. ^ "Fadan Ikulu/Kaduna State". Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  6. ^ "Kamaru Ikulu Map - Satellite Images of Kamaru Ikulu". Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  7. ^ "Ikulu, Zangon Kataf, Kaduna, Nigeria". Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  8. ^ Damina, Francis (July 17, 2020). "Nigeria: 'Mediatrix' - a Tribute to Maman Fr. Kukah". All Africa. This Day. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
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