Gbagyi people

Gbagyi (also spelled Gwarri and Gbari) are an ethnic group in central . They are predominantly found in the and States[citation needed] and the Federal Capital

Territory. They are also found in Nasarawa and Kogi States in central Nigerian Area.Gbagyi is the most populated ethnic Group and indigenous in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria and their major occupation is farming.[1][2]

The Gbagyi people are known to be peace-loving, transparent and accommodating people.

Northerners are fond of saying in “muyi shi Gwari Gwari” (meaning let’s do it like the Gbagyi or in the Gbagyi way). In addition the Gbagyi people have emerged as a unique breed of people among Nigerians, their culture shows how much they have come to terms with the universe. Daily they aspire to give life a meaning no matter the situation they find themselves.[3]

Gbagyi people were often enslaved by some of the nearby Hausa-Fulani emirates.[4]

One famous Gbagyi is General and former President of Nigeria .[5]

References

1. ^ Chigudu Tanko Theophilus (2008), A brief History of the Gbagyi Speaking People, an

unpublished Article 2. ^ Mefor, Law (16 December 2008). "Is FCT truly a federal zone?". Daily Independent (Nigeria:

Independent Newspapers Limited (Lagos), via odili.net).

http://odili.net/news/source/2008/dec/16/708.html. Retrieved 2009-12-20.[dead link]

3. ^ Chigudu Tanko T, (2008:2, The Impact Of Urbanization on the Gbagyi People in

4. ^ Curtin, Philip D.; Lovejoy, Paul E. "Africans in bondage : studies in slavery and the slave trade :

essays in honor of Philip D. Curtin on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of African

Studies at the University of Wisconsin (1986)", p. 240

5. ^ Helen Chapin Metz, ed. "The Babangida Government