AN APPRAISAL OF CULTURAL FESTIVAL OF AFIZERE (JARAWA) PEOPLE OF JOS EAST PLATEAU STATE,

BY

DUYIL, TITUS HARUNA

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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, , IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF ARTS (M.A) DEGREE IN ART HISTORY

DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA

AUGUST, 2017

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DECLARATION

I hereby declare that this dissertation titled “An Appraisal of Cultural Festival of Afizere

(Jarawa) Jos East, Plateau State, Nigeria” has been written by me in the Department of

Fine Arts, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria. The information derived from this literature has been duly acknowledged in the text and a list of reference provided. No part of this dissertation has been previously presented for another degree at this or any university.

______Duyil Titus Haruna Date

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CERTIFICATION

This dissertation titled AN APPRAISAL OF CULTURAL FESTIVAL OF AFIZERE

(JARAWA) PEOPLE OF JOS EAST PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA by Titus Haruna

DUYIL meets the regulations governing the award of Master of Arts (M. A.) degree in Art

History of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and is approved for its contribution to knowledge and literary presentation.

______Prof. A. R. Saliu Date Chairman, Supervisory Committee

______Dr. L. O. Agada Date Member, Supervisory Committee

______Dr. Gambo G. Duniya Date Head, Department Of Fine Art Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

______Prof. A. Z. Sadiq Date Dean, School of Post Graduate Studies Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

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DEDICATION

This work is dedicated to God Almighty, my wife Martha, children and family.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I wish to sincerely show my gratitude to all members of staff in the Department of Fine

Arts, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, who have demonstrated immense support to me during the period of this study. My gratitude goes to, particularly Professor A. R. Saliu and Dr. L. O. A. Agada whocarefully supervised this work and offered meaningful corrections and contributions. I am grateful to my Proprietor, Board, Principal Rev.

Kumdam M, Staff and students of Nakam Memorial Secondary School Panyam for releasing me for the study andfor their prayers and support. I also acknowledge the contributions of all Lecturers in Art History section, thanks for your unlimited encouragement that saw me through the course works and the completion of this dissertation, Dr. Aliyu Muhammad, Dr. Caleb Samuel and my great Head of Department

Dr. Gambo Duniya.I thank Prof. Gushem P., Dr. Lasisi Lamidi, Kelvin Damden (PhD) and Post-graduate students, librarians and administrative staff of Department of Fine Arts,

Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

I appreciate the support, patience, love and understanding exhibited by my wife Mrs Duyil

Martha T., childrenand family, who kept standing by me in prayer and encouragement in the course of the programme.I appreciate my friends, relatives and my late step father

Zaphaniah (Mutbah) for supporting me in other ways. Also, my research assistants, Jacob

Mbah, Gayus Pukat, Kyot Gabriel, Samuel O. Ezra Samuila my course mates, friends and colleagues whoalso supported me in the study deserve my appreciation. Finally, my special thanks go to all those who attended to me during interview for the success of this work, may God bless everyone who has been part of this work.

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ABSTRACT

Cultural festivals are celebrated at different periods of the year in many communities in Nigeria.These traditional festivals vary from one culture to another. The study explores the activities of the Afizerecultural festival of Jos East, Plateau State, Nigeria. The problem of the study is centred on the lack of information on the