Akurmi people
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 Akurmi people in SK Fest 2024 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 77,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Nigeria | |
| Languages | |
| T'kurmi | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Traditional/Cultural Beliefs, Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Abisi, Avori, Atsam, Atyap, Afizere, Berom, Jukun, and other Benue-Congo peoples of Middle Belt and southern Nigeria |
The Akurmi people (Hausa: Kurama[2]), are an ethnic group in Kaduna and Kano States which speaks the T'kurmi language, an East Kainji language of Nigeria.
The Akurmi people, a friendly people who practice subsistence farming were said to have settled in Kaduna State about 600 years ago.[1]
Religion
The Akurmi are reportedly predominantly Christian, numbering 88.0% (with Independents at 30.0%, Protestants 50.0% and Roman Catholics 20.0%). The remaining being adherents of Ethnic religion, 6.0% and Islam, 6.0%.[1]
