The Marghi Tribe / Borno & Adamawa, Nigeria
The Soul
Of Marghi
Preserving the vibrant heritage, ancestral wisdom, and ceremonial brilliance of the Marghi people — from the Mandara Mountains to the plains of Borno.
Heritage & Language
A people of iron, song, and stone.
The Marghi (also called Margi or Marghi Chibok) live across Borno and Adamawa States of northeast Nigeria, speaking a Chadic language with deep oral traditions. For centuries, our people have cultivated a sophisticated social order, distinctive iron-working, weaving, and ceremonial life that survives today.
3
Major dialect clusters
~1M
Marghi speakers worldwide
The Digital Museum
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Ceremonial Bronze Anklet
The Clan Loom Tapestry
Elder's Talking Staff
Latest
News & Events
Marghi Cultural Festival returns to Madagali
The annual gathering of clans will host dance, wrestling, and oral storytelling competitions across three days.
Heba Language Scholarship opens for 2027 cohort
Five fully-funded places offered for graduate students researching Marghi linguistics.
Diaspora chapters launch in London and Atlanta
New Marghi cultural chapters open abroad to support members of the diaspora.
Four hundred clan manuscripts digitised this quarter
Fragile lineage records from the 1940s have been scanned, catalogued, and published to the archive.
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Help us keep the record alive
Recordings, scans, and conservation are funded entirely by the community. A single gift can digitise a century-old manuscript or fund a day of elder interviews.