Mutanen Tera wata ƙabila ce wacce itace ta farkon mazaunan yankin Gombe kafin karni na 18. A halin yanzu, ana samun yawancin mutanen Tera a gabashin garin Gombe.[1]

Mutanen Tera
Yankuna masu yawan jama'a
Najeriya
Harsuna
Tera (en) Fassara da Hausa

An yi imanin mutanen Tera sun bar Yemen kuma sun koma yankin Borno a kusa da yankin Chadi, inda suka zauna tsawon shekaru amma saboda rikicin siyasa. Mutanen Tera sun bar yankin Chadi Basin tare da Jukun zuwa yankin Gombe, wataƙila kusan 900-1000AD. Don haka, wasu gungun masu magana da yawun Tera sun yi imanin cewa sun bar Chadi Basin lokacin da Kanuri ke canja wurin babban birninsu daga Kanem zuwa Ngarzargamu a ca.1484, a karkashin Mai Ali Gaji. Bayan haka, Tera ta tafi yamma zuwa inda suke a yanzu, ta ratsa yankunan Babur da Bura kafin ta shigo yankin Gombe.[2]

Bugu da kari, mutanen Tera suna cikin mazaunan yankin Gombe kafin kafa Gombe Emirate, sun mamaye ƙauyuka a bankunan Kogin Gongola, kamar Gwani, Hinna, Liji, Kalshingi, Zambuk, Bage, Kurba, Doho, Deba da sauransu.[3]

A bisa ga al'ada, mutanen Tera mafarauta ne da manoma.

Mutanen Tera da aka sani da alamun kabilancinsu masu kama da na wasu kabilun jihar Gombe. Hakanan, suna da irin wannan bikin zane-zane tare da Bolewa People, Waja da Jukans makwabta. Sun kuma lura da wannan al'adar, musamman, suna imani da Gwando allahn da ke yin ruwan sama.[3]

Mutanen Tera suna magana da yaren Tera.

Manazarta

gyara sashe
  1. Sani, A, Aliyu; Shehu, Awwal; Abba, Umar (2000). Gombe State: A History of the Land and the People. Zaria: Ahmadu Bello University Press. ISBN 9789781258244.
  2. Marina Waziri, Ibrahim; Dymitr, Ibriszimow (2013). "The Bole Fika Political Institution and Its Structure. A Study of the Traditional Titles (Northern Nigeria)". Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft. Harrassowitz Verlag. 163 (1): 11–42.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Abdullahi Arawa, Abubakar (2017). "The Eastern Origin of Tangale, Bolewa, Waja and Tera Groups of Gombe State: A Critique". Gombe Journal of General Studies. 1 (1).