The Mumuye Experience

Kwajji UMC Church History United Methodist Church Nigeria Yorro central district, Southern conference KWAJJI CHARGE Yorro LGA, Taraba State. CHURCH HISTORY OCTOBER 2016 By Haruna Yakubu Tolenyashong . PREFACE On Sunday June 26th 2016, I was appointed and sworn in as chairman, committee on church history of Kwajji charge, Pupule. I was commissioned to produce a history of the church in Kwajji as a basis for the compilation of a general documentary for the district and ultimately the entire United Methodist Church Nigeria –UMCN – Southern conference of Nigeria. The following notes are compiled therefore as a record of what transpired within a period about 100 years since the arrival of Christianity into Mumuye land and particularly Kwajji area spreading the gospel of our lord Jesus Christ in this part of Nigeria. My regards go to all my brethren in the fellowship of our Lord Jesus Christ, members of the History Committee, and the entire charge leadership, who contributed to ...

BIOGRAPHY OF "BABA" YAKUBU VORO TOLENYASHONG KWAJJI AD 1915 - 2010 Yakubu Tolenyashong was born about 1915 though other sources would put it several years before that. This projection was made possible using the periodic Mumuye ritual of initiation to manhood done every seven years. Since he would have been about age 18 – 24 when he was initiated and that 13 generations of initiation rites periods have passed from his time to date. However, missionaries put his date of birth as 1902 when he was baptized in 1954. His parents named him Masho Talenyashong, and Yakubu (Jacob) was the name he acquired at his baptism as a Christian. His father Voro Loto belonged to the Bolong clan while his mother Wafiri came from the Punya Tarimijare clan both of the Kwajji clan of the Mumuye tribe. Like most Mumuye children he grew up as a child herding his father’s goats together with other neighborhood kids. At about age 18 – 24 years he was initiated into manhood. As a young man he playe...

The chiefdom of Kwajji An introduction 2/29/2016 By Haruna Yakubu Tolenyashong Table of contents Introduction Nomenclature T erritory P opulation Early history Under the British In independent  Nigeria Arrival of Taraba state The third class chiefdom Socio-infrastructural developments Bibliography I          Introduction The chiefdom of Kwajji is a traditional administrative area created in the year 2005 by law of the Taraba state house of assembly along with several others in the state. It forms with its counterpart the Mumuye chiefdom, a political territorial administrative area called Yorro local government council. As a third class chiefdom, Kwajji is relatively little known both within the state and outside in the wider Nigeria. This writing is aimed therefore at introducing it to the outsider who is interested in the rich culture and tradition of the people of this part of the nation. It also serves as sure narrati...

With every endeavor in this life, there is always a starting point. When are born, we're unaware of the meaning and intricacies of living. We pick them on and along from various environments and experiences as we grow up and live. Since life is like a cinema roll unfolding over decades, share this version of life. HARUNA   YAKUBU  KWAJJI BORN: - 16/06/1961 at old Kwajji, Yorro L.G.A FATHER: - Yakubu Voro Tolenyashong 1915-2010 MOTHER: - Sheba Tinya Kpanti Sholoba 1932-2001,  5th out of 7 siblings. CHILDHOOD: - At old Kwajji, family relocated to Pupule in 1963    EDUCATION 1. PRIMARY: - St. Philip’s Pri. Sch. Kwajji 1967-73 (FSLC) 2. SECONDARY – General Murtala Moh. College Yola 1973-78 (WASC). 3. OND – College of Agriculture Jalingo 1980-82 (General Agriculture). 4. H.N.D – College of Agriculture Jalingo 1992-94 (Agro Extension & Management). 5. N.Y.S.C – Imo State 1995/96 6. P.G.D – A.T.B.U Bauchi 1999-2000 (Management). CIVIL SERVICES 1. Teacher Lankaviri...