Amandi People

The Amandi people are a group of nineteen tribes in the Northern Pillar that make up the Amandi-Eya Chieftancy. They are the closest relatives to the Enegua people although many wars have happened between the two. They have inhabited an impoverished and an eroded, deforested, poorly irrigated region since the Jakaphet Wars when they were expelled from their lands by the Enegua-Eya tribes.

Naming Traditions

Family names

Jega, Jos, Noor, Ousmane, Mainassara, Farouk, Kwankwaso, Sukhera, Moutari, Nuhu, Haruna, Rabiu, Kagara, Bello, Dambazau, Dangote, Dantata, Isyaku, Gyale.

Culture

Shared customary codes and values

The Amandi and the Owusu Peoples are the only tribes of Exum that make use of tribe councils that are able to vote out the head of the chieftaincy for someone else. The councils were made up of elder tribesmen and would also adjudicate disputes between other tribes.

Common Dress code

Unlike the Guasa people who prefer the blue-dyed robes, the Amandi prefer white loose flowing gowns, trousers, and headwrap that usually double as a turban to protect against the harsh Salt Storms that come down from the Salted Plains to the north.. The members of a tribal chief's family will usually wear richly embroidered in traditional patterns.

Art & Architecture

Amandi buildings are characterized by the use of dry mud bricks in cubic structures, multi-storied buildings for the social elite, the use of parapets related to the fortresses they built in the past for the Faeroahs, and the traditional white stucco and plaster for houses. The use of vivid colors was also used to convey information about the occupant.

Parent ethnicities