Lineage

The Clan Tree

The Marghi nation is woven from three great clan groupings, each with their own lineages and traditional rulers. Trace your family back to its ancestral house.

Proto-Marghi
Marghi Central
Tlaa
Mulgwa
Wamba
Hyema
Thlama
Marghi South (Uba)
Maina Barka
Putai
Thlimza
Vandi
Yawale
Marghi West
Kwajaffa
Mbulatawiwi
Gava
Bula
Kwaya

Madagali, Michika, Askira-Uba

Marghi Central

  • Tlaa
  • Mulgwa
  • Wamba
  • Hyema
  • Thlama

Uba, Lassa, Hong

Marghi South (Uba)

  • Maina Barka
  • Putai
  • Thlimza
  • Vandi
  • Yawale

Chibok, Damboa

Marghi West

  • Kwajaffa
  • Mbulatawiwi
  • Gava
  • Bula
  • Kwaya

Contribute

Add your lineage

Help us complete the Marghi clan tree by submitting your family records, oral histories, or photographs to the project archivists.

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