Fajul
Nigeria0 mUnguardedVerified listing
The place
Fajul in Plateau State, Jos/Bukuru area (Middle Belt, central Nigeria), at 136 m elevation, Jos Plateau. Continuous Nigeria cluster (batches 284-303). A Fulani or Hausa village in the Middle Belt (a contact zone between the Muslim North and the Christian South, with periodic tensions from pastoralist/farmer conflicts), part of the heritage of the Nok civilization (2000 BC-500 AD, the oldest terracotta art in West Africa, discovered in 1943).
The setting
Jos Plateau, Jos/Bukuru, central Nigeria Middle Belt, 136 m, Jos Plateau, continuous cluster batches 284-303, Fulani/Hausa contact zone Muslim North/Christian South pastoralist/farmer conflicts, Nok 2000 BC-500 AD oldest terracotta art West Africa 1943.
