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Katab is the collective term for a cluster of ethnic groups living in north-central Nigeria, as well as the name of a single subgroup. Other subgroups include the Ataka, Ikulu, Jaba, Kachichere, Kagoma, Kagoro, Kaje, Kamantan, Katab and Morwa. Katab peoples speak a variety of Plateau subgroup languages of the Benue-Congo subsection of the Niger-Congo family, and share similar cultural practices and beliefs. Primarily farmers, the Katab also hunt and fish in the dry season. They live in villages containing several localized patrilineages with no authority above the village headman or priest. Villages will affiliate themselves for the purposes of mutual defense and marriage exchanges.

Aspects of the economic and social history of the Atyab (Katab) c. 1800-1960 A.D.

Report on land tenure Zaria Province

A linguistic shift in Kaje, Kagoro, and Katab kinship terminology

Tribal studies in northern Nigeria

Culture Summary

Cosmology, practice, and social organization among the Kadara and Kagoro

Secondary marriage in northern Nigeria

Kagoro political development

Notes on the tribes, provinces, emirates and states of the northern provinces of Nigeria compiled from official reports by O. Temple

Author	Title	Publication Date
Bonat, Zwa’awhu Kalli Abungwon	Aspects of the economic and social history of the Atyab (Katab) c. 1800-1960 A.D.	1989
Cole, C. W.	Report on land tenure Zaria Province	1949
McKinney, Carol Virginia	A linguistic shift in Kaje, Kagoro, and Katab kinship terminology	1983
Meek, C. K. (Charles Kingsley)	Tribal studies in northern Nigeria	1931
Skoggard, Ian A.	Culture Summary	2014
Smith, M. G. (Michael Garfield)	Cosmology, practice, and social organization among the Kadara and Kagoro	1982
Smith, M. G. (Michael Garfield)	Secondary marriage in northern Nigeria	1953
Smith, M. G. (Michael Garfield)	Kagoro political development	1960
Temple, O. (Olive)	Notes on the tribes, provinces, emirates and states of the northern provinces of Nigeria compiled from official reports by O. Temple	1922

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