Tangale people

The Tangale people are one of the ethnic groups in Northern Nigeria, situated in Gombe State. They speak the Tangale language (Po Tangle) and derived their name from “Tangal”, a chief of Billiri (Western Tangale) in the present day Gombe state in Nigeria. It is believed that Tangal was instrumental in organizing the clans under his leadership and because of this, the people under him were referred to as the Tangale (as it was customary in many African communities to name a land or ethnic group after their leader).

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