The Kabba Tribe is one of the major enthic groups in KOGI STATE, Nigeria. It is situated in the Northern hemisphere of the equatorial forests of Nigeria. It is said that Kabba was founded by three hunters who left Ile-Ife to look for somewhere else to settle down which is today KABBA
The city, surrounded by mountains and green habitats,which gives it its beautiful scenery, is the junction that links seven major roads leading to other parts of the country. Kabba, one of the Yoruba-speaking tribes in Kogi State, is located in Okun and are referred to as Owe people.
Kabba is otherwise called “Kabba Oloke meta” (Kabba with three mountains), because there are three major communities that make up the tribe. These communities are namely Odolu, Katu, and Kabba.
These three communities, in turn, have clans under them. Odolu has five; Katu has three; and Kabba has six clans under it. In total, the Kabba Kingdom is comprised of fourteen clans.
Furthermore, Kabba operates a tripodal ruling system namely The Obaro, The Obadofin, and The Obajemu ruling systems, produced by the Ilajo ruling house, Odolu, and Otu respectively. However, the other two heads are chosen by The OBARO(The King)
The people of Kabba have very special indigenous meals that are unique to them. A number of them are prepared with beans. Some of them are ‘ajiere’, prepared by boiling beans, sieving it dry and then frying in palm oil; popolo, bean cake fried in palm kernel oil; and akara papa, prepared by grinding guinea corn to form a paste, moulding it in between the palms to form shapes and then fried in palm oil.