The Ham, called Jaba by the Hausa, are a people of southern Kaduna State, named among its peoples by the federal government's state profile and Wikipedia's list of the ethnic groups of Kaduna State.
The Ham, called Jaba by the Hausa, are a people of southern Kaduna State, named among its peoples by the federal government's state profile and Wikipedia's list of the ethnic groups of Kaduna State. They speak the Hyam cluster of Hyamic Plateau languages (Roger Blench's Atlas of Nigerian Languages, 2020). Wikipedia names them among the peoples of Jaba, Kachia, Kagarko, Jema'a and Kaduna South LGAs. Wikipedia calls the Hausa name Jaba derogatory, and says that the Ham of Jaba and the Hausa of Zaria are held to be the old peoples of the south and north of the region.
- Jaba
- Kaduna State (state profile) — Federal Government of Nigeria · link
- Kaduna State — Wikipedia · link
- Southern Kaduna — Wikipedia · link
- Jaba, Nigeria — Wikipedia · link
- Kachia — Wikipedia · link
- Kagarko — Wikipedia · link
- Jema'a — Wikipedia · link
- Kaduna South — Wikipedia · link
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Archive ID: ETH-HAM · Last updated 7 October 2026.
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