The Kakanda are named among the minorities of Kogi State by the Federal Government's state profile.
The Kakanda are named among the minorities of Kogi State by the Federal Government's state profile. Wikipedia describes them as a people of Nupe extraction under Lokoja LGA, and Blench's Atlas places their language, a member of the Nupe group, along the Niger in the old Kogi LGA and in Niger State.
Kogi State · Lokoja · Lapai · Agaie · Niger State
Nupe
Kakanda
- Kogi State — Federal Government of Nigeria (nigeria.gov.ng), 2024-03-06 · link
- Kogi State — Wikipedia · link
- An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020 edition) — Roger Blench, Kay Williamson Educational Foundation / McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, 2020 · link
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Archive ID: ETH-KAKANDA · Last updated 30 September 2026.
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