Mutanen Zarma ko Zabarmawa, ƙabilu ne da galibinsu ake samu a mafi kusa da yammacin Nijar . Hakanan ana samun su a cikin adadi mai mahimmanci a yankunan da ke kusa da Najeriya da Benin, tare da ƙananan lambobi a Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, da Kamaru . Mutanen Zarma galibinsu musulmai ne na makarantar Maliki -Sunni, kuma suna zaune ne a cikin ƙasashen Sahel masu bushewa, a gefen kwarin Kogin Neja wanda yake shi ne tushen ban ruwa, wurin kiwon garken shanu, da ruwan sha. Dangane da wadata, sun mallaki shanu, tumaki, awaki da kuma dromedaries, suna ba da su ga Fulani ko kuma Abzinawa don kulawa. Mutanen Zarma suna da tarihin bayi da tsarin sarauta, kamar yawancin kabilun Yammacin Afirka. Kamar su, su ma suna da al'adar kiɗa ta tarihi. Ana kiran mutanen Zarma a matsayin Zerma, Djerma, Dyerma, Zaberma, Zabarma ko mutanen Zabermawa. Kimanin jimillar yawan jama'ar Zarma ya zuwa shekarar 2013 gabaɗaya an sanya su sama da miliyan 3, amma ya bambanta.