Mafa kuma ana kiransu Mafahay, wata ƙabila ce da ke cikin arewacin Kamaru, Arewacin Najeriya kuma sun watsu a wasu ƙasashe kamar Mali, Chadi, Sudan, Burkina Faso da Saliyo. An fahimci cewa Mafahay, wata ƙabilar Mafa, sun yi ƙaura daga Roua da Sulede (wanda ke yamma da Durum ( Mofu dace)), zuwa arewa maso yamma. Ƙabilar Bulahay, yayin, sun yi ƙaura zuwa yamma, tare da iyakokin kudu na yankin Mafa na yanzu. Daga ƙarshe kuma sun yi ƙaura zuwa arewa inda suka cakuɗa tare da Mafahay, suka zama Mafa na yanzu. Jimlar yawan mutane sun banbanta tsakanin 82,100 da 150,000. Hallaire nuna cewa yawan mutane a yankin tsakanin mazauna 99 zuwa 140 a kowace murabba'in kilomita. A cewar Lavergne, Mafa sun kasu kashi biyu, kasancewar su 'Mafa dace' (wanda ake kira Maf-Mafa ko 'Mafahay), da' Bulahai '. Mafas suna zaune ne a tsakiyar yankin arewacin Mandarawa, wanda yanki ne wanda yankin Arewa ya kafa a Mokolo Plateau da tsaunukan arewacin Mokolo . Al’ummar Mafa sun kasu zuwa kanana da yawa: Moskota; Koza;