Mutanen Bariba, sunan kansu Baatonu (jam'in Baatombu), sune manyan mazaunan Borgou da sashen Alibori, Benin, kuma masu ƙirƙirar masarautar Borgu ta yanzu da take arewa maso gabashin Benin da yamma ta tsakiyar Najeriya . A Najeriya, an same su sun yadu tsakanin jihar Kwara ta yamma da bangaren Borgu na jihar Neja . Akwai wataƙila akwai Bariba miliyan, 70% daga cikinsu a cikin Benin, inda suke ƙabila ta huɗu mafi girma kuma sun ƙunshi kusan 1/11 na yawan jama'ar (9.2%). Yankin Bariba ya fi karkata ne musamman a arewa maso gabashin kasar, musamman a kusa da garin Nikki, wanda ake wa kallon babban birni na gargajiya. A ƙarshen ƙarni na 18 sun sami 'yanci daga Yarabawan Oyo kuma suka kafa masarautu da yawa a yankin Borgou. Turawan mulkin mallaka na Benin (a lokacin Dahomey) na Faransa a ƙarshen karni na 19, da sanya iyaka tsakanin Anglo da Faransa, ya kawo ƙarshen kasuwancin Bariba a yankin. Ɗaya daga cikin bukukuwan da aka ambata shine bikin Gani na shekara-shekara wanda hawan doki shine babban abu. Mutanen Bariba suna da muhimmin matsayi a tarihin kasar.