Mutanen Kuteb

Mutanen **Kuteb** (ko Kutep) ƙungiya ce ta yare da yare a Afirka ta Yamma, waɗanda ke magana da Harshen Kuteb, yare ne na Jukunoid. Yawancin Kuteb suna zaune ne a jihar Taraba, Najeriya .

## Bayan Fage
Dangane da al'ada Kuteb sun yi ƙaura daga Misira kusan 1000 AD, daga ƙarshe sun isa inda suke a yanzu kusan shekarar 1510.  Mutanen Kuteb an yi su ne daga dangi masu zuwa waɗanda aka yi imani da su Childrenan Kuteb ne; Lumbu, Ticwo, Rufu, Askaen, Bika (Zwika), Ticwo, Rubur, Tswaen, Acha, Likam, Cwumam, da Rucwu.

A al'adance suna yin noma, farauta da kamun kifi a cikin ƙasa mai ni'ima da ke cikin Kogin Benuwai .  Mutanen suna bautar gumakan dangi, to amma kuma sun yi imani da wani mahaluki wanda ya halicci duniya kuma ya kawo lafiya, ruwan sama da girbi. Wani babban firist ne ke mulkinsu, Kwe Kukwen, wanda majalisar dattawa da ke wakiltar ƙabilun Kuteb daban-daban suka zaɓa.  Wani rahoto na shekara ta 2007 ya ƙiyasta yawan mutanen Kuteb a matsayin kusan 100,000. Mafi yawansu suna zaune ne a cikin ƙaramar hukumar Takum ta yanzu a jihar Taraba, Najeriya, kodayake akwai 'yan ƙauyukan Kuteb da ke Kamaru . 

A ƙarƙashin Turawan mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya, waɗanda suka karɓe iko a wajajen shekrar 1900, Kuteb sun kasance karkashin masarautar Jukun na farko, ko "Aku Uka" na Tarayyar Wukari .  A cikin 1914, Turawan ingila sun sanya Kwe Kukwen shi kaɗai ne mai daraja a matsayi na uku a cikin Takum ɓangare na ƙungiyar, tare da taken Kwe Takum. Ya kasance mafi girma a kan sauran mutanen yankin.  Wannan canjin ya fusata wasu kabilun Hausawa, Tiv, Chamba, Kukuns da Ichen, waɗanda suka tilasta Ukwe Ahmadu Genkwe barin Takum ya koma wani waje.  Ukwe Takum na karshe shi ne Ali Ibrahim, yana mulki daga 1963 zuwa 1996. 

## Siyasa
Babbar jagora ga kowane aiki a cikin yankin Kuteb ya ta'allaka ne da tsarin mulki na Kwe Kukwen, Akwen da Majalisar Dattawa da ake kira Ndufu waɗanda ke wakiltar manyan sanannun dangi da dangi. Kukwen shine Babban Firist wanda yake a Mbarikam, Ikam ko Teekum kuma Akwen sune ƙananan firistoci waɗanda sune shugabannin sauran dangin. Wannan aikin ya fara ne da Kuteb kansa a matsayin babban babban firist / Sarkin Kutebs. Za'a iya zaɓar Kwe Kukwen daga kowace dangi. Koyaya, dole ne, a zaɓen sa, ya zo ya zauna a Teekum (Mbarikam Hill) kasancewar yankin Likam da kuma Hedikwatar Ƙasar Kuteb. Tsarin siyasar Kuteb na gargajiya saboda haka tsarin tarayya ne. Kodayake Kutebs sun amince da girmar Likam, sauran dangi suna da 'yancin cin gashin kansu don aiwatar da ikon wanzar da zaman lafiya, karewa da cimma muradin membobinsu. Koyaya, irin wannan ikon ya ƙare inda maslaha da shirye-shiryen gama gari gabaɗaya za a fara kuma inda aka gabatar da sulhu tsakanin mutane da dangi a gaban Kwe Kukwen. Baya ga rawar siyasa da Kukwen da Akwen suna da matsayi na ruhaniya, nauyi da iko. Matsayin sun samo asali ne daga imanin addini na Kutebs. 

## Maganar kujerar shugabanci
A shekarun 1970 Takum ya kasance wani yanki ne na tsohuwar jihar Benue Plateau . Jaridar ƙaramar hukumar ta amince da wasu manyan kujerun sarakuna uku a Tarayyar Wukari na ƙananan hukumomin Wukari, Donga da Takum, waɗanda 'yan asalin yankin suka zaɓa. 

Gwamna Joseph Gomwalk ne ya canza wannan dokar a cikin 1975, yana janye haƙƙin Kuteb don zaɓar mai riƙe da Ukwe Chieftaincy stool na Takum daga ɗayan danginsu biyu na masarauta. Yankin Likam / dangi da kabilar Akente. Waɗannan sonsa sonsan biyu ne waɗanda aka caje su da masarautar gargajiya ta Kuteb Nation. Wannan yarjejeniya ce ta gargajiya ta kabilu goma sha biyu na Kuteb Nation. Duk kabilun goma sha biyu suna da nasu UKwe. Koyaya, ana ba da Likabilar Likam da ta Akente damar sake juya babbar kujerar Sarauta a tsakanin su. Kula da ƙabilun biyu don yin mulki a cikin mafi girman mulkin ya kasance tsarin kirkirar tsohuwar Kuteb don kare masarautar Kuteb da kiyaye ikonta daga wasu maharan da canji da kwace al'adu, al'adu da al'adu na musamman na al'adun Kuteb. Wannan yana cikin layi tare da kare kowace kabila ta asali daga halaka da kutsawa ta hanyar masu yaudara.

Sabuwar dokar ta ba da damar a zaɓi wani shugaba na Chamba, yayin da ya sanya wani mutumin Jukun shugaban kwamitin tantancewar da sauya tsarin kwamitin ya haɗa da Jukun da Chamba da kuma Hausa da Kuteb. 

Wannan keta hakki ne na ƙabilanci da kuma haƙƙin gargajiya na cin gashin kai da kuma hakkin al'adun gargajiya a matsayin mutane. Tabbatarwar ita ce sauya yanayin yanayin Takum, amma sakamakon ya kasance hargitsi wanda ya sa gwamnati ta hana bikin shekara-shekara na Kuchichebe lokacin da ƙasar ta yi albarka don tabbatar da girbi na gaba ya zama mai amfani. Daga baya, an hana yin irin wannan bukukuwa a wasu yankuna na Tarayyar Wukari saboda matsalar da suka haifar. 

A watan Oktoba 1997, mai kula da mulkin soja na jihar Taraba Amen Edore Oyakhire ya aika da takarda mai suna *Comprehensive brief on the Chieftaincy Stool of Takum Chiefdom na jihar Taraba* zuwa ga majalisar masu mulki ta sojoji.  A wannan watan an kashe mutane bakwai kuma an ƙone gidaje bakwai a rikicin kabilanci, kuma an kame mutane 31. Oyakhire ya ce duk wanda ake zargi da hannu a rikicin na kabilanci za a dauki shi a matsayin masu bata damar sauya mulki zuwa mulkin farar hula.  A shekarar 1998 Gwamnatin Jihar Taraba ta kuma kafa Kwamitin Zaman Lafiya wanda ya yi nasarar sasantawa tsakanin ƙabilun. 

## Rikici da ke faruwa
Kuteb sun shiga cikin rikice-rikicen tashin hankali da ke faruwa da makwabtansu. Rikicin ƙabilanci tsakanin Jukun da Kuteb ya barke a 1991. A ranar 27 ga Disamba 2008 wani rikici ya sake kunno kai a Takum kan zargin kisan wani matashi dan Jukun da matasan Kuteb suka yi. Wataƙila mutane 20 sun mutu kuma dubbai sun nemi mafaka a barikin soja na yankin.  A 2000 an yi fada tsakanin 'yan ƙabilar Jukun / Chamba da Tiv, tare da kona kauyuka sama da 250.  A cikin 2006 mummunan rikici ya sake farawa tsakanin Kuteb da Tiv, inda mutane da yawa suka rasa rayukansu. A wata tattaunawa da aka yi da manema labarai a watan Disambar 2008 gwamnan jihar Taraba, Danbaba Suntai, ya ce ba ya ganin ƙarshen rikicin. 

## Manazarta