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and eventually arrive at Chikiɗe from where the southern massif rises sharply to the right. We
now see that the Kirawa valley is becoming narrower as we enter deeper into it, possibly not
wider than 5 or 6km. From Chikiɗe in the plain, one can climb up to Chikiɗe on the top. The
Chinene lived on top of the southern massif in the past, but they live completely in the plain
nowadays, while there are still a couple of Chikiɗe settlements up in the hills.
Plate 9a: View of Kirawa foothill from Ghwa'a, across the eastern plain.
Plate 9b: View across the eastern plain with Moskota hills and Mora hills in background.
Next we get to Barawa, which is a fairly large Dghweɗe settlement in the eastern plain of the
Gwoza hills. Barawa also has an inter-boundary market and many Mafa come to this market
from the Cameroonian side of the hills. From Barawa we have comparably good access to the
Dghweɗe massif and later we will make our way up there. Before doing so we continue south
to Kughum, which is the only Mafa settlement on the Nigerian side of the Mandara
Mountains. Shortly after Kughum the Kirawa valley ends in a mountain fold which leads up
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