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 Introduction Since at least from the time of Nigerian independence, the Margi ethnic groups have been and are still neighbors with the following ethnic groups: Kilba, Bura, Matakam, Higi, Sukur, and Wula. As mentioned earlier, the Fulani and Kanuri ethnic groups are the majorities in the two states where the Margi reside, and they live in the major towns of Yola and Maiduguri, with a few Hausa in each city. This is not to say that there not any Kanuri, Fulani or Hausas living alongside the Margi ethnic group in certain Margi towns or villages. But what it means is that these groups that are considered Margi neighbors, including groups both large and small, have their own towns and villages even if they share common geographical vicinity with the Margi ethnic group. The first two, the Kilba and Bura ethnic groups, share words that have common meaning with the Margi. There is no definitive evidence that any two of them have lived together. But because of the geographical proximity which

Yinagu River, in 2011 It is a very common practice in Africa for the majority of the individual households or those that wash clothes for others for pay to go to public ponds, rivers or streams to wash the clothes. Also, in addition to the communally dug water wells, these public water sources used to be shared with the cattle, goats, sheep, donkeys and even wild animals. In Margi land, almost all of these public water sources are works of nature. In other words, they are not man made like the communal water wells. The following rivers in the Margi cultural landscape are the main tributaries that drain into Yinagu river: yadzaram, dil-owal, biri-shishiwa, and tsugadi river. The large river called yinagu has been and is still the main source of fish for several Margi towns and villages in both Adamawa and Borno states.  Prior to Nigerian independence, and up to the late 1960s, the ptil (Margi chief) was responsible for setting the date for yearly communal fishing. In the mid-1970s, with