INTER-GROUP RELATIONS: STUDY OF AFO AND GWANDARA PEOPLE OF NASARAWA STATE

This work examines the concept of inter-group relations. Inter-group relations is a worldwide phenomenon which portrays to a very large extent the nature of relationship which exist among people of different cultural ethnic and religious background. It depicts and exposed the extent to which one society influences
the other. This phenomenon is based on social, economic, and political factors. Inherent in the society. Although some society employs the instrument of violence in dealing with the problems due to fear of expansion and betrayal, the general factor underlying inter-group relations as a phenomenon still rest, primarily on the mutual relation which exist, between the Afo and Gwandara, is such a classical examples of mutual relationship. This study will contribute immensely to a deeper understanding of social-political and economic historical background and development of these group and how each influences the
activities of the other. This study particularly examines interactions between the Afo and Gwandara. Such as cultural diffusion, cultural acculturation, language assimilation and adaptation, through trade links and conflicts.