MKPANI OTOTOBILOTO

We recognized the need to update our knowledge of, and correct the misconceptions about Mkpani society and their culture. This is because a lot of things have been written and said about the people by people who do not have adequate information on the community, and who routinely transpose and proceed to judge them by such norms. For example, Mkpani society is one of those societies, which, until recently, had received insufficient attention from scholars, and consequently had been grossly misrepresented.” It soon became clear that, in order to supply the “missing links” and fill the gap in our information about the Mkpani society and her people, the priorities of Mkpaniland and Mkpani people had to be determined from within – by the Mkpani people themselves. This is logical as it is only proper that Mkpani people tell their own story as a contribution to existing information and knowledge on contemporary society. The statement that no people can map their future in this worl