Joking Relationship and Peace Building Within Africa: The Case Of Funyellang People in Tarokland

Abstract

This paper examined joking relationship and peace building within Africa, with Funyellang as the case study. The paper established that in most cultures, it would be rude to openly mock a complete stranger, absolutely insulting to call them a slave, but joking relationship gave opportunity for this to be established, as such, people who joked together found it difficult to go into conflict. This paper used secondary method of data collection. Hence joking relationship has been used to resolve conflict in Africa and Funyellang clan of Plateau, Nigeria.