Batammariba (also known as Tamberma, Somba, Bataba, Batammaraba, Ditamari, Niend and Tamari) are agro-pastoralist Oti-Volta, Gur-speaking and indigenous architecturally advanced people living in the mountainous regions of the Atakora Department of Benin and neighboring areas of Togo, where they go by the name of Taberma.
In Togo, they are residing in the northeastern Kara regions of Northern Togo with the Kabye (kabre) people,who are the second largest tribe in Togo.
They are famous for their two-story fortified houses, known as Tata Somba ("Somba house").
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