DYNAMICS OF AFRICAN HERITAGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: AN INVESTIGATION INTO GBAGYI PEOPLE IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ABUJA

African people are not here by accident. They existed from the beginning of time. It was not by accident that they ended up on the African continent. Every ethnic group has a birthplace from which they derived their cultural traditions. Gbagyi is one of the 350 ethnic groups that make up Nigeria, one of the West African countries. The northcentral region of the nation was inhabited by the Gbagyi indigenous people as part of their cultural legacy. The 1976 transfer of the federal capital territory from Lagos, in western Nigeria, to the country's agrarian centre Abuja facilitates transformation. The nation's capital relocation helps in the development of the Gbagyi ethnic group's environmental and cultural transition. They asserted themselves as the legitimate native inhabitants of Abuja. A wealth of natural and human development is ushered in by the relocation of the federal capital to Abuja and the Gbagyi territory. The dynamics of African ancestry and the Gbagyi people's sustainable development in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are examined in this study. To gather information, the researcher consults relevant literature, personal observations, and interviews. The Gbagyi territory inhabitants, encourage diligence and dedication to the cause of sustainable human and ecological development. It is necessary to organize and activate the portions of the Gbagyi people's vital cultural legacy for tourism.

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