New Means in the Post-Pandemic Era Among the NGAS of Plateau State, Nigeria

Abstract

Africans value community living as a source of total well-being and their identity. The pandemic era came and destroyed community  living and promoted individualism. Scholars have discussed Coronavirus in the post-pandemic era without referring African communality  of the Ngas ethnic group as a case study. There are available new means for the ethnic group to utilize for the reconnection of their lost  values. The paper discussed that God is always in control to restore his creation and provides alternative means in the state of this fallen  world using the termites' community reconstruction in conversation with Mbiti's African philosophy of commonality as a framework for  reconstruction. The work adopted the historical approach method for the collection of the primary source, while the use of relevant  books, published works and the internet is used as the secondary source. Conscious of how diverse African cultures are, the paper is  limited to the Ngas ethnic group of Nigeria. The paper makes recommendations that commitment to Christianity as well as incorporating  elements of African traditional Religion into their daily lives provoked curiosity in the mind of Ngas that the new ideas become a  paradigm shift for prospects. The devastating damages by the pandemic become blessings.