Pabir

For instance, the account of elite formation and roles among the Biu-Mandara of northeastern Nigeria is a typical depiction of African elite structure: the pre-colonial system dominated by Pabir rulers is one based on a close-knit elite sustained by hereditary, lineage and an elite subculture.

As the englynion assert, mwy gorddyfnassei 'more accustomed' was the hearth to mead, mead-drinkers, bright candles, men rejoicing around festive drinking-horns (medd, meddwon, pabir gloyw, elwch gwyr [...] am gyrn cyfeddwch), and so on, but no mention of poetry or music.