Nupe / F. D. Lugard [and many others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lugard, F. D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nupe (African people).

Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Conn. : Human Relations Area Files, 2014.

Summary:

The collection of 13 documents on the Nupe covers a wide range of historical data from approximately the mid-seventeenth century to the late twentieth, with particular emphasis on the traditional Nupe society of the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth. Basic documents for this period are Nadel (1942, 1954) which cover socio-political organization, economics, urban-rural relationships, religion, the life cycle, medicine, and sorcery. Forde (1955), of a later period than above, provides additional information on tribal and sub-tribal groupings, culture history, language, geography, socio-political organization, life cycle, and religion (based in large part on the works of Nadel). The Kede, a riverine group of people involved in the transportation of goods by water, so important to the Nupe economy, are described in detail in Nadel (1940). This document provides information on social and political organization, economy, demography, culture history, settlement patterns, and stratification. Nupe crafts are discussed in Crafts of Bida (1956), and by Nicholson (1954) and Perani (1980). Kohnert (1978) describes Nupe witchcraft. Katcha (1978) is a community study of Sakpe in northern Nigeria that presents information on demography, marriage customs, and breast feeding practices.

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