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Peoples of the Niger-Benue Confluence (The Nupe. The Igbira. The Igala. The Idioma-speaking Peoples)
Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African peoples. Concise, critical and (for its time) accurate, the Ethnographic Survey contains sections as follows: Physical Environment Linguistic Data Demography History & Traditions of Origin Nomenclature Grouping Cultural Features: Religion, Witchcraft, Birth, Initiation, Burial Social & Political Organization: Kinship, Marriage, Inheritance, Slavery, Land Tenure, Warfare & Justice Economy & Trade Domestic Architecture Each of the 50 volumes will be available to buy individually, and these are organized into regional sub-groups: East Central Africa, North-Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, West Central Africa, Western Africa, and Central Africa Belgian Congo. The volumes are supplemented with maps, available to view on routledge.com or available as a pdf from the publishers.
Nupe Religion
Originally published in 1954, this book is a pentrating study of Nupe religion and the increasing influence that Islam has had on indigenous forms of worship. The practise of witchcraft, forms of ritual, Gods and faith in medicine are all examined as an integral part of Nupe religion and culture.
Life Among the Nupe Tribe
Excerpt from Life Among the Nupe Tribe: In West Africa Another object has been to give the people of America some idea of how the people of Nigeria live from day to day, their customs, religions, home life, industries, etc etc and the many other things of interest that surround a people living in the heart of Africa. Most of these photographs were made from time to time by the writer who went out in I90l with the pioneer party of the Africa Industrial Mission, and who Stayed in the country for over three years before returning home. It was during his furlough at home that these cuts were made, he articles written. And the book printed, so the amount of time allowed was not very long. The wri...
A Black Byzantium
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Cultural Landscape Transaction and Values of Nupe Community in Central Nigeria
The book provides readers with insights on how cultural landscapes are conceptualised under two major realms of tangible and intangible values as exemplified in this study of a rural Nupe community in central Nigeria. Equally important are the people-space and place relationship which results in a sense of place. The cultural values of communities are a product of both natural as well as the social setting which begins with the family. Accordingly, this book showcases how the concept of family structure shapes the architecture of the domestic space. Similarly, it also exemplifies how tangible and intangible cultural values are constituted within the domestic space as well as the entire cultu...
Sources and Methods in African History
An overview of the ongoing methods used to understand African history.
