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The Nupe
Peoples of the Niger-Benue confluence • (10) • Published In 1955 • Pages: 17-52
By: Forde, Cyril Daryll.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a summary sketch of Nupe culture by a British social anthropologist, dealing with materials published as late as 1952. Sections include: tribal and sub-tribal groupings and demography; traditions of origin and history; language; physical environment; main features of economy; social organization and political system; cultural features and the life cycle; and religious beliefs and cults. Main reliance is placed upon the works of S.F. Nadel.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Districts
- Tillage
- External trade
- Labor organization
- Chief executive
- Classes
- Community structure
- Real property
- Marriage
- Congregations
- Sorcery
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nupe
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1958
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Bida Emirate, Niger state, Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Daryll Forde
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 56024481
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology--Nigeria[[from old catalog]]