Nupe

Examples

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• The Rawson Expedition added examples of beadwork from the Ovimbundu of Angola (previously Portuguese West Africa) and the Nupe of Northern Nigeria.

  Academic text (1999)

• It was out for a funeral and then joined the simultaneous festivities in progress for the installation of the Nupe Emir.

  Academic text (1991)

• The purchase of a Nupe ceramic container (1980.1087) followed in 1980.

  Academic text (1999)

• Omodare was able to drive away Nupe settlers and make the area safe and available for the balogun's followers and agricultural slaves.

  Academic text (2006)

• To the north, Iyagba, Ikiri, and Oworo march with Nupe-speaking peoples.

  Academic text (1991)

• Meyerowitz noted the royal face marks but labels the figure Tapa, a reference to Nupe origins (1946:30).

  Academic text (1998)

• Controlled comparison focuses on a limited range of variables and usually involves the comparison of two societies within a single region, such as S.F. Nadel's classic study of witchcraft beliefs among the Nupe and the Gwari in Nigeria.

  Academic text (2002)

• Recent purchases of Manghetu, Azande, Nupe, and Kuba pottery, and beadwork by the Kuba and Yoruba peoples, significantly expand the holdings in these important media.

  Academic text (1997)

• In this case, it has been suggested that the gowns were collected "on the Benin coast" (referring to Nigeria rather than the Republic of Benin); other authors have linked them with Liberia, the Nupe, or the Niger.

  Academic text (1994)

• As a Nupe, I take pride in my culture and traditions.

Surface Forms

Etymology