Nupe (state)

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Today's area of ​​the former Nupe
Nupe on a map from 1889 (center)

Nupe (also Nufe or Nyfe ) was an empire once tributary to the Sultan of Gwandu , on central Niger , between the 8th and 10th parallel north with about 21,310 km². The official language was Nupe , a nupoid language .

It was resided by the ethnicity of the Nupe , who were allegedly migrated around the 15th century from Egypt. The majority of the Nupe, estimated at around half a million in number, are Muslim. The former settlement area is now the territory of the West African state of Nigeria . It roughly corresponds to the state of Niger in Nigeria with an extension to the north.

Cities

The former capital Bida is located on a plain between the Niger and the Kaduna , today (1991) has 111,000 inhabitants. Other important cities are Rabba and Saraki . Egan and Lokodscha are also on the Niger .

bibliography

  • Leo Frobenius : And Africa spoke . Berlin 1912 (English translation: The Voice of Africa ). London 1913 Berlin 1912 (pp. 363-444).
  • Michael G. Mason: Foundations of the Bida Kingdom . ( Ahmadu Bello University history series ). Ahmadu Bello University Press, Zaria 1981 (Original from: University of California, Berkeley, United States). ISBN 9781250127 .
  • SF needle : A Black Byzantium: The Kingdom of Nupe in Nigeria . (German translation: "A Black Byzantium. The Kingdom of the Nupe in Nigeria"), monograph. London 1942.