History And Documentaries

On the page, we publish long article of history in Africa continent and other continents across the globe. You actually know that history mean the past story of what happened before. weather it has been too long or short. Yesterday is a History and Tomorrow is a Mystery. You can also read the history of history here, according to Wikipedia.

The Nupe Invasion Of Akokoland (1845-1897)

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ABSTRACT This paper examined the imperial exploits of Nupe among the Akoko communities of Northeast Yorubaland between 1845 and 1897. The study adopted the narrative and analytical methods of historical research. Data for the study was gathered through primary and secondary sources. These involved oral interviews with some community leaders that were purposively selected. Secondary … Read more

The Full Nigeria History

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Nigeria is a country located in West Africa with a rich and diverse history. The country has over 250 ethnic groups and various colonial influences which have contributed to its history. The earliest known civilization in Nigeria was the Nok civilization, which dates back to 1000 BC. The Nok people were known for their terracotta … Read more

Apa Kororofa: The Nupe Origins Of The Igala

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Olivia Temple,¹ Professor E.O. Erim,² Akpenpuun Dzurgba,³ and other have related that the Igala traditions maintain that the Igala people originated from a prehistoric kingdom of Apa. But, Ambassador Solomon Adama Yisa wrote that Apa was an ancient Nupe kingdom located in Nupeland.⁴ Apa was known to Nupe historians as Epa.⁵ Alhaji Saidu Ibrahim Madaki … Read more

Rich Nupe Lagosians Of The 19th Century

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Nupe People In the 1860s many of the most powerful and richest people in Lagos were Nupe people. These included Shitta Bey, James Macaulay Babington, Madam Tinubu, Balogun Ali, the Oshodi family, the Aguda families, the Saros families, and others. ALSO SEE: The History Of The Nupe People Interestingly all of these Nupe Lagosians visited … Read more

The Music Etymology And Terminology

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Greek mythology’s nine Muses served as models for various artistic pursuits, including the arts, and later developed a tight relationship with music in particular. In the 1630s, the word “music” as we know it today first appeared. Its predecessors include the Old English “musike” of the mid-13th century, the Old French music of the 12th … Read more

THERE WAS NO OYO EMPIRE By Ndagi Abdullahi

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It was British historians like Professor Robin Law, swayed by Reverend Samuel Johnson’s pretentious History of the Yorubas, who invented the claim that by the 1690s Oyo had become the greatest Empire in pre-Colonial Nigeria.¹ But all the earliest writers on Yoruba, including the Danmasanin Katsina² and Sultan Bello in the 1830s,³ never mention any … Read more

The First Naibi In Nupe Land

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LATE MALLAM MUHAMMADU JIMADA(FIRST NAIBI NUPE)(1882 -1949)BRIEF PROFILE, LIFE, HUMANITARIAN ACTVITIES AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE EARLY DEVELOMENT OF EDUCATION IN NUPELAND AND NORTHERN NIGERIA Late Mallam Muhammadu Jimada Naibi was born in 1882 to the family of Mallam Muhammadu Shafii Alfa Chado who was a Chief Judge of Bida Emirate and the same time, … Read more

The Articulation Of Witchcraft & Modes Of Production Among The Nupe

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Articulation Of Nupe Witchcraft Abstract The political economy of occult belief in Africa can highlight hidden social and political conflict in times of transition which remain otherwise undetected. This has been demonstrated in taking the development of witchcraft accusations over time as indicator, and the Nupe of Northern Nigeria as an example. A tentative long-term … Read more