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NUPE PEOPLE; NIGERIA`S FAMOUS BEADS MAKING PEOPLE IN AFRICA. The Nupe people are called different names by various tribes in Nigeria, the Yoruba people refer to them as Tapa/Takpa, the Hausas call them Nufawa (Plural) or Banufe (Singular). The neighbouring Gbagyi people (Gwari/Gbari) refer to them as Anupeyi. The Nupe people refer themselves as Nupenchizhi … Read more
PROFESSOR SHEHU BIDA(Marafa Nupe)The First Nupe Professor I. IntroductionProfessor Bida, Shehu (1934); Marafa of Nupe, University Don, Academician per excellence, astute politician, who has created positive precedence of inter-relationship between the rich, the peasants, the old and the young, a man of humanity, love and compassion and above all, God-fearing. II. Early YearsProfessor Shehu Bida … Read more
NUPE TIMELINE 1700 BC – Egyptian pharaoh visited KinNupe with a contingent of 700,000 people. 1400 BC – Egyptian pharaoh Ramses the Great engaged the service of Nupe witchdoctors and wizards. 800 BC – The Nupe practiced Nok culture which spread from Central KinNupe to the Jos Plateau. 600 BC – Cambyses I, the king … Read more