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[San Bushman Carrying His Two Kids] The Bushmen are the remnants of Africa’s oldest cultural group, genetically the closest surviving people to the original Homo sapiens core from which the Negroid people of Africa emerged. Bushmen are small in stature generally with light yellowish skin, which wrinkles very early in life. Bushmen traditionally lived in … Read more
The Nigeria Military Coup Attempt of February 13, 1976. Led By Lt. Col. Buka Suka Dimka Buka Suka Dimka ( ? – May 15, 1976), a Lieutenant Colonel in the Nigerian army ( an officer of the army physical training corps ), led the February 13, 1976 abortive military coup against the government of General … Read more
Lokoja is a city in Nigeria , It lies at the confluence of the Niger rivers and Benue rivers and is the capital of Kogi State . [2] The Ebira , Bassa Nge , Nupe , Igala are indigenous to the area, other ethnic groups of Nigeria , including the Igbo , Bini / Edo … Read more
Some years back before 1500, many of modern Nigeria settlement’s was divided into states identified with contemporary ethnic groups names. These early states included the Nupe Kingdom, Igala Kingdom, Kanem-Borno Empire, Igbo Kingdom of Nri , Benin Kingdom, Oyo Empire the Yoruba city-states including the Kingdom of Ife, and the Hausa States. Numerous small states … Read more
Years back On December 23, 1985, the Vatsa family had just concluded plans to travel to Calabar because, usually, they spent the yuletide in the Cross River State capital, ( Sufiya is Efik Tribe ), the Id-el-Fitri in Minna, Niger State ( General Vatsa is Nupe Tribe ) and the Id-el Kabir in Kaduna. [ … Read more
Introduction We begin by stating that apart from the non-availability of source materials incapacitation the zeal of some indigenous historians in the writing of Nigerian experience in the pre-colonial period, the history of Nupe expansionist exploit into Esan with its Socio-Political impact has been one of such neglected themes in Nigeria history today. Another fact … Read more
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
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