Nupe

E289831
ethnic group former kingdom

Nupe is an ethnic group and former kingdom in central Nigeria, historically known for its riverine trade, craftsmanship, and interactions with neighboring Yoruba states such as the Oyo Empire.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Nupe canonical 18
Nupe Bassa Nge variety 1
Nupe territories 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
former kingdom ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nupe people ⓘ
Tapa ⓘ
colonialEraAdministrativeUnit Northern Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Northern Nigeria Protectorate
colonialPower British Empire ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
ethnicGroupIn Nigeria ⓘ
hasLanguage Nupe language ⓘ
hasMinorityReligion Christianity ⓘ
African traditional religion ⓘ
surface form: Traditional African religions
hasNeighboringGroup Gbagyi ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
Igala ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
historicallyInteractedWith Fulani Jihad ⓘ
surface form: Fulani jihad states

Hausa city-states ⓘ
Oyo Empire ⓘ
Yoruba states ⓘ
historicalRegion Nupe Emirate ⓘ
Nupe Kingdom ⓘ
knownFor agriculture ⓘ
brass work ⓘ
craftsmanship ⓘ
glass bead making ⓘ
riverine trade ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Nupoid languages ⓘ
locatedIn Central Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: central Nigeria
partOfModernState Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria ⓘ
Kogi State ⓘ
Kwara State ⓘ
Niger State ⓘ
primaryReligion Islam ⓘ
riverineTradeOn Kaduna River ⓘ
Niger River ⓘ
traditionalArtForm decorated calabashes ⓘ
nupe brass figurines ⓘ
traditionalCapital Bida ⓘ
traditionalCrops millet ⓘ
rice ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
sugarcane ⓘ
yams ⓘ
traditionalMusic drumming ⓘ
praise singing ⓘ
traditionalRulerTitle Etsu Nupe ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oyo Empire → tradedWith → Nupe ⓘ
Zazzau Emirate → borderedBy → Nupe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nupe territories
Minna → languageSpoken → Nupe ⓘ
Kwara State → hasEthnicGroup → Nupe ⓘ
Kogi State → ethnicGroup → Nupe ⓘ
Ilorin → demographicsSignificantEthnicGroup → Nupe ⓘ
Nupe language → hasDialect → Nupe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nupe Bassa Nge variety
Nupe language → alternativeName → Nupe ⓘ
Nupe language → alternativeName → Nupe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nupe-Nupe
Niger State → commonLanguage → Nupe ⓘ
Nigerian → ethnicGroupCanBe → Nupe ⓘ
Hausa city-states → hasCapital → Nupe ⓘ
Volta–Niger languages → containsLanguage → Nupe ⓘ
Volta–Niger languages → majorLanguage → Nupe ⓘ
Edu → hasMajorLocalLanguage → Nupe ⓘ
Kogi → hasEthnicGroup → Nupe ⓘ
subject surface form: Kogi State
Ebira → sharesBorderWithEthnicGroup → Nupe ⓘ
Bassa → neighboringEthnicGroup → Nupe ⓘ
Igala → neighboringEthnicGroup → Nupe ⓘ
Latin alphabet for Nupe language → associatedLanguage → Nupe ⓘ
Kebbi Kingdom → neighboringEntity → Nupe ⓘ