Nupe people

Nupe people
Watercolour drawing of a Nupe woman by Carl Arriens (1911)
Total population
c. 3.5 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Nigeria
Languages
Nupe
Religion
Sunni Islam[2][3]
Related ethnic groups
Gbagyi, Igala, Yoruba, Ebira, Kambari, Kamuku, Bariba, Dukawa

The Nupe (traditionally called the Nupawa by the Hausas and Tapa by the neighbouring Yoruba) are an ethnic group native to North Central Nigeria. They are the dominant ethnic group in Niger State and a minority in Kwara State. The Nupe are also present in Kogi State and The Federal Capital Territory.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Nupe" (PDF). National African Language Resource Center. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  2. ^ Umaru Ndagi, Muhammad (January 2012). "Muslims of Niger State: A Survey" (PDF). University of Oxford. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Nupe", Britannica.
  4. ^ Nadel, S. F. (2018), "The Nupe Creed", Nupe Religion, Routledge, pp. 1–37, doi:10.4324/9780429487446-1, ISBN 978-0-429-48744-6, S2CID 240243198
  5. ^ Yahaya, Mohammed Kuta (2003). "The Nupe People of Nigeria". Studies of Tribes and Tribals. 1 (2): 95–110. doi:10.1080/0972639x.2003.11886489. ISSN 0972-639X. S2CID 158674479.

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