A Black Byzantium: The Kingdom of Nupe in Nigeria

by S. F. Nadel

Overview

Originally published in 1942 this now classic book is a study of the Nupe of Northern Nigeria. The economic and political complexity of their kingdom evoked comparisons with the civilization of Byzantium. The detailed description and analysis of their social life and political institutions was the first study of a Muslim Emirate in Nigeria and as such is still an indispensable work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429946240
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/03/2018
Series:	African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	482
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

S. F. Nadel

Table of Contents

1. Environment 2. Culture, Tribe, Society 3. Introduction to Nupe Kinship 4. The Community: Village and Town 5. Political Organization of the Village 6, 7 & 8. Political History of Nupe Kingdom 9. The Position of the Women 10. Government in Modern Nupe 11. Economics: Resources 12. Agriculture: Production 13. Agriculture: Organization of Labour 14 & 15 Industries 16. Free Professions 17. Industrial Labour 18. Wealth 19. Economic Balance: Exchange 20. Economic Balance: Means and Wants 21. Economics and Social Structure 22. Education for Citizenship