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.
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
Biography
S. F. Nadel
