RARE.2018.0020: Purchased, 2017 May.
[identification of item], Photograph Albums of a Nupe (Tapa) Village, SPEC.RARE.0238, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University
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Processed by: Sara Fuetter, 2018 May; Finding aid written by: Sara Fuetter, 2018 May; Mackenzie Sommers, 2018 November.
As of 2018, the Nupe people, traditionally known as the Tapa by the neighbouring Yoruba tribe, are an ethnic group living in northern Nigeria. They are predominantly located in Niger state, but also in Kwara State and Kogi State. With about 3.5 million people, they are subdivided into smaller communities based on geographic location. Most men in the community work as either fishermen or farmers whereas the women prepare and sell the crops and other goods. Additionally, they have highly organized guilds of craftspeople that include bead workers, weavers, and pottery makers within the community.
The Photograph Albums of a Nupe (Tapa) Village contains two photograph albums of a Nupe village in Nigeria. Included in the albums are photographs of pottery making, Nupe women at a mothercraft class taught by a western woman meant to prepare girls for the occupations of wives and mothers, men fishing in the Niger River, and several regional chiefs, judges, policemen, and other Nupe locals. The albums also contain photographs of housing and scenery. The photographs were taken and put into albums by an unknown source. The collection dates circa 1937-1939.