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Cultural landscape transaction and values of Nupe community in central Nigeria / by Muhammad, Isa Bala

Table of Contents: “…Ethnography approach to cultural landscape studies -- The meaning of culture and cultural landscape -- Family structure and domestic space transactions -- Transactions of indigenous professions -- Indigenous professions and leadership roles in cultural landscape transactions -- Overview of tangible and intangible cultural values of Nupe community.…”
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History and social anthropology

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Orginal Title Page; Orginal Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; History and social anthropology; History in social anthropology; The relevance of past events; Past, present, and future: conservatism and conflict in social structures; Notes; References; The Fulani Penetration into Nupe and Yoruba in the Nineteenth Century; Introduction: history and structural change; The Fulani; Yoruba; Nupe; Fulani rule; Acknowledgements; References; Conflict Theory and Yoruba Kingdoms; Equilibrium models; Conflict theory; Conflict in Yoruba kingdoms.…”
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Studies in Hausa : Language and Linguistics. by Furniss, Graham

Table of Contents: “…The Language of Praise and Vilification: Two Poems by Muhammadu Audi of Gwandu about Abubakar, Emir of NupeNew Vocabulary and Idioms in Modern Hausa Literature; Préalable to a Theory of Hausa Poetic Meter; Lexical Incompatibility as a Mark of Karin Magana; The Language of Hausa Riddles; A Hausa Language and Linguistics Bibliography 1976-86, (including supplementary material for other years); Index.…”
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Goodbye to the Working Class Social Change, Incompetence and Sleaze Push Labour to the Brink. by Race, Reg, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…The Pivotal Point of Post-War Politics -- NUPE's Engagement Plan -- The National Minimum Wage -- The Endless Problem of Wage Control -- The Statutory National Minimum Wage Emerges -- 1974 and All That -- 5% of Bugger All is Bugger All -- Going Outside the TUC Box -- Government Strategy Implodes -- Government Nonsense -- Callaghan and Healey Make the Jump -- Reaction and Counter Reaction -- Crunch Time: the Winter of 1978-79 -- Testing the Temperature of the Water and Heating It Up at the Same Time -- Failures of Leadership -- Biggest Wage Shock in Modern History -- The Powerful Do What They Can…”
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Urban public housing in Northern Nigeria : the search for Indigeneity and cultural practices in design by Abubakar Danladi Isah, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…4.3.1 Hausa Ethnic Group4.3.2 Fulani Ethnic Group; 4.3.3 Kanuri Ethnic Group; 4.3.4 Nupe Ethnic Group; 4.3.5 Tiv Ethnic Group; 4.3.6 Gbagyi Ethnic Group; 4.4 Life at the Root, Identifying the Core Space Use Values; 4.5 Sustainable Indigenous Sociocultural Attributes; 4.5.1 Accessibility; 4.5.2 Visitors' Reception; 4.5.3 Outdoor Relaxation; 4.5.4 Household Distribution; 4.5.5 Social Events and Domestic Chores; 4.5.6 Cooking; 4.6 Dwelling Layout Patterns; 4.7 Spatial Indigeneity at the Root Space Uses; 4.8 Summary; References; 5 Search for Public Housing Inhabitants' Link with the Root.…”
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