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In the News (Sat 28 Nov 09)

  
  NUPE - LoveToKnow Article on NUPE
Nupe had an ancient and very interesting constitution of which the leading features were adopted by the Fula when their rule was established about the year 1859.
Nupe was conquered by the troops of the Niger Company in 1897, and the legal status of slavery was then nominally abolished.
The company was, however, unable to occupy the country, and on the withdrawal of its troops the deposed emir returned.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NU/NUPE.htm   (286 words)

  
 BIDA - LoveToKnow Article on BIDA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
by E. of Muraji on the Niger, is the capital of the province of Nupe.
In 1897 there was a two-days fight outside the walls of Bida between the forces of the emir of Nupe and those of the Royal Niger Company, ending in the defeat of the Fula army (mostly cavalry).
The administrative district of Bida includes the town and is the western division of the province of Nupe (q.v.).
39.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BI/BIDA.htm   (1603 words)

  
 Nupe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Nupe are an ethnic group located primarily in the middle belt and northern Nigeria.
The Nupe were first described in detail by the ethnographer Siegfried Nadel, whose book, Black Byzantium, remains an anthropological classic.
Nupe describes a member of Kappa Alphs Psi Fraternity Inc. Brothers of this fraternity call each other Nupes for unknown,esoteric reasons.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nupe   (141 words)

  
 Nupur (Nupe) Mehta (Elephant Boy)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Nupe hails from the royal family of a small province in the red light district of the Indian outback.
When Nupe discovered that he was betrothed to the only child of the neighboring royal family (who was incidentally a large one-eyed man), he fled the country and left everything behind.
Nupe lived like a hobo for years, jumping freight cars, eating out of dumpsters, and turning states evidence to testify against dummy-front corporations for the Russian Mafia.
www.duke.edu /web/dui/nupe.html   (147 words)

  
 Introduction to Nigerian Men's weaving - Yoruba, Nupe, Hausa, Tiv, Jukun
Nupe men's weaving is best known for the prestige fabrics they produced for the making of robes.
Nupe embroiderers were considered to be the most highly skilled in Nigeria.
According to Nadel there were three guilds of male weavers active in the Nupe capital of Bida in the first half of the C20th, all of which could be traced back to origins among the Yoruba.
www.adire.clara.net /asooketxt2.htm   (880 words)

  
 Nupe Language Page - Handbook of African Language Resources (ASC)(MSU)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Nupe belongs to the Nupe-Gware subbranch of Kwa and is presently spoken in the states of Kwara, Niger, Benue, part of the Plateau states, and the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria.
Grimes (1996) cites a figure of 1,062,000 speakers of Nupe; UBS notes one million speakers (1982); Herault (1981) states there are approximately 600,000.
Bokani reports that the dialect situation is more complicated as a result of the rise and fall of the Nupe kingdom.
www.isp.msu.edu /AfrLang/Nupe_root.html   (227 words)

  
 PanAfrLoc | PanAfrLoc / Nupe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Nupe belongs to the Nupe-Gware subbranch of Kwa.
It is presently spoken in the states of Kwara, Niger, Benue, part of the Plateau states, and the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria.
Central Nupe would be the obvious first choice for any kind of localisation.
www.bisharat.net /wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Nupe   (330 words)

  
 Nupe
The Nupe people have lived along the banks of the Niger River since the 15th century and were conquered in around 1830s by the Muslim Fulani people.
The Ogoni are a clan whose art and culture are related to that of their neighbors: the Igbo, Ijo, Efik, and Ibibio.
Nupe houses are decorated with doors and posts carved with geometric designs, although there are some rare examples of animal designs.
www.ethnographica.com /pages/Nupe54.php?project_id=54   (2221 words)

  
 Institute for Healthcare Improvement: The "Blog": Updates on Projects in South Africa to Improve HIV/AIDS Treatment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Nupe and I had spent the day before schmoozing with the District managers and Qumbu clinic staff (it's clear that Nupe has made a great impression, greeted with affection and enthusiasm by all we encountered).
(Nupe): The overwhelming message from the ARV sites was that a) clinic capacity was overburdened with the current staff shortages and b) there are numerous structural/systems issues preventing people from getting on treatment.
Nupe and I traveled to southern KZN Province at the invitation of Deputy Minister of Health, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge.
www.ihi.org /IHI/Topics/DevelopingCountries/Africa/Literature/TheBlogUpdatesonProjectsinSouthAfricatoImproveHIVAIDSTreatment.htm   (4075 words)

  
 Nupe (from African art) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The Nupe have been Muslim for some centuries and are best known for their weaving, embroidery, beadmaking, wood carving, and sheet metalwork.
More results on "Nupe (from African art)" when you join.
The Nupe are organized into a number of closely related territorial groups, of which the Beni, Zam, Batache (Bataci), and Kede (Kyedye) are the most important.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-57142   (778 words)

  
 Scoop: NUPE Members Support Psa Strike in CYF   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
John Kerr said that NUPE members have been advised not to undertake the work of striking Public Service Association (PSA) workers.
“NUPE members have contacted the union to ask what is their position if under contingency planning procedures they are asked to cover for the striking workers,” he said.
“NUPE members in CYF are seeking a 30% catch-up wage rise for all CYF workers including clerical and administration staff who are often below the poverty line,” said John Kerr.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/PO0508/S00302.htm   (495 words)

  
 Current Issues
The Ministry of Fisheries has received notice of strike action planned for 29 October from the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE), on behalf of its Fishery Officer members.
"NUPE have called a strike without clearly explaining why they are taking this action" said Dave Wood, National Manager Compliance, Ministry of Fisheries.
NUPE represents about 40% of the Ministry's compliance staff.
www.fish.govt.nz /current/press/pr221004.htm   (174 words)

  
 Search Results for Nupe - Encyclopædia Britannica
The largest of the approximately 17 Nupoid languages are Nupe (1,000,000), Gbagyi (700,000), and Ebira (1,000,000).
They are spoken in the area north and west of the confluence of the Niger and Benue...
British labour leader, general secretary of the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) who improved pay for workers in local government, sanitation and sewage, and the National Health Service.
www.britannica.com /search?query=Nupe&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT   (328 words)

  
 NUPE - Online Information article about NUPE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Nupe was conquered by the troops of the Niger See also:
In 1901 it became necessary to subdue Nupe a second See also:
These are again divided into nine native districts, five to the See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /NUM_ORC/NUPE.html   (435 words)

  
 AIM25: British Library of Political and Economic Science: NADEL, Siegfried Frederick, 1903-1956, anthropologist
Scope and content/abstract: Fieldwork notes from Nadel's Nupe and Nuba tribal studies; diaries and papers from his time in Ethiopia and Eritrea; material relating to Nadel's lectures and papers, including draft articles, correspondence and offprints; and photographs from Nadel's expeditions.
Nupe: Notes on the Nupe and Gwani languages, 1934-1936.
Nupe: Experiments on culture and personality, Nupe and Yoruba, 1936 and 1950s.
www.aim25.ac.uk /cats/1/5909.htm   (292 words)

  
 Jason Kandybowicz's Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
To appear Nupe Coordinate Structures: A Syntactically Heterogeneous Class.
To appear Nupe Experimental Tonology: Results From a Pilot Experimental Study.
2003 On Directionality and the Structure of the Verb Phrase: Evidence from Nupe.
www.linguistics.ucla.edu /people/grads/jkandy   (631 words)

  
 NUPE photography exhibition
Introduced in its first year in government, Labour's manifesto promise was largely the result of over 20 years of campaigning by trade unions representing the low paid, and particularly the National Union of Public Employees.
My work with NUPE in the Northern Region began during the infamous Winter of Discontent of 1978/9, when the then regional secretary Tom Sawyer supported me in my documenting of two union branches in Darlington throughout the dispute.
The relationship continued until NUPE amalgamated with two other unions into UNISON, Britain's largest trade union, in 1993.
www.amber-online.com /gallery/exhibition140   (235 words)

  
 Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
The Kede and Batache are river people, subsisting primarily by fishing and trading; the other Nupe are farmers, who grow the staple crops millet, sorghum, yams, and rice.
The Nupe are noted throughout Nigeria for glass beads, fine leather and mat work, brass trays, and fine cloth.
The indigenous Nupe kingdom was divided into four zones for purposes of government, with a series of ranked officials who owed allegiance to the king, the etsu Nupe.
www.britannica.com /ebc/print_toc?tocId=9056518   (291 words)

  
 Scoop: NUPE Strike Aimed At CDHB Not Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Chairman of the Canterbury District Health Board Syd Bradley has said today that the strike by the union NUPE is not a government issue.
Mr Bradley said the 5-day strike by the union NUPE was now in its third day and to date there had been minimal disruption to the Canterbury District Health Board.
This was due to the implementation of well constructed contingency plans and the positive response from staff.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/BU0509/S00202.htm   (1124 words)

  
 Nupe's Page on RateItAll.com
Click HERE to read all of Nupe (0)'s comments
Click HERE to leave a private message for Nupe (0)
Nupe (0) created and manages the following personal ratings list(s):
www.rateitall.com /user.aspx?RI=9614247   (70 words)

  
 LEGACIES - StopHazing.org Bulletin Board
Not saying that it is right because I know this girl that was a legacy of DST, actually her great grandmother was a founder, but she on the other hand was worhtless as far a putting in work for her chapter.
My son gone be a NUPE, my nephew gone be a NUPE, and so forth and so on...And Yup, nepotism is going to play a part in thier voting process.
In my family all of the men have been NUPES so I guess it is more of a tradition thing.
www.stophazing.org /ubb/Forum1/HTML/000514.html   (5175 words)

  
 Eta Upsilon: guestbook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He is scheduled to be on CNN two more times: when he gets to New Orleans, L.A. and tours the devestation, and when he gets to Atlanta, his destination.
I was just browsing on the net and decided to say hello to all of the brothers in and around the Starkville and Columbus(MS)area from the Cleveland (MS)Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.
Shouts out to EL and Keith holdin it down fa tha Nupes and SBP03...
www.guestbookcentral.com /guestbook.cfm?Guestbook=4419   (444 words)

  
 home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
We would like to welcome you to another diamonds all in your face production by Zeta "Rayban Nupes" Psi.
Please be sure to sign the Guestbook and contact us with any questions or comments.
A Nupe is a man of Kappa 3RD,
zetapsinupes.com /home.htm   (81 words)

  
 Phrasebase - Nupe Language Facts And Information
Dialects: NUPE CENTRAL (NIFE, ANUPE, NUPECIZI, NUPENCIZI, AMPEYI, ANUPECWAYI, ANUPERI, TAPA, TAPPAH, TAKPA), NUPE TAKO (BASSA NGE).
Summary: Nupe Central has become the literary norm.
NOTE: We use a variety of sources for compiling these facts and information about Nupe Language.
www.phrasebase.com /languages/index.php?cat=476   (188 words)

  
 Nupe in Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This blog is dedicated to Nupur (Nupe) Mehta's year long experience in South Africa.
When I got home, I shot her a quick email thanking her for coming with us to Mhlontlo.
She wrote back saying, “No, Nupe, I thank you.
nupurmehta.blogspot.com   (3368 words)

  
 T.J. Monkey's: Thoughts by Nupe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
1/9/2001 - On the Exact Whereabouts of Satan by Nupe
9/10/2001 - On Being in the Dictionary by Nupe
12/12/2000 - On Puking and Pooping by Nupe
www.tjmonkeys.com /thought_archive.php?author_id=9   (195 words)

  
 Nupoid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Nupoid languages are spoken in the Federal Capital Territory, Nasarawa, Niger, Kwara, Kogi, and Kaduna States.
The principal representatives of Nupoid are Nupe, Gwari, Gade and Ebira.
The following classification of the Nupoid languages is taken from Crozier and Blench (1992):
www.uiowa.edu /intlinet/unijos/nigonnet/nlp/nupoid.htm   (41 words)

  
 Kappa Alpha Psi
Young Pimpin (Nupe) Just Chillin on a hot summer day with some AKAs.
The Nupes of Murray State University at a Step Show at the Theta Beta Chapter (They took First Place).
Theta Beta;None Greater, Scroller Hater, Nupe Maker, Women Manipulator we do it all so well Sir.
www.geocities.com /arzaveus/kappapix.htm   (182 words)

  
 Neil Smith's publications
Review of K. Williamson A Grammar of the Kolokuma Dialect of Ijo.
"The phonology of Nupe" Journal of African Languages 6:89-98.
"Repetition of the verb in Nupe" African Language Studies 11:319-339.
www.phon.ucl.ac.uk /home/neil/publications.html   (1276 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/richierich78
Indiana Luv, HBCU Connection, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Black Greek Fraternities and Sororities, Black Greeks R US, nasty nupes, BlackNLA
If you like your man thinking he looks better than you do, the NUPE is the one!
Don't even think you got a chance if your hair is not bouncing to your shoulders, or at least have that potential.
www.myspace.com /richierich78   (970 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Dictionary of the Nupe language
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