Loo, Gomu and the British – an episode from early colonial Nigeria

2025/04/02 by Jörg Adelberger, Adelberger, Jörg
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis #Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria

paper · doi:10.18716/ojs/aaeo/2017_3450

openalex created_date 2018/11/09 · openalex publication_date 2025/04/02 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01

Abstract

Loo and Gomu are two small ethnic groups living in the Muri Mountains of Northern Nigeria. In the early British colonial era, such "pagan" groups were brought under administrative control by military means, at times with devastating results. New sources – a private letter by a young colonial officer as well as locally recorded songs - make it possible to present such an incident more accurately than before.

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