A.W Banfield, who lived among the Nupe Tribe, wrote this book in 1905 in order to give the people of America an insight of that part of the great West Coast of Africa, known as Nigeria, and especially Northern Nigeria, which is Great Britain's latest Protectorate. He also hoped it would aid the missionaries who came down to West Africa to convert the natives.

This volume is one in a continuing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies—Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army. It describes and analyses the  Nigerian political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, and examines  the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Published in 1992 CLP Book Number ID: LC000000003CLP