Nalu people

Dinah Salifou the King of the Nalus with his Queen and retinue at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889

The Nalu people are an African people who live in Guinea and Guinea Bissau. They speak the Nalu language.[1]Their total population is over 20,000.[1] They have been described as "pre-Mandingas", as they settled in the region before the arrival of the Mandinka people.[2]:6 In this respect Walter Rodney places them alongside the Landuma people, the Cocoli people, the Baga people and the Temne people.[2]

The Simo is a West African secret society which is active amongst the Nalu and related people.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Nalu of Guinea-Bissau". People Groups. PeopleGroups.org. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 Rodney, Walter (1970). A History of the Upper Guinea Coast. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  3. ↑ Shakarov, Avner; Senatorova, Lyubov (2015). Traditional African Art: An Illustrated Study. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland.
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