Nalu people

Nalu
Total population
20,000
Languages
Nalu

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. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ↑ Shakarov, Avner; Senatorova, Lyubov (2015). Traditional African Art: An Illustrated Study. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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