The Bassa-Nge are named among the peoples of Kogi State by Wikipedia.
The Bassa-Nge are named among the peoples of Kogi State by Wikipedia. They trace their origin to Gbara, a former capital of the Nupe kingdom, from which they migrated about 1820 after a dynastic feud; they speak the Nupe Tako dialect of Nupe, which Blench's Atlas places in Bassa LGA. Wikipedia places them in Bassa LGA and mostly in Lokoja, with their ruler, the Etsu Bassa-Nge, at Gboloko, and notes that their language differs from that of the Bassa Komo (Basa) who live in the same area.
- Bassa Nupe
- Kogi State — Wikipedia · link
- Bassa Nge people — Wikipedia · link
- An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020 edition) — Roger Blench, Kay Williamson Educational Foundation / McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, 2020 · link
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Archive ID: ETH-BASSA-NGE · Last updated 30 September 2026.
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