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Tsoede

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Tsoede, also known as Tsuedigi, Tsade or Edegi(1496[citation needed] – c.1591) is a legendary African leader. He was the first person to unite the Nupe people, and is considered the first Etsu Nupe, ruler of the Nupe Kingdom, between the Niger and Kaduna rivers in what is now central Nigeria.[1][2]

Tsoede was raised at Nku which tradition claims to be the first Bini (nupe subtribe) settlement in the entire Nupeland.[3] He died on a military expedition in 1591 in an unknown geographical location.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Omiko Awa (16 June 2019). "Tsoede, the unifier and liberator of Nupe". Saturday Magazine. Nigeria. The Guardian. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. ^ Herbert, Eugenia W. (2003). Red Gold of Africa: Copper in Precolonial History and Culture. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 250. ISBN 9780299096045. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Tsoede". Oxford Reference. OUP. Retrieved 24 September 2020.