The Eloyi people (also known as Afo, a name given them by their Islamic Hausa neighbors) live north of the Benin River and east of the Niger-Benin confluence in Nigeria, to the southeast of Nasarawa. At the time of this study (1969/70) Nasawara was part of Benue-Plateau State, the capital of which was Jos. It is now in Nasarawa State, to which it has given its name, but the state capital is Lafia to the east,
