Nigeria: A Country StudyHelen Chapin Metz |
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... Islam Islam is a traditional religion in West Africa . It came to north- ern Nigeria as early as the eleventh century and was well estab- lished in the state capitals of the region by the sixteenth century , spreading into the ...
... Islam Islam is a traditional religion in West Africa . It came to north- ern Nigeria as early as the eleventh century and was well estab- lished in the state capitals of the region by the sixteenth century , spreading into the ...
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... Islam , is the dominant sect in Nigeria and most of the Muslim world . The other sect is Shia Islam , which holds that the caliphs or successors to the Prophet should have been his relatives rather than elected individuals . Every ...
... Islam , is the dominant sect in Nigeria and most of the Muslim world . The other sect is Shia Islam , which holds that the caliphs or successors to the Prophet should have been his relatives rather than elected individuals . Every ...
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... Islam in the northern area and the middle belt . Islam both united and divided . It provided a rallying force in the north and into the middle belt , where it was spreading . The wide scope of Islamic beliefs and practices created a ...
... Islam in the northern area and the middle belt . Islam both united and divided . It provided a rallying force in the north and into the middle belt , where it was spreading . The wide scope of Islamic beliefs and practices created a ...
Contents
EARLY HISTORY | 4 |
Yorubaland Eleventh to Nineteenth Centuries | 8 |
Principal TransSaharan Trade Routes Ninth to Seventeenth Centuries | 12 |
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Abuja Action Group African agricultural air force armed forces army Awolowo Babangida Bank Bauchi became Benin Benue Benue rivers Borno Britain British Buhari Cameroon capital census century Chad chief cities civil colonial Command constitution Council coup Decree Number defense dominated Eastern economic ECOWAS elections emirates established ethnic groups export federal government foreign Fulani Gowon Hausa Ibadan Igbo included increased Islam Kaduna Kano Kanuri Katsina kilometers labor Lagos Lake Chad late leaders major ment middle belt military million missions Murtala Muhammad Muslim naval navy NCNC Niger Niger River northern Nigeria Northern Region Obasanjo officers organized parties percent petroleum political population Port Harcourt production regime religious result River Royal Niger Company savanna schools Second Republic sector slave trade social Sokoto Caliphate southern staff tion Union United urban West Africa Western Region World Yoruba