Nigeria: A Country StudyHelen Chapin Metz |
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... cities and urbanism . As ever greater numbers of people moved to a small number of rapidly expanding cities ( or , as was often the case , a single main city ) , the fabric of life in both urban and rural areas changed in massive ...
... cities and urbanism . As ever greater numbers of people moved to a small number of rapidly expanding cities ( or , as was often the case , a single main city ) , the fabric of life in both urban and rural areas changed in massive ...
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... cities were those generated by colonial and postcolonial rule , which created new urban centers while also drastically altering the older ones . All these cities and peri - urban areas generally tended to have high population densities ...
... cities were those generated by colonial and postcolonial rule , which created new urban centers while also drastically altering the older ones . All these cities and peri - urban areas generally tended to have high population densities ...
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... cities ) , it had more large cities and the highest total urban population of any sub - Saharan African country . In 1990 there were twenty - one state capitals in Nigeria , each estimated to have more than 100,000 inhabitants ; fifteen ...
... cities ) , it had more large cities and the highest total urban population of any sub - Saharan African country . In 1990 there were twenty - one state capitals in Nigeria , each estimated to have more than 100,000 inhabitants ; fifteen ...
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