Nigeria: A Country StudyHelen Chapin Metz |
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... became more pronounced in the sixteenth cen- tury , especially because these states became associated with the spread of Islam and trade . In the sixteenth century , moreover , much of northern Nigeria paid homage to Songhai in the west ...
... became more pronounced in the sixteenth cen- tury , especially because these states became associated with the spread of Islam and trade . In the sixteenth century , moreover , much of northern Nigeria paid homage to Songhai in the west ...
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... became the focus of serious unrest in the late 1970s when thousands of farmers protested the loss of their land , and police retaliated by burning villages and killing or wounding hundreds of people . Widespread dissatisfaction became ...
... became the focus of serious unrest in the late 1970s when thousands of farmers protested the loss of their land , and police retaliated by burning villages and killing or wounding hundreds of people . Widespread dissatisfaction became ...
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... became Nigeria . Formal " protection " and - eventually - colonization of Nigeria resulted not only from the desire to safeguard Britain's expanding trade interests in the Nigerian hinterland , but also from an interest in forestalling ...
... became Nigeria . Formal " protection " and - eventually - colonization of Nigeria resulted not only from the desire to safeguard Britain's expanding trade interests in the Nigerian hinterland , but also from an interest in forestalling ...
Contents
EARLY HISTORY | 4 |
The Savanna States 15001800 | 10 |
REVOLUTION | 19 |
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Abuja Action Group African agricultural air force armed forces army Awolowo Babangida became Benin Benue Benue rivers border Borno Britain British Buhari Cameroon capital census century Chad chief Christian 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 increased indigenous Islam Kaduna Kano Kanuri Katsina 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 officers parties percent police political population Port Port Harcourt production regime religious result River Royal Niger Company savanna schools Second Republic sector slave trade social Sokoto Caliphate southern staff tion traditional United urban West Africa Western Region World Yoruba