Niger, home of the free flowing Niger River is a Sub-Saharan country. Sadly it is an extremely poor country. With part of the country desert and less than 3% open for crop use. The present economic situation is bleak at best. Yet, the vibrant tradition and history of this country live today in its tribes and its people even through all of its adversities. From severe droughts to military coups to a dysfunctional government to the culture has stayed strong. Niger is one of the most poorly located places in the world. With few natural resources and even fewer arable land it needs help from a lot of countries. Niger receives most of their imports from France. They get various objects from donations as sixty-four percent of Nigerians are …show more content…
The Air Mountains run through the western part of the country and it's here where you can find Mount Idoukal-n-Taghes, the largest point in Niger towering at 2022 meters. Niger is in Western Africa. It borders with Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, and Nigeria {in which it shares the largest borders with}. Niger has had a lush, and colorful history and it all starts 6000 years ago. At this point humans have first settled here. Until the 11th century there were just indigenous tribes. At 1000 A.D. the Tuareg people came down from Libya and started conquering the region. At the 15th century, they made a very rich and prosperous city-state called Agadez. It became rich becomes it was a center of a trade route between East-Africa and Western Africa plus it was a kind of oasis from the hot, scorching, and barren desert. Then the Songhai came and took over Agadez. With the previous trade and now the Muslim dominated Songhai empire, most people converted from their old beliefs to Islam. After that the Songhai broke up and indigenous tribes lived on until the late 1800s. Now at this point France was coming and it wanted to claim land. It took them roughly 30 years as the Tuareg held up a fierce army, but at 1905 Niger finally was conquered. Then at 1960 Niger finally won its independence. Niger had a military rule. In the early seventies they experienced a brief period of economic
Nigeria is a country with abundant resources and the potential to be a very powerful nation, but it is hampered by many problems. These problems are caused by Nigerias colonization by England. Because of this intrusion on their way of life, their future was altered dramatically. The nation of Nigeria as a whole has suffered greatly as a country because of this colonization, its problem is rooted in the way it was colonized and ruled.
The Republic of Niger, a poor, landlocked country, located in the heart of Sub-Saharan West Africa. Niger has seen its fair share of change throughout the decades; moving away from the control of the French Parliament in 1960, Niger formally declared its independence. Despite this bold act of independence, Niger would not see its first steps towards democracy until the early 1990’s, when they held their first open election as a free state. However, even with the empowerment of the people in a democratic government, Niger has seen itself nearly torn apart as a result constant coups, that have occurred as recently as 2010. Such instability has led to incredulous amounts of corruption and poverty, within the Niger government. This lack of stability and constant turnover in government, has been a driving factor behind the lack of resources available for education in Niger.
The geography of our state features the region located in the Northwest of Africa on the Atlantic coast of the continent just south of Morocco, north of Mauritania, and west of Algeria. Encompassed by fertile plants and arid desert, we are a proud home to the richest resources such as hydrocarbons, phosphates, and iron ore. We take good pride to be a part of the Saharan Desert, the largest desert in the world, linking the cultures of the
Nigeria is a country that has a lot of historic cultures and empires. Nigeria goes back as far as the 5th century BC. During the 9th century the trading empire grows up around Lake Chad. Which then became the center of Nigeria. Its original center is east of the lake, in the Kanem region, but it soon extends to Bornu on the western side. In the 11th century the ruler of Kanem-Bornu converted to Islam. West of Bornu, is where Hausa people reign. They were placed in the right place so that they could control trade with the forest regions to the south. The Hausa develop a number of small but stable kingdoms, each ruled from a strong walled city. In the savanna grasslands and the forest regions west of the Niger, between the Hausa kingdoms and
During the years of 1960, agricultural production contributed 54.7% to Nigeria's GDP. However, it is currently estimated that “Over 95% of foreign exchange earnings come from exports of crude oil and less than 1 % from the manufacturing sector” (Usifo, Victor 2017). Despite the high percentage of Oil exports, it accounts for only 10% of the states GDP (Usifo, Victor 2017). In comparison France has continued to sharpen new ways of using its agriculture, energy, tourism, and industrial chemicals to speak for the growth if its economy. It is well known that developed states who have not swept under the leadership of other countries have a higher chance of becoming developed and earn dominance over those who have been colonized and are facing challenges due to its poverty and instability.
This novel is set in Enugu, Nigeria West Africa, a central African nation located along the Atlantic Coast. Nigeria is made up of a largely diverse group of people with different ideas and beliefs. In Nigeria there are over 250 ethnic groups, who speak more than 500 languages. Before Nigeria was colonized by Britain, the citizens of the country were doing quite well. “Nigeria contains more historic cultures and empires than any other other nation in Africa” (historyworld.net).
Nigeria is said that it is One-Third bigger than Texas, Nigeria is the biggest country in Africa. Nigeria’s current president is Muhammadu Buhari he’s been the president since 2015. Nigeria is runned by a multiparty Government meaning the Military can control the civilians if they wanted to and to tell them what to do. The population in Nigeria is 179 million people living in the country. People in Nigeria still have farms and they have jobs to provide for their
Through the Central and southern parts of the country runs the Niger River and is the source of life for the whole country.
Well, this correspondent took this long be written because it certify that Ife and I are back in America--and are physically separated from Motherland Nigeria, West Africa. But, some of our Mind, Heart and Soul will always be in Motherland Nigeria, West Africa—The Source. It has been over 30-Days, 729-Hours, 42,200-Minutes and 2,592,000-Seconds since we have returned to the States. Yet, we can still feel, remember and see---walking on the Sacred Earth of Osun Forest-River in Osogbo; visiting the Chiefs and Kings, entering the Great Yoruba City and Museum of Ile-Ife; touched to great joy and slow-slowing tears by the response of the Students, Teachers, Principal and Administrators at the three schools we visited; viewing the powerful performance of the State of Osun Cultural Center; placing our feet in the warm and cold water of Ikogois Spring, visiting the Eise National Museum of Kwara view from their Stone Age Period, Chief Muraina Oyelani’s Museum at Ikirun; listening and spiritually feeling the Women Spirit Caller at the Chief Muraina Oyelani’s Museum; still feeling bumpy roads and smelling the dusting road rides; still seeing the Nigerian Women walking on the sunny hot roads dressed in bright colored dresses and head wraps; still seeing twins and waving children and adults, still hearing the haggling in the vegetable and fruits marketplace; stilling tasting good organic Nigerian vegetables and fruit; still seeing the outside views from inside the hot and packed van like a bees in bee hive, riding many hours in the van we became one
The creation of new states that was connected to the Niger Delta Region in 1967 gave a resurrection of hope to the many minorities in the region, yet sadly, even though the new state governments did its utmost best to grow and develop however was insufficient, particularly the complex of many ethnics groups to count on and in view of natural resources in some communities. In any case, a second endeavor at developing the region, which at this point has ended up synonymous with oil exploration and depletion was, nevertheless, made by the military President Ibrahim Babangida in 1992 when the Panel of the Oil Mineral Producing Area Development Commission (OMPADEC) was initiated.
The first was the weak sense of nationalism caused by all the ethnic groups where religion played a major part of the division. The main three ethnicities in Nigeria are Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo; the former is Muslim while the two latter are Christians. The second cause mentioned was the “divide and rule” which was a British tactic to employ ethnic groups against one another, and thus “helped ensure that ethnicity would be the main line of political cleavage after Nigeria became an independent country.” The third cause is the personal rule system based on “big men” and what this means is that Nigerian’s who worked for the British used their personal relationships to gain power and wealth, and in a certain way it is still used today in the Nigerian government. The fourth devastating cause was the “creation of an increasingly active and interventionist state during WWII and after until its independence in 1960, but that opened the doors to patronage, which would be used to gain political power and wealth. The past reveals the problems Nigeria has had for several decades, some of which have not disappeared but seem to get progressively worse. (CITATION)
Before we begin, let’s take a look at the country and its environs. Nigeria a former British Colony, located in the western part of Africa, it shares borders with Benin, Cameroun, and Niger. A growing population of 150million, labour force of 51million (70% Agriculture, 10% industry and 20% service), urbanisation is less than 40%, GDP is over $300billion, Per capita income is $2300. Nigeria is blessed with different cultures, languages and ethnic groups (252 in total); this was due to the colonization of the British in the early 19th century (Columbia Encyclopaedia). The British amalgamated its protectorates in 1914 to enable stable control and governance which made them create one Nation of Nigeria formed from all the groups, community and empires around the Niger area under their control. Nigeria had her independence on the 1st of October 1960 and since then various civil wars, political and religious unrest in the country to share power and resources amicably.
Nigeria has been a country in political turmoil for a long time. The country was created in 1914 under British colonial rule and at that time it was considered a protectorate. It was not until 1960 that Nigeria received independence from the United Kingdom. One of Nigeria's problems politically is that it has over three hundred different ethnic groups. The three largest of these are the Hausa-Fulani, Igbo, and Yoruba. At the time of the independence of Nigeria it was split up into three states with each state being under the control of one of the major ethnic groups. The natural resources of the other 297 ethnic groups were exploited for the major three groups,
Just like Achebe put it in his book The Trouble with Nigeria, “The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. There is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian character. There is nothing wrong with the Nigerian land or climate or water or air or anything else. The Nigerian problem is the unwillingness or inability of its leaders to rise to the responsibility, to the challenge of personal example which are the hallmarks of true leadership” (Achebe, The Trouble With Nigeria 1). The same can be said for most African
Most children in the Niger delta have little or no education, due to lack of funds from their parents who have lost their lands and have no jobs because of limited opportunities. The Niger delta government and the oil companies have refused to look into the situation; instead they favor their close relations neglecting the masses. Corruption in the Niger delta has led some youths in taking drastic measure in order to put food on their table. For example, Ikechukwu Efe an indigene of the Niger delta said that some of his friends created their own “oil refinery”, which is made up of crude oil in metal barrels with controlled heat from fire woods. This is a dangerous process in refining crude oil but the degree of poverty in the state left his friends with no choice. If only the government of the Niger delta have created jobs with the wealth of the state Ikechukwu’s friend would not have to put their lives in danger. Until corruption is put to an abrupt the people of the Niger delta will continue to live in poverty.