Nigeria

Republic of Nigeria, more commonly known as Nigeria is located in West Africa, in the west it borders Benin, in the east it borders Chad and Cameroon, and Niger in the north. It’s coast is located on the gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital city is Abuja. It is home to over 250 different ethnic groups. The main religions practiced are Islam, and Christianity. (Commisceo Global Consultancy ) There are over 500 different languages, but the main language spoken is English. Nigeria is Africa’s

The history of Nigeria has been reshaped and affected by the presence of external sources interfering with Nigerian culture and tradition. Europeans often colonized Nigeria for its central role in the slave trade, as well as for land and valuable resources. In particular, British occupation and Imperialization has had a significant impact on the country’s history. Colonization benefited the Nigerian people considerably, allowing the British to then likewise benefit. The British did manage to create

Nigeria a country located on the west coast of Africa that is divided into 36 States. The country itself was not created until the British consolidated their colonial power in 1914; however all 36 states wasn’t established until 1996. Nigeria is known for over 527 Languages in which 7 are extinct. Nigeria has a variety of ethnic backgrounds which range from Arabic to Western European. Regardless of Nigerians social status being rural or urban; it is tradition to celebrate births and weddings as well

Nigeria is part of the 16 countries in West Africa. Nigeria has different groups of ethnicity and has a population of about 186 million. Nigeria has over 250 ethnic groups. The ethnic groups have different belief and practices (VANGUARD,2017). The country is well known for its oil natural resources which provides most of their gross domestic product. The largest groups are the Hausa in the north, the Yoruba in the southwest and the Igbo (or Ibo) in the southeast, who account for around a fifth of

much more. Nigeria's people can speak at least 500 languages based on how many ethnicities there are and Hausa having the largest one. The main ethnicities in nigeria is Yoruba , Ibo , and Hausa-Fulani. Apparently there are problems based on ethnicity and religion that has been a problem since the British left. The culture aspect of nigeria for their clothing is Gele where it is a scarf that women wr their heads with. An agbada that men wear which is a robe that are often worn at formal ceremonies

Nigeria is one of the most densely populated countries in all of Africa. However, according to Freedom House, Nigeria is only partly free. This is for several reasons. Firstly, from a historical point of view, colonialism had a very bad effect on Africa. Many will argue that colonialism left Africa with only one practical skill and that is education. Other than education, colonialism left Africa with no other practical skills because it left them independent on others for survival. They had no opportunity

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The history of modern Nigeria, which dates back to post-independence era starting from 1st October, 1960 when Nigeria got her independence from the colonialists is a checkered one. The Nigerian State upon independence has witnessed myriads of challenges and threats to its national security and cohesion, exemplified in coups and counter-coups, conflicts and war with grave implication on the polity, threatening our sovereignty as a nation and dislocating our fledgling democracy. These threats and

Britain and Nigeria were competition to have a larger empire. At the beginning of the 19th century, Britain's main interest was in trade with India, that then had come to dominate by the end of the 18th century. The British interest in Africa was incidental; ships bound to and from India had to pass along the African coast where they obtained supplies and occasionally became overloaded or shipwrecked. Only a few spots in West Africa, like the Gold Coast and the Slave Coast (modern Nigeria), offered

British Imperialism in Nigeria The British empire began in 16th century and lasted until around 1997. During this time Great Britain controlled a lot of the World’s land and population. Britain had immense power and used it for their own dominance. They wanted to spread their ideology and culture to other societies.Britain was imperializing many parts of the World."Imperialism occurs when a strong nation takes over a weaker nation or region and dominates its economic, political, and cultural life”