History of Nigeria

shells, guns from Europe, ivory from Benin, peppercorns from Benin and slaves from Benin ( BBC 1 ). Plankensteiner stated that, principally made of cast bronze and cut ivory, Benin craftsmanship was delivered essentially for the court of the Oba of Benin - a heavenly ruler for whom the specialists created a scope of formally noteworthy articles. The full multifaceted nature of these works can be acknowledged just through the mindfulness and thought of two complementary cultural perceptions of the art of Benin: the Western appreciation of them primarily as works of art and their comprehension in Benin as authentic documents and as mnemonic devices to recreate history, or as custom items. This unique centrality is of extraordinary import in Benin (Plankensteiner). The royal crafts of the Benin Kingdom of south-focal Nigeria avow the centrality of the oba, or perfect king, depicting his divine nature. While recording the kingdom 's critical verifiable occasions and the oba 's inclusion with them, they likewise start the oba 's communications with the heavenly and respect his revered progenitors, fashioning a progression that is key to the kingdom 's well-being. The materials utilized as a part of Benin 's illustrious expressions—essentially metal, ivory, and coral—are invested with consecrated power. The intrinsic estimation of these materials inside Benin and the time and aptitude that is invested in working them reflect the earthly and otherworldly influence of the oba…

Madison DuBois Dr.Sim World Civilizations 0ctober 18th, 2016 The Half of The Yellow Sun was written by Chimanmanda Adichie. The book was based in Nigeria, the author of the book was born there. This book gives the illustration of the Biafra War. It tells the story of two sisters, Olanna and Kainene during the war. There are many themes that are shown within the relationships of multiple people. The readers read through many sufferings, losses, and horrible struggles in the novel. This…

security, as well as those in other parts of Nigeria, begins to have a toll on the federal budget. The 2013 budget allocation for security constituted 13.5 percent of Nigeria’s annual expenditure . Depending on the current trends of security challenges, national budget allocation for security will likely rise. The irony is that, what the people see as government failure to respond to the degradation of their land and rivers, was seen by government as a threat to the fundamental survival of the…

Kwasi Kwarteng, a former student at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he earned a Ph. D in British history has done extensive research in order to pen his book “Ghosts of Empire: Britain’s Legacies in the Modern World.” Fascinated with British colonial history, Kwarteng his written numerous articles on the subject. In one 2012 article, he discusses Nigeria’s modern day troubles faced due to its British colonial roots. Kwarteng (2012) writes that like its name, Nigeria was entirely artificially…

Nigeria is a federal republic of 36 states western African country located on the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean. The country boarders Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the East. Nigeria has become Africa’s largest economy due to the abundance oil since the 1970s resulting a $1.089 trillion GDP in 2016. Apart from Oil Nigeria’s natural resources also include natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, and arable land. Although being rich in desired…

CINEMA BUSINESS IN LAGOS, NIGERIA SINCE 1903 Oladipo O. Olubomehin, PhD Department of History and Diplomatic Studies, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Nigeria. E-mail:olubomehind@yahoo.com Abstract Cinema business constituted an important aspect of the local economy in Nigeria during the colonial period. The business flourished from 1903 when the first film was shown in Lagos through into the 1970s and 80s. Lagos, being the nerve centre of commercial activities in Nigeria with a…

the two most popular tribes in Nigeria. They are the two most known ethnic groups other than Hausa and Fulani cultures. The Igbo and Yoruba cultures are closely related and will make one culturally aware of Nigeria’s way of life through their background, history, music, religious beliefs, political structures, and traditional marriage. The Igbo and Yoruba are two of the most diverse cultures in Nigeria. The evolution of Nigeria 1849 until it attained independence in 1960 is largely the story…

within her family. —- In Purple Hibiscus Adichie conveys her views of the Nigerian Civil War to the reader by using the setting, specific events reciprocated in history, and contrasting characters within the novel. Purple Hibiscus is set in post-colonial Nigeria, where the Adichie grew up, in a time of government and economic struggle, after the Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Nigerian-Baifran War. “Military men would always overthrow one another, because they could, because they were…

Nigerian American is fully aware of what their culture really is.Fortuality, Nigeria is considered one of the largest country in Africa which has created a diverse culture.Instead of Nigeria is only one country, it split into three major ethnic groups.The groups are Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo which has a combination of the traditional history. Even though Nigeria has over 500 languages, their main language is English.Nigerians are people who are very united with their family especially mother to…

In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, we are introduced to the peoples of Umuofia and their battle to save the sanctity of the Ibo culture from the oppression by British Colonists. Near the end of the 1800’s the “Scramble for Africa” was well under way, and British colonist influence began to appear in Nigeria as well as the presence of missionaries, who brought with them the word of God. Colonization, is the migration of a large quantity of one or more groups to a colonial area, whom keep…