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Early Regional History 11 th century: city-states and kingdoms formed Hausa and Borno in north Oyo and Benin in south 15 th century: Portuguese explorers land 16 th to 18 th centuries: slave trade
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Colonialism Strikes In the 19th century… European nations traded at the coastal ports Great Britain wanted to trade further inland, up the River Niger Got involved in local politics, took advantage of civil wars, and created a colony
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Est. 1900
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Nigeria at Independence in 1960 60 million citizens 300 different ethnic and cultural groups
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Three Largest Cultural Groups I GBO 60–70% of the southeastern residents Loosely democratic, independent communities General Assembly for all men Y ORUBA 75% of the southwestern population Monarchy H AUSA -F ULANI 65% of the residents of the north Islamic feudal system with a supreme Sultan
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1966 - 1967 January 1966 Military coup against the Prime Minister and the local premiers of the Northern (Hausa) and Western (Yoruba) regions July 1966 Retaliation coup against the military September 1966 Murders of around 30,000 Igbo in the north May 1967 Igbo-dominated eastern area declares itself the Republic of Biafra and secedes from Nigeria
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Themes & Discussion Topics social classpolyphony educationnarrative back-and-forth genocidepsychological impact of war
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