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Nigeria was an ENGLISH Colony

"After the British government assumed direct control of the Royal Niger Company’s territories, the northern areas were renamed the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria, and the land in the Niger delta and along the lower reaches of the river was added to the Niger Coast Protectorate, which was renamed the Protectorate of Southern Nigeria. Lagos remained the capital of the south, with Zungeru the new capital of the north. On January 1, 1914, following the recommendations of Sir Frederick Lugard, the two protectorates were amalgamated to form the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria under a single governor-general resident in Lagos. Between 1919 and 1954 the title reverted to governor." Written by: Anthony Hamilton Millard Kirk-Greene

Why does

Culture

"Nigeria is divided into 36 states. In the 13 northern states, the vast majority of people are Muslim. The Hausa have been Muslims for almost a thousand years, having been converted to Islam by Arab traders and merchants from the 10th century. In the southern states, the majority of Nigerians are Christian, while some groups continue to practice indigenous beliefs. Generally, religion is taken very seriously. Most people will attend church on a Sunday and make frequent references to God or Jesus in everyday conversation." http://www.our-africa.org/nigeria/people-culture

My Interest

My interest in Nigeria is because sounded familiar to me. I might have heard it on the news or in a book, but it is highly familiar.

speak French?

Boxing Day

Questions I have

"Boxing Day is a pulic holiday ceiebrated in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and many of the commonwealth countries like Nigeria and India." By Mamalette.com

Was Nigeria a French colony?

What is Boxing Day? Why is it on Dec. 26?

Have other countries come to Nigeria?

What is there culture like?

Now Boxing Day is a day to get rid of wrapping paper and old boxes. In the Middle Ages in England to let servants that worked on Christmas the day off and given gifts from their employers

Biafra Nigerian minister speaks in French 1970 Chief Ralph Uwechue

Contact with Europe

Source

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Nigeria, Moderdern Nations of the World

By Salome Nnoromele

Copyright © 2002 by Lucent Books, Inc.

P.O. Box 289011, San Diego, CA 92198-9011

Printed in the U.S.A,

First contact with Europe came in 1471, with some Portyguese traders. They traders got spices and ivory for beads and cheap liquor. Because of this by the 17th century the French, British, and Dutch visited regularly.

"In the early 18th century, Britain and France destroyed the Dutch hold on the West African trade; and by the end of the French Revolution and subsequent Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815), Britain

had become the dominant commercial power

in West Africa." (pg 39)

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http://www.mamalette.com/family-life/significance-boxing-day/

By Mamalette.com on december 26,2014 in Family Life, Featured.

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http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/414840/Nigeria/55317/Nigeria-as-a-colony

Written by: Anthony Hamilton Millard Kirk-Greene

http://www.our-africa.org/nigeria/people-culture

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