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Estimate 250 ethnic groups

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Abuja

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Most populous country of Africa

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- Lagos
- Leading commercial and industrial city

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-Before 1960 Nigeria was a colony of Britain.
-The borders of Nigeria are a result of colonism.
-Before colonism Nigeria had more than 100 different ethnic group.
These ethnic groups were in constant rivalry

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- Located on the western coast of Africa
- Bordered to the north of Niger, the east to Chad and Cameroon, the south to the Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean) and the west to Benin

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Climates ranging from arid to humid

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- Abundant natural resources
- Oil (found in 1956)

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Lagos is the Former Capital

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Lagos , country‘s leading commercial and industrial city

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Became Independent on October 1, 1960

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1963 Nigeria adopted the republic constitution, sticking with the Commonwealth after all.

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In 1963 adopted a republican constitution but elected to stay a member of the Commonwealth

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Member of the Commonwealth

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250 ethnic groups, biggest ones: "the Hausa-Fulani", "the Yoruba" and "the Igbo"

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Town-dwelling Fulani intermarry freely with the Hausa, while rural Fulani (cattle-herding) generally do not intermarry.
Yoruba are mostly farmers but living in urban areas

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The territory can be claimed by right of first occupancy and inheritance

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~ 50,2-50,7% - Muslim
~ 13,1-14,3% - Catholic
~ 14,7-15,2% - Protestant
~ 19,5-19,6% - other Christian
~ 1,3-1,4% - Other

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Yoruba is a  politically dominant group

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The greatest concentration of Muslims is in the northern states

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Main established Christian groups are Roman Catholics, Methodists, Anglicans and Baptists

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Food in Nigeria is traditionally eaten by hand.

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Based on petroleum industry , produced rapid economic growth

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Unified in 1914

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Economy in Nigeria = largest in Africa

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petroleum industry = economic growth

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- An Islamic sectarian movement (since 2002)
also seen as a terrorist group
- Want to end the injustice in Nigeria
- Killed more than 2800 people in 2012
- Got banned in 2013 but they still continued
- Mass kidnapping girls from schools
- Targeting government buildings, military barracks, the police, schools and also Christian churches

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agricultural production stagnated

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Nollywood was born in the early 1990s during economic downturn

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Currency devaluation & foreign movies banned = own film industry (Nollywood)