https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0 Africa project en-us 2018-04-23 15:21:55 UTC 2025-10-06 06:30:10 UTC hello@padlet.com choltz05 https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/254452101 2018-04-23 15:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/254452101 choltz05 https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/254453256 Largest diversity of butterfly
One of Earth's first civilizations was located in Nigeria
One of the best NBA centers ever, Hakeem Olajuwon (also known as Hakeem the Dream), is from Nigeria
There is over 250 ethnic groups in Nigeria
Their movie industry is named Nollywood
There are over 500 indigenous languages

 




]]> 2018-04-23 15:28:56 UTC https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/254453256 choltz05 https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/254879342 This is a map of Nigeria.]]> 2018-04-24 15:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/254879342 choltz05 https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/254881980 This is a locator map of Nigeria. Nigeria is south of Niger.]]> 2018-04-24 15:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/254881980 choltz05 https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/254885019 A dish of tomatoes, rice, onions, and peppers is a very common dish. Egusi soup is a Nigerian favorite, made with bitter leaf and ground melon seeds. Also people like fried plantains and pounded yam called iyan or fufu.]]> 2018-04-24 15:28:34 UTC https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/254885019 choltz05 https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/254894621 Nigerians in urban areas wear western style clothing but some people in rural areas wear traditional clothing still.
Common men's wear would be a buba and an agbada which are both robe-like clothes. Women also wear buba and a tie over their heads called a gele and and ipele over the shoulders.]]> 2018-04-24 15:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/254894621 choltz05 https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/254937537 Although settlers came to Nigeria at approximately 11,000 B.C. They developed agriculture and iron working very early in their civilization. Britain ruled northern Nigeria for awhile but they became an independent country in 1914.]]> 2018-04-24 17:08:40 UTC https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/254937537 choltz05 https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/255080406 Nigeria's climate is hot and very tropical.]]> 2018-04-25 02:43:06 UTC https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/255080406 choltz05 https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/255080539 There is swamps and forests in the southern coast of Nigeria, but farther inland there are valleys, too.]]> 2018-04-25 02:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/255080539 choltz05 https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/255080776 Nigeria has a representative democracy and their president is Muhammadu Buhari]]> 2018-04-25 02:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/255080776 choltz05 https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/255081059 Nigeria's official language is English.]]> 2018-04-25 02:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/255081059 choltz05 https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/255081249 Most Nigerians are Muslim but some are Christian.]]> 2018-04-25 02:51:01 UTC https://padlet.com/choltz05/g0g1n6l3eae0/wish/255081249