https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5 from the pre-colonial era until post-colonial era en-us 2022-04-30 14:16:36 UTC 2022-05-02 15:55:32 UTC hello@padlet.com zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165295428 Annexation of Lagos by the British Empire and the beginning of colonisation 
- British interests include; trading, minerals/ raw materials and expansion of territory ]]> 2022-04-30 14:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165295428 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165310315 The Berlin Conference (Congo Conference) - the official beginning of the colonial race 
- The European powers distribute African territories within themselves 
- Disparity between the borders and ethnic groups/cultures
=> future conflicts   ]]> 2022-04-30 14:59:42 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165310315 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165314800 Launch of the Royal Niger Company 
- fulfilled Britain's economic desires in West Africa;
- many international trading partners, new contacts, progress in trade system 
-> provides the infrastructure of present- day Nigeria  ]]> 2022-04-30 15:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165314800 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165319873 First use of Indirect Rule in Nigeria 
- Traditional leaders were dragged into governing the people under the guidance and control of the British government officials

]]> 2022-04-30 15:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165319873 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165321168 Cameroon (German colony) is added to Nigeria ]]> 2022-04-30 15:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165321168 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165322490 A series of conferences taking place to negotiate their freedom from the colonial rule and their independence ]]> 2022-04-30 15:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165322490 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165324085 Shell became the first oil extracting company in Nigeria ]]> 2022-04-30 15:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165324085 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165324604 Nigeria was granted independence under a parliamentary government led by prime Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa]]> 2022-04-30 15:27:42 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165324604 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165329096 - Nigeria became a Federal Republic and joined the Commonwealth of Nations
- Nnamdi Azikwe became the first president ]]> 2022-04-30 15:36:28 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165329096 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165331947 The Biafra War 
- Civil war breaks out due to a conflict over the possible secession of the Biafra territory in South East Nigeria ]]> 2022-04-30 15:41:35 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165331947 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165332455 Biafran leaders surrender ]]> 2022-04-30 15:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165332455 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165332727 Restoration of democratic rule ]]> 2022-04-30 15:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165332727 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165336216 - Mr Balewa killed in a coup
- Maj-Gen Johnson Aguiyi- Ironsi forms military government]]> 2022-04-30 15:48:40 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165336216 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165337874 Muhammad Buhari is elected president]]> 2022-04-30 15:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165337874 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165338153 Federal Republic of Nigeria with Buhari as president ]]> 2022-04-30 15:52:16 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165338153 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165338860 Adoption of Islamic Sharia law by several northern states
=> More tension and clashes between Christians and Muslims]]> 2022-04-30 15:53:47 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165338860 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165340388 Boko Haram attacks against police, armed forces and civilians - especially against non-muslims
- 2014: Boko Haram kidnaps more than 200 girls from a boarding school and kills over 6,600 people ]]> 2022-04-30 15:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165340388 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165342109 Around 100 people killed in Lagos in clashes between Hausas (Muslim) and Yorubas (Christian) ]]> 2022-04-30 15:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165342109 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165346694 Portuguese navigators reach Nigerian coast]]> 2022-04-30 16:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165346694 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165347163 Nigerians were forcibly sent to the Americas due to Portuguese, Dutch and British slave-trading companies and Atlantic Slave Trade in the 18th century ]]> 2022-04-30 16:08:17 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165347163 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165355955 Formation of SARS ( Special Anti Robbery Squad) - a brutal police force responsible for assaults, killings and harassment in Nigeria as well as violating the freedom of expression
- finally disbanded in 2020 after #EndSARS]]> 2022-04-30 16:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165355955 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165763647 Kanem empire 
Located in northeast ]]> 2022-05-01 12:57:45 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165763647 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165764527 Oyo Empire 
- Religion: Yoruba Religion, Islam, Christianity 
- It grew to become the largest Yoruba- speaking state and rose through the outstanding organizational and administrative skills of the Yoruba people, wealth gained from trade, and a powerful cavalry

]]> 2022-05-01 12:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165764527 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165766927 Bornu Empire => Kanem Bornu empire 
Religion: Animism, later Islam
- It was a state in what is now northeastern Nigeria, in time becoming even larger than Kanem, incorporating areas that are today parts of Chad, Niger, Sudan and Cameroon

]]> 2022-05-01 13:04:45 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165766927 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165769142 Igbo kingdom of Onitsha 
Located in Southeast Africa ]]> 2022-05-01 13:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165769142 zarairon8 https://padlet.com/zarairon8/ujn6hbba343uxjg5/wish/2165770485 Hausa- Fulani kingdoms 
Religion: Islam
- Some of the Hausa civilizations were able to work with iron which helped with tool and weapon making  
- they also showed a vast advancement in cultural expression which was rare for civilizations in the area around that time

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