Earth’s crust and the interior of the earth: The earth is almost like a sphere. Its radius...
Year: 2020
The orbit of the earth is an ellipse. Its length is 93,80,51,827 kilometres. The sun is located...
Everyday the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. This process led many people...
The Europeans had frequented the coasts of West Africa since the fifteenth century and established settlements along...
The connections of West Africa with the Mediterranean world is a very old one, which long predates...
The European scramble for Africa culminated in the Berlin West African Conference of 1884-85. The conference was...
European sailors first reached sub-Saharan Africa in 1442, when Portuguese ships reached the Senegal river. The Portuguese...
The land of West Africa consists of contrasting kinds of physical environment. The forest environment differs from...
Most West African leaders were very optimistic about their countries’ future at independence. They hoped to transform...
The expansion of the missionary movement into Africa was part of the growing conception of Christian responsibility...
The term ‘Almoravid’ comes from the Arabic word ‘al-Murabit, literally meaning “one who is trying” but figuratively...
Created by a jihad launched by Usman dan Fodio (also spelt Usman Ibn Fodio, Uthman Dan Fuduye,...
Africa was the first continent, that Islam spread into out of Arabia in the early seventh century....
Serology is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of blood types. It deals with the...
Art history is the study of art forms such as engravings, paintings, carvings and sculpture on stone...
Ethnomusicology is the scientific study of music (musicology) which focuses on the study of music forms in...
Ethnobotany is the scientific study of ancient remains of plants which are termed flora. Ethnozoology is the...
Numismatics is the study of coins. This study helps us to know where the coins were minted...
Ethnography is the study of present-day social institutions as well as the crafts and artistic skills of...
Linguistics is the scientific study of the origin, structure and changes of a language that occur in...
Archaeology is the study of a people’s culture of years past through excavation and examination of material...
There are two sources for the writing of history. They are the primary and the secondary sources...
The historian’s goal is not to collect the “facts” about the past but rather to acquire insights...
The people of Benin have lived at their inland settlement for many centuries. They speak Edo language....
SIMILARITIES The three empires were located close to the Niger River; they developed from the same Western...
Social factors: Despite its acclaimed greatness, Mali Empire declined. Internal disputes resulted to wars within the empire....
Social factors: Mali Empire rose to prominence due to several factors, these include: Commissioning of great buildings...
LOCATION Mali Empire developed from the fall of old Ghana Empire in Western Sudan. The empire’s total...
SOCIAL FACTORS In historical movement, empires and kingdoms usually rose to their peaks and then began to...
SOCIAL FACTORS Some factors usually work together to lead to the rise or expansion of empires in...
The old Ghana Empire was one of the vibrant empires in the Western Sudan or West Africa....
An empire can simply be defined as a large territory ruled by an emperor or any other...
The Ife culture and civilization was characterized by bronze, brass, copper, terracotta and stone works. More significant...
The Scramble and Partition of Africa refers to the invasion, occupation, division, colonization and annexation of Africa...
In 1884, Otto Edward Leopold, Prince of Bismark, Duke of Lavenburg, popularly referred to as Otto von...
The legitimate trade in communities attracted a number of British merchants to the Niger River, as well...
The British led series of military campaigns to enlarge its sphere of influence and expand its commercial...
The abolition of the slave trade and the rise of the legitimate trade, subsequently led to the...
British contact with the Nigerian people was made through three categories of people namely; the explorers, Christian...
Anthony Enahoro was born in Uromi (Edo- State) on the 22nd of July, 1923. He had his...
Mallam Aminu Kano was born in Kano city in 1920. After his elementary school education in Kano,...
Ahmadu Bello was born in Rabah (in Sokoto State) on the 12th of June 1909. His father...
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was born in December 1912 in the town of Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi (Bauchi State)....
The Oil Rivers Protectorate was named by the British traders referring to the abundance of oil palm...
Lagos was annexed by the British on 6th August, 1861 and was declared a Colony on the...
The Southern Protectorate was established in 1900. It was administered by a High Commissioner. The first High...
Sir Frederick Lugard was appointed the High Commissioner of the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria in 1900. In...
Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe was born in Zungeru town (now in Niger State) on the 16th of November...
The term, “legitimate trade” refers to the trade in commodities between Africans and the European merchants immediately...
Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo popularly called Awo, was born in Ikenne (now in Ogun State) on the 6th...
