BANTU CIVILIZATION
Introduction The Bantu people are a group of several hundred ethnic groups in sub-Saharan Africa, primarily in Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa. The Bantu-speaking peoples are believed to have originated in West Africa and...
Category: WORLD HISTORY
GLOBAL ISSUES
Global issues refer to problems and challenges that affect people across different parts of the world, regardless of national boundaries or geopolitical divisions. These issues can be political, economic, social, or environmental in nature...
CIVILIZATIONS OF THE HORN, EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA
Africa is a continent with a long and rich history that spans thousands of years, and the civilizations of the Horn, East and Central Africa have played an important role in shaping the region’s...
1980 COUP D’ETAT AND SAMUEL K. DOE
The coup d’etat of 1980 in Liberia was a major event in the country’s history, resulting in the overthrow of President William R. Tolbert Jr. and the ascension of Samuel K. Doe to the...
AFRICAN PRE-HISTORY UP TO 500 B.C IN BRIEF
Africa has a rich pre-history dating back millions of years. The earliest evidence of human-like creatures in Africa is found in eastern and southern Africa, where fossils of Homo habilis, Homo erectus, and Homo...
THE MAHDI AND MAHDIYYA MOVEMENT IN THE SUDAN
The Mahdi and Mahdiyya Movement in Sudan refers to a religious and political movement that emerged in Sudan in the late 19th century, led by Muhammad Ahmad, who claimed to be the Mahdi, a...
SIERRA LEONE, LIBERIA AND CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES IN WEST AFRICA
Foundation of Sierra Leone and Liberia Sierra Leone Sierra Leone was founded in 1787 as a British colony for freed slaves and Black Loyalists who had fought for the British during the American War...
THE MFECANE
The Mfecane, also known as the Difaqane or Lifaqane, was a period of widespread disruption and conflict that occurred in Southern Africa in the early to mid-19th century. The term “Mfecane” is derived from...
THE GREAT TREK
The frontier wars The Frontier Wars were a series of conflicts that took place in Australia between Indigenous Australians and European settlers and their descendants from the late 18th century to the early 20th...
APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA
Apartheid, meaning “separateness” in Afrikaans, was a system of institutionalized racial segregation that was enforced in South Africa from 1948 to 1994. The origins of apartheid can be traced back to South Africa’s history...
PROSPECT OF ICT IN HISTORICAL STUDIES
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have revolutionized the way we access, analyze, and disseminate historical information. The use of ICT in historical studies has opened up new possibilities for researchers and scholars, making historical...
EARLY CENTRES OF CIVILISATION
Introduction Nigeria has not produced evidence of remains of man or man-like creatures such as living between one and three million years ago in Eastern and Southern Africa. However, archaeological evidences from various parts...
THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA
The Europeans had frequented the coasts of West Africa since the fifteenth century and established settlements along the coast in order to facilitate trade, in particular the transatlantic slave trade. There was, however, little...
THE HISTORICAL ANTECEDENT OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT IN WEST AFRICA
The land of West Africa consists of contrasting kinds of physical environment. The forest environment differs from the savanna environment, a mountainous area from a flat lowland area, riverine area from one away from...
SEROLOGY AS A SOURCE OF AFRICAN HISTORY
Serology is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of blood types. It deals with the blood serum components that protect the blood against diseases. ADVANTAGES OF SEROLOGY Human blood varies in...
ARTS FORMS/ARTS HISTORY AS A FORM OF AFRICAN HISTORY
Art history is the study of art forms such as engravings, paintings, carvings and sculpture on stone surface, tombs, slabs or walls of caves, palaces and shrines. ADVANTAGES OF ART HISTORY Activities of...
ETHNOMUSICOLOGY AS A SOURCE OF AFRICAN HISTORY
Ethnomusicology is the scientific study of music (musicology) which focuses on the study of music forms in their cultural perspective. It deals with the role of music in the cultural history of a group...
ETHNOBOTANY AND ETHNOZOOLOGY AS A SOURCE OF AFRICAN HISTORY
Ethnobotany is the scientific study of ancient remains of plants which are termed flora. Ethnozoology is the scientific study of animal remains from the past which are called fauna. These studies help to trace...
NUMISMATICS AS A SOURCE OF AFRICAN HISTORY
Numismatics is the study of coins. This study helps us to know where the coins were minted and found. Advanced economy: Numismatics studies has proved that Africans had an advanced economy in minting of...
ETHNOGRAPHY/ETHNOLOGY AS A SOURCE OF AFRICAN HISTORY
Ethnography is the study of present-day social institutions as well as the crafts and artistic skills of people. Example is the collaboration of festivals, the process of making pottery, beads, weaving, construction etc. ...
LINGUISTICS AS A SOURCE OF WRITING AFRICAN HISTORY
Linguistics is the scientific study of the origin, structure and changes of a language that occur in the languages over a period of time. Languages do change in vocabulary and grammar over periods of...
ARCHAEOLOGY AS A SOURCE OF AFRICAN HISTORY
Archaeology is the study of a people’s culture of years past through excavation and examination of material remains that are found. It is the understanding of human actions in the past through a study...
SOURCES OF AFRICAN HISTORY
There are two sources for the writing of history. They are the primary and the secondary sources Primary sources Primary sources are materials produced by the people or groups directly involved in the event...
THE WRITING OF HISTORY
The historian’s goal is not to collect the “facts” about the past but rather to acquire insights into the ideas and realities that shaped the past of lives of men and women of earlier...
LOCATION AND ORIGIN OF OLD GHANA EMPIRE
The old Ghana Empire was one of the vibrant empires in the Western Sudan or West Africa. The empire existed between 400A.D and 1200A.D. It was located strategically between the Sahara and Senegal and...
MEANING OF EMPIRE
An empire can simply be defined as a large territory ruled by an emperor or any other centralised authority. An empire is usually larger than a kingdom in size and influence. For example, there...
IFE CULTURE AND HISTORY
The Ife culture and civilization was characterized by bronze, brass, copper, terracotta and stone works. More significant are the terracotta and bronze heads. Objects such as stools and figures were carved on hard stones...
THE SCRAMBLE AND PARTITION OF AFRICA
The Scramble and Partition of Africa refers to the invasion, occupation, division, colonization and annexation of Africa territory by European powers in the period between 1881 and 1914. It is also referred to as...
LINGUISTIC, GEOGRAPHICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
Linguistic materials: Linguists study languages and their relationship. Linguistic materials for writing history are gathered from careful study of languages, ethnic groups, their culture and their relationships. Linguistic analysis reveals connections and similarities in...
SOURCES OF HISTORY
Sources of history refer to the various means through which the historian gathers historical information. The historian can use as many sources as possible as there are no best or most reliable sources of...
PERIODISATION IN HISTORY
Periodisation is coined from the word period. Periodisation in history simply means the historian attempt to split the wide history of man and societies into smaller and district periods to make it a lot...
ORAL TRADITION
Oral tradition refers to verbal information as a source of recording history. Oral sources can be divided into two main broad groups i.e. Oral tradition and Oral history. Oral tradition simply refers to very long...
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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HISTORY AND NARRATION
Many people tend to confuse history with narration because history, most times, adopts the use of narratives in its explanation and presentation. History is not all about story telling. It deals with only facts...
ARCHAEOLOGY
Archaeology is the scientific digging and studying of old remains and artefacts used by people who lived in an area long time ago. For example, materials tools, stones, skeletal remains, seeds, old building materials,...
CHARACTERISTICS OF HISTORY
Characteristics of history refer to those things that are peculiar to history. These include: History deals with facts and not mere stories, rumours or spiritual beliefs: In the study of history, the historian deals...
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MEANING AND CONCEPT OF HISTORY
History is commonly referred to as the record and narrative description of past events; it is also defined as the study of events of the past leading to the present and anticipating the future....