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Brief History of Nigeria

Brief History of Nigeria. Background of Things Fall Apart . Nigeria. Located in West Africa The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger river, running through the country Three largest ethnic groups: Hausa, Ibo, Yoruba . Things Fall Apart. Was written by Chinua Achebe and published in 1958

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Brief History of Nigeria

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  1. Brief History of Nigeria Background of Things Fall Apart

  2. Nigeria • Located in West Africa • The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger river, running through the country • Three largest ethnic groups: Hausa, Ibo, Yoruba

  3. Things Fall Apart • Was written by Chinua Achebe and published in 1958 • The setting is the late 1800’s, just prior to and during the expansion of the British into Umuofia • The novel depicts the beginning of British Colonialism in Nigeria • Colonialism: the control of one nation by another independent nation

  4. A “Business” Opportunity • The profit of the slave trade was what primarily brought Europeans to West Africa. • Capturing and selling slaves made Europeans rich. Unpaid slave labor set up their families for generations.

  5. The Price of Palm Oil • Palm oil has many uses in Nigeria and to the Ibo people as a cooking oil, and is also fermented to make wine. • It is extracted from the fruit of the oil palm tree • British settlers who came to Nigeria sought after palm oil which they used as lubrication for their machines, and also as the base of soaps and detergents such as Lever and Palmolive.

  6. Christian Missionaries • For many in Nigeria, missionaries were the first “white” people that they came in contact with • Missionaries came to Africa to introduce Christianity and convert the natives

  7. The Goal of Missionaries • Missionaries today seek to improve education, healthcare, and social justice in disadvantaged countries, along with preaching the gospel • However, missionaries in the 1800’s had one primary goal: convert “heathen” or “primitive” people to Christianity and get them to give up their own religious and spiritual beliefs

  8. FYI: The Kola Nut; Symbol of Hospitality

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