Nigeria
BY: Crislynn Sellers, Elizabeth Lantz
Starting Point
Nigeria was useful for natural resources and slaves for labor
within the Americas and Europe. Nigeria found itself to become
a colony of slave labor and harsh treatment.
Why???
 The Slave Trade
 Opening Markets for manufactured goods
 To secure oil
 Missionaries: to convert the natives and discover natural
resources that could be traded as a subsitude for slaves
 Discovering raw materials, minerals, and food
How
 Increasing amounts of trade in the ports of Benin the Biafra.
 Britain changed the currency to pound sterling as a universal
medium of exchange.
 Britain was able to maintain power over Nigeria by using
military power, strategic alliances, and collaboration of
indigenous rulers.
 To help the British establish control over Africa, they created
a company called Royal Niger Company, which helped them
gain control over the middle and lower Niger River Area.
 1884 there was a European conference called the fate of
Africa.
 It was decided that Britain would have control over Nigeria.
 Britain ruled over Nigeria using an indirect control method,
which means using local rulers who ruled using Britain laws.
 The rules worked well for the Hawasa-Fulani tribe but it didn’t
work so well for the Igbo and Yoruba tribes, who did not like
having their power limited.
Effects of Imperialism
 Removal of materials cause poor economy.
 40% of population are Christians because of European
influence.
 Transportation and technology improved.
 Separation of some indigenous tribes made borders.
Removal of Power
 Following World War II. Nigerian nationalism and desire for
independence grew
 After the British Government passed more laws it moved
Nigeria further toward self-government.
 In the middle of the 20th century, the great wave for
independent was sweeping across Africa and this pressured
the United Kingdom to name Nigeria a self government
nation.
 Nigeria gained its independence from the United Kingdom on
October 1, 1960
Current State of Nigeria
 More agriculture products such as; cocoa, palm oil, corn,
tapioca, rubber, oats, pigs, and fish.
 Import Partners; 10.7% China, 8.4% U.S.A., 6.2%
Netherlands, 5.8% the U.K., 5.6% France, 5.1% Brazil, 4.5%
Germany. (as of 2006)
 There is political instability, so inadequate infrastructure, and
poor economic management have lead to current reforms.
Work Cited
http://fabianimperialism.wikispaces.com/Nigeria+(during+Imperialism)
http://historoda.com/2013/04/04/the-age-of-imperialism-imperialism-case-studynigeria/
http://www.photius.com/countries/nigeria/economy/nigeria_economy_early_british_i
mperi~10008.html
http://cdaworldhistory.wikidot.com/imperialism-case-study:nigeria
http://www.mapsofworld.com/nigeria/culture/
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/nigeria.html