GOOD PEOPLE GREAT NATION
S/No
Name
sex
1
Egege Bridget
F
2
Darlington Udu
M
3
Nwaiwu Joy
F
4
Abioye Fisayo
F
5
Ezeokafor Sophia
F
6
Ubong Archiborng
M
7
Ehibe Loveleen
F
8
Emanuela Nwachukwu
F
9
Kelvin Ndukwe
M
10
Nwakwakwa Chinasa
F
11
Emanuel A, Emanuel
M
Favorite Color
Pink
Blue
Pink
Purple
Pink
Green
Sky Blue
Pink
Yellow
Red
White
Amalgamation
1914
Independence
1960
Bishop 'Samuel (Ajayi) C.
(1807- 1891)
Queen Amina
IK Dairo
Emancipation of
slaves 1830
Portuguese navigators
reach Nigerian coast 1472
Yoruba kingdoms of
Ifẹ 700-900
700
1400 1600
slave
trafficking
Islamic
empire
1650 1700 1750 1800
1850 1900 1950
NIGERSAT 1
2007
2000
AD
• In the 1600s Europeans
established ports for slave
trafficking. Millions of
Nigerians are forcibly sent
to the Americas to work in
Sugar Plantations against
their wish and will.
• European slave traders
establish coastal ports for the
increasing traffic in slaves
destined for the Americas
• The slaves were emancipated
in the 1830.
• Arabian and Persians trade with
ivory, rhino horn, gold, shells and
slaves. Arab traders settle and bring a
Muslim influence to the culture The
Yoruba kingdoms of Ifẹ were founded
about 700-900
• The Yoruba kingdoms of Ọyọ were
founded about 1400.
• It is often written that the Yoruba
people of Southwest Nigeria are one
of the most interesting and
important peoples of Africa and that
no African group has had greater
influence on New World culture.
USMAN DAN
FODIO
Usman Dan Fodio
was born in 1754,
he read law and
theology. He
carried out Jihad
(Holy War) in 1804
which lead to the
establishment of
the Sokoto
Caliphate.
Queen Amina of Zaria
Amina was 16 years old when her mother became queen
and she was given the traditional title of magajiya. In the
sixteenth century, Queen Bakwa Turunku built the capital of
Zazzau at Zaria, named after her younger daughter. Eventually,
the entire state of Zazzau was renamed Zaria, which is now a
province in present-day Nigeria.
Amina is credited as the architect who created the strong
earthen walls around the city, which was the prototype for the
fortifications used in all Hausa states. She built many of these
fortifications, which became known as ganuwar Amina or
Amina's walls, around various conquered cities.
The objectives of her conquests were twofold: extension of
Zazzau beyond its primary borders and reducing the conquered
cities to vassal status. Sultan Muhammad Bello of Sokoto
stated that, "She made war upon these countries and
overcame them entirely so that the people of Katsina paid
tribute to her and the men of Kano [and]... also made war on
cities of Bauchi till her kingdom reached to the sea in the south
and the west." Likewise, she led her armies as far as Nupe and,
according to the Kano Chronicle, "The Sarkin Nupe sent her
[the princess] 40 eunuchs and 10,000 kola nuts. She was the
first in Hausa land to own eunuchs and kola nuts."
"Amina daughter
of Nikatau, a
woman as capable
as a man."
Bishop Samuel
Ajayi Crowther
Bishop 'Samuel Adjai (Ajayi)
Crowther' (Born 1807- December
31 1891) was a linguist and the
first African Anglican bishop in
Nigeria. Born in Osogun, Yoruba
land (in today's Iseyin Local
Government,Oyo State, Nigeria),
Rev. Dr. Samuel Ajayi Crowther
was a member of the Yoruba
ethnic group but was also a
Sierra Leone Liberated African.
Ajayi was captured by Fulani
slave raiders in 1821 and sold to
Portuguese Slave traders.
IK Dairo was a great Musician. During the
1950s, recording technology grew more
advanced, and the gangan , talking drum,
electronic guitar and accordion were
incorporated into jùjú. Much of this
innovation was the work of IK Dairo IK Dairo
and the Morning Star Orchestra (later IK
Dairo & the Blue Spots), which formed in
1957. brought jùjú from the rural poor to the
urban cities of Nigeria and beyond. Dairo
became perhaps the biggest star of African
music by the '60s, recording numerous hit
songs that spread his fame to as far away as
Japan. In 1963, he became the only African
musician ever honored by receiving
membership of the Order of the British
Empire, an Order of Chivalry in the United
Kingdom.
ORIGIN OF THE
NAME “AFRICA”
The Greeks referred to Africa as
‘Ethiopia’, meaning the land of
the ‘burnt-face’ people. Hence all
dark-skinned people were called
‘Ethiopians’.
The Romans organised their
conquered territories around the
Mediterranean Sea (N. Africa in
today’s terms) into a province,
which they called ‘Africa’. This
comes from the word ‘afri’ which
means “a group of people of
whom little is known”.
HISTORICAL EVENTS IN NIGERIA
NIGERIA
Nigerian
Faces
&
Fashion
IBO: Most Ibo people live in South
Eastern Nigeria, they are one of the
three main ethnic groups. The speak the
Igbo language. The attire shown below
is called Efe ndi ichie and its worn by
title holders in IGBO land.
YORUBA: They are one of the three
main ethnic groups in Nigeria, located
in the western part of the country. They
speak the Yoruba language and it is
greatly believed that they descended
from Oduduwa many centuries ago.
Nigerian Faces & Fashion
Hausa: They Occupy the northern
part of the country, they speak the
Hausa language. They are mostly
farmers and cattle rearers. Below is a
typical Hausa attire
Edo: With a long traditional History, of
the Benin Empire, they are part of the
minority group in Nigeria. Located in the
south west of the country the y speak so
many languages prominent among these
are Benin, and Esan. They are ruled by the
Oba.
THE NIGERIAN FLAG
• The Nigerian national
flag was designed by
a Nigerian, Mr. Taiwo
Akinkummi, in 1959.
the nigerian flag was
hoisted for the frist
use at midnight 30th
September
1960,
shortly before Nigeria
had
her
independence on 1st
Oct 1960.
Before Nigeria became an
independent nation on 1st
October
1960, she
officially used the British
flag know as the Union
Jack from 1914.
Nigerian flag was designed
with two colors i.e. . green
and white
The green color represents
the agriculture of Nigeria.;
and the white color
represents peace and
unity.
Nigeria, Good People Great
Nation
By Kelvin Ndukwe SS 3
Proudly African
1. Who designed the Nigerian
Answer
Flag?
2. What is the name of the flag in
use before independence in
Answer
Nigeria?
3. What does the colors of the
Nigerian flag represents? Answer
4. What is the name of the attire
worn by title holders in IGBO
Answer
land?
5. The first democracy day in
Nigeria was in what year?
Answer