Nigeria

Capital city Abuja

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language

Only English (official language), Hausa (Afro-Asiatic), Yoruba (Niger-Congo), and Igbo (Niger-Congo) are allowed.

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People

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, with one-fifth to one-fourth of Africa's total population living in Nigeria.

In addition, there are more than 250 ethnic groups / tribes in the country.

Sudanese tribes (Hausa 21%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo 18%, Fula (Niger-Congo) 11%)

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religion

Islam 50%, Christianity 40%, Primitive Religion 10%

Northern-Islam (mostly Sunni)

Southern-Christian

Biography and climate

Africa's No. 1 oil-producing country, mainly oil and agriculture.

The Niger River Delta in the south produces abundant oil, but it is also a cause of domestic conflicts such as repeated civil wars and civil wars over this oil.

In agriculture, rice and corn were cultivated as self-sufficient crops to raise livestock, and as commercial crops, cacao, peanuts, cotton and rubber were cultivated in plantations. Agriculture has declined.

Oil accounts for most of the exports and is a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

The southern part has a hot and humid tropical rainforest climate, and the rainfall is particularly heavy during the rainy season from May to October, and mangroves are overgrown and tropical endemic diseases are also common.

As it moves north, it becomes dry and the rainy season becomes shorter.

The northern part has a savanna climate, and the vicinity of the border has a dry climate.

There is a great cultural difference between the northern part, which accepted Islam through the caravan trade in the arid areas, and the southern part, which worshiped animism in the rainforest and later became influenced by Europe and spread Christianity.

From the 5th century B.C to the 2nd century A.C, the Nok culture, which is an early Iron Age culture, flourished in the central plateau area.

In the 9th century, the Bronze Age flourished in the southeastern part by the Igbo and Ibibio tribes.

In the 15th century, the Kingdom of Benin flourished in the south, strengthening its military power and kingship with the firearms brought by the Portuguese.

On the other hand, unlike the southern part, which was blocked by external culture due to jungle, in the northern part, goods and culture were transmitted from North Africa through caravan trade, and Islam was accepted.

Around Lake Chad, the Kanem-Bornu Empire culminated in the 12th and 13th centuries with the benefit and military power of the African caravan trade route. This royal family lasted until the 19th century.

Colonial era

Throughout the 17th and 19th centuries, European traders, mainly Portuguese and British, built many ports on the coast as more slaves were sent to the Americas, and they "slave" the coast of Nigeria. I called it "the coast".

At the end of the 19th century, the Kingdom of Benin was destroyed by Britain, including the surrounding Hausa and Yoruba kingdoms, and Nigeria was colonized.