History

subject outline

Topics

• Early Centres of Civilization - Significance

  Examine the significance of various centres including Nok, Daima, Ife, Benin, Igbo Ukwu, and Iwo Eleru.

• Early Centres of Civilization - Monuments & Shelter Systems Historical Significance

  Establish the historical significance of various monuments and shelter systems such as Kuyambana, Durbi-ta-Kusheyi, city walls, palaces, caves, and rocky formations.

• Origin and Formation of States - Central Sudan (Kanuri & Hausa) Traditions of Origin

  Relate the different groups of people occupying the various zones to their traditions of origin.

• Economic Activities & Growth of States - Agricultural Activities Identification

  Identify various economic activities including hunting, farming, fishing, animal husbandry, and horticulture.

• Economic Activities & Growth of States - Industries Differentiation of Specialties

  Differentiate economic activities and specialties such as pottery, salt-making, iron-smelting, blacksmithing, leather-working, wood-carving, cloth-making, dyeing, and food processing.

• Economic Activities & Growth of States - Trade, Trade Routes & State Expansion Relationship to Growth

  Relate local, regional, long-distance, and trans-Saharan trade and other economic activities to the growth of states.

• External Influences - North Africans/Arabs: Introduction, Spread & Impact of Islam

  Assess the impact of the contact with North Africa on the people and states South of the Sahara, concerning the introduction, spread, and impact of Islam.

• External Influences - North Africans/Arabs: Trans-Saharan Trade Impact

  Assess the impact of trans-Saharan trade on the people and states South of the Sahara.

• The Sokoto Caliphate - Establishment, Administration & Neighbourly Relations

  Determine the factors that led to the rise of the caliphate; examine its administrative set-up and relations with its neighbours.

• The Sokoto Caliphate - Collapse Factors

  Trace the internal and external factors that led to the collapse of the caliphate.

• European Penetration & Impact - Commodity Trade Development & Consular Authority Rise

  Trace the development of commodity trade and account for the rise of consular authority.

• Colonial Administration (Post-Amalgamation) - Central Administration (Legislative & Executive Councils)

  Relate the composition of the central administrative set-up to its consequences.

• Colonial Administration (Post-Amalgamation) - Indirect Rule

  Identify reasons for introduction and workings of indirect rule; assess its effects.

• Colonial Administration (Post-Amalgamation) - Local Administrative Institutions

  Examine local administrative units including Native Authorities, Native Courts, and Native Treasuries.

• Colonial Administration (Post-Amalgamation) - Resistance Movements

  Account for anti-colonial movements and their significance, including Ekumeku Movement, Satiru uprising, Egba Anti-tax Agitation, and Aba Women Movement.

• The Colonial Economy - Nature and Aspects

  Examine the nature of the colonial economy as it affects currency, taxation, forced labour, infrastructure (transportation, post, telecommunication), agriculture, mining, industry, commerce, and banking.

• Social Development under Colonial Rule - Western Education

  Identify Western education as an area of social development under colonial rule.

• Social Development under Colonial Rule - Urbanization & Social Integration

  Examine the impact of urbanization and the level of social integration among the people.

• Social Development under Colonial Rule - Improvement Unions

  Identify improvement unions as an area of social development under colonial rule.

• Social Development under Colonial Rule - Health Institutions

  Identify health institutions as an area of social development under colonial rule.

• Constitutional Developments - 1922 Clifford Constitution, WWII & Agitation for Independence

  Assess the role of the 1922 Clifford Constitution and examine the effects of World War II on agitation for independence and constitutional developments.

• Constitutional Developments - 1946 Richards Constitution

  Assess the role of the 1946 Richards Constitution in constitutional development.

• Constitutional Developments - 1951 Macpherson Constitution

  Assess the role of the 1951 Macpherson Constitution in constitutional development.

• Party Politics - Regionalism, Federalism & Minority Agitations

  Trace the development of party politics and its impact on regionalism and minority question.

• Constitutional Developments - 1954 Lyttleton Constitution

  Assess the role of the 1954 Lyttleton Constitution in constitutional development.

• Constitutional Developments - 1957 Lagos & 1958 London Conferences

  Examine the impact of the constitutional conferences in Lagos (1957) and London (1958).

• Path to Independence - 1959 Elections & 1960 Independence

  Determine the factors that aided the attainment of independence, including the 1959 general elections and the independence in 1960.

• First Republic Politics - Minority Question & State Creation Controversies

  Account for the controversies generated by the minority question and the creation of states.

• First Republic Politics - Action Group Crisis & 1964/65 Elections

  Examine the problems created by the Action Group crisis and the General Elections of 1964/65.

• Nigeria in International Organizations - Conflict Resolution Role

  Examine Nigeria's role in conflict resolutions in the Congo, Chad, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and the Sudan.

• Islamic Reform Movements & State Building (West Africa) - Sokoto & Other Jihads Relationship

  Establish the relationship between the Sokoto Jihad and other Jihads in West Africa.

• Christian Missionary Activities - Sierra Leone, Liberia Importance & Impact

  Examine the importance of Sierra Leone and Liberia in the spread and impact of Christianity; assess the impact of Christian missionary activities in West Africa.

• Mahdi & Mahdiyya Movement (Sudan) - Causes, Course & Consequences

  Examine the causes, the course and consequences of the Mahdiyya Movement in the Sudan.

• The Omani Empire - Commercial & Political Relations (Coast & Hinterland)

  Assess the establishment of commercial and political relations between the Omani Empire, the coast and the hinterland.

• The Omani Empire - Relations with Europeans

  Examine the relationship that existed between the Omani Empire and the Europeans.

• Ethiopia (19th Century) - Rise of Theodore II & Unification Attempts

  Examine factors leading to the rise of Theodore II; analyze strategies adopted for Ethiopian unification.

• The Mfecane - Rise of Zulu Nation & Shaka

  Trace events in Nguniland before the Mfecane and determine factors leading to the rapid rise of Shaka.

• Colonial Rule Patterns - British, French, Portuguese, Belgian

  Examine and compare the patterns of colonial rule by the British, French, Portuguese, and Belgian powers.

• Politics of Decolonization - Colonial Policies & African Discontent

  Examine the policies employed by colonial masters and the magnitude of African discontent.

• Apartheid in South Africa - Internal Reaction & Suppression of Nationalist Movements

  Relate internal reactions to apartheid to the African struggle for majority rule.

• Apartheid in South Africa - External Reaction (Frontline States, Commonwealth, OAU, UN)

  Relate the contributions of African states and international organizations to the fight against apartheid.

• Nation-building Problems (Africa) - Political & Economic Challenges

  Examine the political and economic problems faced by African countries in nation-building.