Learn/NECO SSCE/Syllabus/HistoryStudy this course in LearnPractice opens in your NECO SSCE workspace after you sign in. Questions and lecture notes stay there.Practice this courseOpen lecture notesOfficial rules, eligibility, and dates stay on the NECO SSCE guide.course outlinePAPER 1: WEST AFRICA AND THE WIDER WORLD FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 2000Historiography and Historical SkillsTrans - Saharan TradeIslam in West AfricaEuropean Contact with West AfricaTrans-Atlantic slave tradeChristian Missionary Activities in West AfricaThe Scramble for and Partition of West AfricaColonial Rule in West AfricaProblems of independent West African StatesWest Africa and international organizationsPAPER 2: THE GAMBIA FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 2000SECTION A: THE GAMBIA FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 2000Historiography and Historical SkillsOrigin, political, social and economic organization of the following:Indigenous crafts and industries:Early European contactIntroduction, spread and effects of Islam.The Gambia and the trans-Atlantic slave trade:SECTION B: THE GAMBIA IN THE 19TH CENTURYSuppression of the slave trade and its effectsThe founding of Bathurst (Banjul)Christian Missionary activities and their impactThe Soninke-Marabout wars, jihadist leadersResistance to European ColonialismSECTION C: THE GAMBIA FROM 1900 TO 2000British Colonial administrationEconomic and social developments in the colonial periodDevelopment of local GovernmentThe struggle for and regaining of independenceDevelopment after independenceThe Gambia and thePAPER 2: GHANA FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 1991SECTION A: LANDMARKS OF AFRICAN HISTORY (FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 1800)Introduction to African HistoryAfrican pre-history up to 500 B.CCivilizations of North Africa from 3000B.C To A.D 1800Civilizations of the Horn, East and Central AfricaWest Africa – Civilizations and CulturesSECTION B: GHANA AND THE WIDER WORLD; FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO AD.1900Introduction to the History of GhanaThe peopling of GhanaSocial, Cultural, Political and Economic Developments in Ghana in the Sixteenth CenturiesEuropean contactSocial and Political Development AD 1500- 1900SECTION C: GHANA (AD 1900-1991)Social, Economic and Political Developments (AD 1900- 1957)Post-Independence GhanaGhana in the Comity of NationsPAPER 2: LIBERIA FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 2000SECTION A: LIBERIA FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 1800Historiography and Historical skillsLand and PeopleMigrationKingdoms, Chiefdoms and Confederacies:European Contacts – Liberia (economic and social effects).Trans Atlantic Slave Trade (origin, organization, effects, suppression)SECTION B: LIBERIA IN THE 19TH CENTURYThe effects of Colonization movements on Liberia.The formation and significance of the Commonwealth of Liberia:Declaration of Independence:Liberia's relationship with the outside world:Problems of land acquisition.SECTION C: LIBERIA FROM 1900 TO 2000Political DevelopmentThe administration of Edwin Barclay, William V.S Tubman, William R. Tolbert Jnr.1980 coup d'etat and Samuel K. DoeEconomic development and the spread of education.Liberia and thePAPER 2: NIGERIA FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 2000SECTION A: NIGERIA FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 1800Historiography and historical skillsLand and peoples of Nigeria:Centers of ancient civilization:(a) Centralized and non-centralized states:Indigenous crafts and industries:External InfluencesNigeria and the trans-Atlantic slave tradeSECTION B: NIGERIA IN THE 19TH CENTURYThe Sokoto Caliphate:Borno under the Shehus:Christian Missionary Activities – activities, impact.Yorubaland in the 19th centuryBenin in the 19th centuryThe first phase of the British conquest of Nigeria: 1851-1900SECTION C: NIGERIA FROM 1900 TO 2000The second phase of the British conquest in Nigeria 1900-1960The decolonization process in Nigeria, 1922-1960Nigeria since independenceNigeria and theGlobal issuesPAPER 2: SIERRA LEONE FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 2000SECTION A: SIERRA LEONE FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 1800Historiography and Historical SkillsOrigin, political, social and economic organization of the following:Indigenous crafts and industries:Mane InvasionsEarly European contactIntroduction spread and effects of Islam.Sierra Leone and the trans-Atlantic slave trade:SECTION B: SIERRA LEONE IN THE 19TH CENTURYThe founding of the settlement colony of Sierra Leone to the declaration of the Crown Colony.The emergence of the Krio and their subsequent declineChristian Missionary activities and their impactThe role of the colonial government in contacts between the colony and the hinterland.The activities of Samori Toure in Sierra LeoneDeclaration of the Protectorate and the Hut Tax WarSECTION C: SIERRA LEONE FROM 1900 TO 2000The administration of the colony and constitutional developments up to 1947The administration of the Protectorate:Economic and social developments in the colonial periodPolitical and constitutional developments from 1947 to the regaining of independence in 1961.Sierra Leone from independence to 2000:Sierra Leone and the
