European Source

 “A major proportion of the politicians who made Nigeria notorious for corruption after independence were selected by the British before independence. The politicians and leaders and men of eminence not chosen were often honest, trustworthy and responsible people. Why were these people not brought in him by the British? The answer is that the British needed people they could control. They sometimes selected crooks whom they knew they could control after independence.” -Harold Smith

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Imperialism in Nigeria Video

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Conflict and Native Source

The British military expanded in Northern Nigeria introducing Christianity to a region of Islamic.There were religion-based encounters between the Muslims and the  British Christians.  Professor Aliyu Babatunde Fafunwa, a former Minister of Education in Nigeria, explains, “It was not surprising, therefore, that the arrival of Christianity in Nigeria …caused a head-on collision with Islam”

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Early History

Early History in Nigeria
Little is known of the earliest history of Nigeria. By c.2000 B.C. most of the country was not inhabited by persons who had a basic knowledge of raising domesticated food plants and of herding animals. From c.800 B.C. to c.A.D. 200 the Nok culture  thrived on the Jos Plateau; the Nok people made fine terra-cotta sculptures and probably knew how to work tin and iron. The first important centralized state to influence Nigeria was Kanem-Bornu, which  was founded in the 8th cent. A.D., to the north of Lake Chad In the 11th century, by which time its rulers had been converted to Islam, Kanem-Bornu expanded south of Lake Chad into present-day Nigeria, and in the late 15th cent. its capital was moved there.
Beginning in the 11th century seven independent Hausa city-states were founded in N Nigeria—Biram, Daura, Gobir, Kano, Katsina, Rano, and Zaria. Kano and Katsina competed for the trans-Saharan trade with Kanem-Bornu, and for a time had to pay tribute to it. In the early 16th century all of Hausaland was briefly held by the Songhai Empire. However, in the late 16th century, Kanem-Bornu replaced Songhai as the leading power in N Nigeria, and the Hausa states regained their autonomy. In southwest Nigeria two states Oyo and Benin had developed by the 14th century; the rulers of both states traced their origins to Ife, renowned for its naturalistic terra-cotta and brass sculpture. Benin was the leading state in the 15th cent. but began to decline in the 17th cent., and by the 18th cent. Oyo controlled Yorubaland and also Dahomey. The Igbo people in the southeast lived in small villages.
In the late 15th century Portuguese navigators became the first Europeans to visit Nigeria. They soon began to purchase slaves and agricultural produce from coastal middlemen  the slaves had been captured further inland by the middlemen. The Portuguese were followed by British, French, and Dutch traders. Among the Igbo and Ibibio a number of city-states were established by individuals who had become wealthy by involving in the slave trade  these included Bonny, Owome, and Okrika.

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Britains reasons for being involved

Britains Reasons for Being Involved
The British wanted oil, also they were competing against other European countries for the occupation of Africa. The Europeans saw Africa as a gold mine especially economically. The slave trade also became a reason for colonization in Nigeria.

A British colony in Nigeria

Britain’s rule in Nigeria shows the ways European Imperialist used to gain control over an area and it also shows the ways they used to manage and continue to control economic and political life in that area.
The British gained control over Nigeria. In a good way, because some of the local leaders agreed to sign treaties of protection with the British and to accept British colonists in Nigeria and in the hard way, because even though the local leaders signed a treaty with the British, others didn’t accept the interference from the British and rebelled against the intervention, therefore Britain used military force to put the rebels down. Since the Nigeria was such a complex area with three large groups (the Hausa-Fulani, the Yoruba, and the Igbo), they decided to manage the area indirectly with local leaders from the three groups. This indirect management of the groups worked out well in the Hausa-Fulani, but it wasn’t so efficient in the other two groups.

British colonies throughout the world.

British over-throwing  natives of Nigeria

Nigerian and British Flags.

-Luis Restituyo   http://cdaworldhistory.wikidot.com/imperialism-case-study:nigeria