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All topics British conquest of Nigeria · 20 Colonial administration in Nigeria · 18 Decolonisation and African unity · 21 Early centres of civilisation · 19 Eastern and southern Africa · 18 External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans · 20 Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states · 21 Nationalism and independence · 20 Nigeria since independence · 26 Oyo, Benin and the southern states · 23 Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa · 17 Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century · 18 The colonial economy · 19 The Nigeria area: land and early peoples · 19 The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate · 20 West Africa in the nineteenth century · 19

Question 121· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB
Under pressure from the Bulala, the rulers of Kanem moved their seat in the late fourteenth century to
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Question 122· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB
In Borno, the descendants of al-Kanemi, the Shehus, replaced the
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Question 123· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB
The Habe rulers of Hausaland were overthrown by
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Question 124· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB
The dynasty that ruled Kanem-Borno for many centuries was the
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Question 125· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB
The Kano Chronicle is a source mainly for the history of
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Question 126· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB
Mai Idris Alooma of Borno is remembered especially for
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Question 127· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB
The Banza Bakwai were
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Question 128· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB
Muhammad Rumfa of Kano received advice on Islamic government from the scholar
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Question 129· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB
The Kano Chronicle is a
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Question 130· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB
Ngazargamu was the capital of
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Question 131· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB
Kanem's main trade route ran north across the Sahara to
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Question 132· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB
The capital built by Mai Ali Gaji of Borno in the fifteenth century was
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Question 133· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB
Katsina was famous as a centre of
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Question 134· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB
Queen Amina is associated with the Hausa state of
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Question 135· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB
Kanem became Islamic under Mai
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Question 136· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB
Which of the following was one of the original seven Hausa states (Hausa Bakwai)?
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Question 137· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB
Kano's famous dyeing pits are associated with its
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Question 138· Nationalism and independence· JAMB
The Willink Commission of 1957–58 was set up to examine
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Question 139· Nationalism and independence· JAMB
The London Constitutional Conference of 1957 agreed that
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Question 140· Nationalism and independence· JAMB
Nigeria's Prime Minister at independence in 1960 was
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Under pressure from the Bulala, the rulers of Kanem moved their seat in the late fourteenth century to

In Borno, the descendants of al-Kanemi, the Shehus, replaced the

The Habe rulers of Hausaland were overthrown by

The dynasty that ruled Kanem-Borno for many centuries was the

The Kano Chronicle is a source mainly for the history of

Mai Idris Alooma of Borno is remembered especially for

The Banza Bakwai were

Muhammad Rumfa of Kano received advice on Islamic government from the scholar

The Kano Chronicle is a

Ngazargamu was the capital of

Kanem's main trade route ran north across the Sahara to

The capital built by Mai Ali Gaji of Borno in the fifteenth century was

Katsina was famous as a centre of

Queen Amina is associated with the Hausa state of

Kanem became Islamic under Mai

Which of the following was one of the original seven Hausa states (Hausa Bakwai)?

Kano's famous dyeing pits are associated with its

The Willink Commission of 1957–58 was set up to examine

The London Constitutional Conference of 1957 agreed that

Nigeria's Prime Minister at independence in 1960 was