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  1. Question 1· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    Samori Toure's empire was based among the

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  2. Question 2· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    The Asante kingdom was centred in present-day

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  3. Question 3· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    Louis Faidherbe expanded French rule in

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  4. Question 4· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    The Sierra Leone Hut Tax War of 1898 was led by

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  5. Question 5· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    The Asante capital was

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  6. Question 6· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    Samori Toure built a large empire in West Africa and resisted the

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  7. Question 7· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    Lat Dior resisted the French in

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  8. Question 8· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    Al-Hajj Umar al-Futi, founder of the Tukulor empire, belonged to the

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  9. Question 9· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    The Asante fought a series of wars in the nineteenth century mainly against the

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  10. Question 10· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    Liberia was founded as a home for freed slaves from

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  11. Question 11· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    The Dahomey kingdom was famous for its

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  12. Question 12· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    The Mandinka empire of Samori Toure was finally defeated in

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  13. Question 13· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    Freetown in Sierra Leone was founded as a settlement for

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  14. Question 14· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    The Fante Confederation (1868-72) in the Gold Coast was

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  15. Question 15· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    Ahmadu Bamba was a Senegalese Muslim leader who founded the

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  16. Question 16· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    King Behanzin resisted the French in

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  17. Question 17· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    The Fante Confederation of 1868–1873 was formed in

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  18. Question 18· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    The Golden Stool is the sacred symbol of the

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  19. Question 19· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    Seku Ahmadu founded a theocratic state at

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