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

  1. Question 261· The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate· WAEC

    Usman dan Fodio began the jihad against the ruler of

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  2. Question 262· The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate· WAEC

    The jihad began after a clash between Usman dan Fodio and the ruler of

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  3. Question 263· The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate· WAEC

    The jihad's effect on Oyo was to

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  4. Question 264· The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate· WAEC

    Abdullahi, brother of Usman dan Fodio, governed the

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  5. Question 265· The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate· WAEC

    Ilorin became part of the Sokoto Caliphate after

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  6. Question 266· The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate· WAEC

    The emirs of the Sokoto Caliphate received flags from Usman dan Fodio as a sign of

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  7. Question 267· The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate· WAEC

    A cause of the Sokoto Jihad was

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  8. Question 268· The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate· WAEC

    After the jihad, the caliphate was divided for administration between

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  9. Question 269· The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate· WAEC

    Ilorin became part of the Sokoto Caliphate as a result of

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  10. Question 270· The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate· WAEC

    The first Sultan of Sokoto was

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  11. Question 271· The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate· WAEC

    The Battle of Tabkin Kwotto in 1804 was

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  12. Question 272· The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate· WAEC

    After the jihad, the caliphate was divided between Muhammad Bello at Sokoto and Abdullahi at

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  13. Question 273· The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate· WAEC

    Usman dan Fodio's flight from Degel in 1804 is called the

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  14. Question 274· The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate· WAEC

    Usman dan Fodio's hijra (flight) from Degel to Gudu took place in

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  15. Question 275· The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate· WAEC

    A result of the Sokoto Jihad was the

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  16. Question 276· West Africa in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    Liberia was founded as a home for

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  17. Question 277· West Africa in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    Samori Toure's state was notable for

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  18. Question 278· West Africa in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    The Tukulor empire was founded by

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  19. Question 279· West Africa in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    Sierra Leone was founded as a settlement for

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  20. Question 280· West Africa in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    Liberia was founded with the support of the

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