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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 101· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· WAEC

    Britain abolished its slave trade in

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  2. Question 102· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· WAEC

    Christianity was reintroduced into Nigeria in 1842 at

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  3. Question 103· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· WAEC

    The CMS mission first settled in Nigeria at

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  4. Question 104· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· WAEC

    Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther was

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  5. Question 105· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· WAEC

    After the abolition of the slave trade, 'legitimate trade' from Nigeria was mainly in

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  6. Question 106· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· WAEC

    The trans-Saharan trade linked West Africa with

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  7. Question 107· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· WAEC

    Islam spread into West Africa mainly through

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  8. Question 108· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· WAEC

    Christian missionaries in Nigeria contributed to

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  9. Question 109· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    The legend of Bayajidda explains the origin of the

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  10. Question 110· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Queen Amina of Zazzau is remembered for

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  11. Question 111· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    The Hausa Bakwai (original Hausa states) included

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  12. Question 112· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    The ruling dynasty of Kanem-Borno for many centuries was the

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  13. Question 113· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Kanem-Borno's wealth came largely from its control of

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  14. Question 114· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    In Hausa legend, the founder of the Hausa states was

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  15. Question 115· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Mai Idris Alooma obtained firearms for his army from

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  16. Question 116· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    El-Kanemi rose to prominence in Borno by

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  17. Question 117· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    The Saifawa dynasty ruled

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  18. Question 118· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Zazzau was famous for raiding for

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  19. Question 119· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Mai Idris Alooma of Borno is remembered for

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  20. Question 120· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Kano's prosperity in the pre-colonial period came largely from

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