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All topicsBritish conquest of Nigeria · 38Colonial administration in Nigeria · 36Decolonisation and African unity · 40Early centres of civilisation · 37Eastern and southern Africa · 35External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans · 38Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states · 41Nationalism and independence · 40Nigeria since independence · 44Oyo, Benin and the southern states · 44Partition, colonial rule and resistance in Africa · 34Southern Nigeria in the nineteenth century · 36The colonial economy · 37The Nigeria area: land and early peoples · 36The Sokoto Jihad and caliphate · 38West Africa in the nineteenth century · 36

  1. Question 221· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB

    Manillas were

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  2. Question 222· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· JAMB

    The Royal Niger Company's monopoly on the Niger was resented mainly by

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  3. Question 223· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· WAEC

    Islam spread into West Africa mainly through

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  4. Question 224· External influences: trade, Islam and Europeans· WAEC

    Christian missionaries in Nigeria contributed to

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  5. Question 225· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    The legend of Bayajidda explains the origin of the

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  6. Question 226· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB

    The ruler of Kanem-Borno was known by the title

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  7. Question 227· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Queen Amina of Zazzau is remembered for

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  8. Question 228· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    The Hausa Bakwai (original Hausa states) included

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  9. Question 229· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB

    The title of the ruler of Borno after the Saifawa was

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  10. Question 230· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB

    According to the Daura legend, the Hausa states were founded by the descendants of

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  11. Question 231· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB

    Kukawa became the capital of Borno under

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  12. Question 232· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

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

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  13. Question 233· 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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  14. Question 234· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB

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

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  15. Question 235· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB

    The Habe rulers of Hausaland were overthrown by

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  16. Question 236· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB

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

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  17. Question 237· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

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

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  18. Question 238· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    In Hausa legend, the founder of the Hausa states was

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  19. Question 239· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· JAMB

    The Kano Chronicle is a source mainly for the history of

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  20. Question 240· Kanem-Borno and the Hausa states· WAEC

    Mai Idris Alooma obtained firearms for his army from

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