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JAMB and WAEC History questions: West Africa in the nineteenth century

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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 21· West Africa in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    The Asante resisted British expansion in present-day

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  2. Question 22· West Africa in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    Al-Hajj Umar Tall led a jihad in the

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  3. Question 23· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    Liberia was founded as a home for freed slaves from

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  4. Question 24· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    The Dahomey kingdom was famous for its

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  5. Question 25· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    The Mandinka empire of Samori Toure was finally defeated in

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  6. Question 26· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    Freetown in Sierra Leone was founded as a settlement for

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  7. Question 27· West Africa in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    The Bond of 1844 was an agreement between the British and the

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  8. Question 28· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

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

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  9. Question 29· West Africa in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    The Ashanti wars of the nineteenth century were fought mainly against

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  10. Question 30· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    Ahmadu Bamba was a Senegalese Muslim leader who founded the

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  11. Question 31· West Africa in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    Liberia was founded by the

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  12. Question 32· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    King Behanzin resisted the French in

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  13. Question 33· West Africa in the nineteenth century· WAEC

    The kingdom of Dahomey was known for its

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  14. Question 34· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    The Fante Confederation of 1868–1873 was formed in

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  15. Question 35· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    The Golden Stool is the sacred symbol of the

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  16. Question 36· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB

    Seku Ahmadu founded a theocratic state at

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