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

Question 581· West Africa in the nineteenth century· WAEC
Sierra Leone was founded as a settlement for
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Answer: B. freed slaves
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Question 582· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB
The Sierra Leone Hut Tax War of 1898 was led by
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Answer: C. Bai Bureh
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Question 583· West Africa in the nineteenth century· WAEC
Liberia was founded with the support of the
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Answer: B. American Colonization Society
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Question 584· West Africa in the nineteenth century· WAEC
The Mandinka leader who resisted French expansion in the late nineteenth century was
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Answer: D. Samori Toure
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Question 585· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB
The Asante capital was
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Answer: D. Kumasi
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Question 586· West Africa in the nineteenth century· WAEC
El-Hajj Umar founded the Tukulor empire through
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Answer: D. a jihad
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Question 587· West Africa in the nineteenth century· WAEC
Samori Toure resisted the
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Answer: D. French
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Question 588· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB
Samori Toure built a large empire in West Africa and resisted the
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Answer: C. French
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Question 589· West Africa in the nineteenth century· WAEC
The Asante Empire fought several wars against the
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Answer: B. British
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Question 590· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB
Lat Dior resisted the French in
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Answer: D. Senegal
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Question 591· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB
Al-Hajj Umar al-Futi, founder of the Tukulor empire, belonged to the
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Answer: B. Tijaniyya brotherhood
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Question 592· West Africa in the nineteenth century· WAEC
Fourah Bay College, an early centre of Western education in West Africa, is in
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Answer: A. Freetown
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Question 593· 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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Answer: A. British
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Question 594· West Africa in the nineteenth century· WAEC
The War of the Golden Stool in 1900 was led by
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Answer: C. Yaa Asantewaa
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Question 595· West Africa in the nineteenth century· WAEC
The Asante resisted British expansion in present-day
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Answer: D. Ghana
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Question 596· West Africa in the nineteenth century· WAEC
Al-Hajj Umar Tall led a jihad in the
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Answer: C. Senegal–Niger region, founding the Tukulor Empire
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Question 597· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB
Liberia was founded as a home for freed slaves from
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Answer: B. the United States
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Question 598· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB
The Dahomey kingdom was famous for its
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Answer: D. female soldiers (Amazons)
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Question 599· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB
The Mandinka empire of Samori Toure was finally defeated in
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Answer: C. 1898
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Question 600· West Africa in the nineteenth century· JAMB
Freetown in Sierra Leone was founded as a settlement for
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Answer: D. freed slaves
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JAMB and WAEC History questions

Sierra Leone was founded as a settlement for

The Sierra Leone Hut Tax War of 1898 was led by

Liberia was founded with the support of the

The Mandinka leader who resisted French expansion in the late nineteenth century was

The Asante capital was

El-Hajj Umar founded the Tukulor empire through

Samori Toure resisted the

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

The Asante Empire fought several wars against the

Lat Dior resisted the French in

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

Fourah Bay College, an early centre of Western education in West Africa, is in

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

The War of the Golden Stool in 1900 was led by

The Asante resisted British expansion in present-day

Al-Hajj Umar Tall led a jihad in the

Liberia was founded as a home for freed slaves from

The Dahomey kingdom was famous for its

The Mandinka empire of Samori Toure was finally defeated in

Freetown in Sierra Leone was founded as a settlement for