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First posted in April 2002, last revised on June 18th 2008







Nok Civilization
Oyo .. Benin .. Sokoto .. Bornu
Lagos .. Oil Rivers Protectorate .. Royal Niger Company
Northern Nigeria .. Southern Nigeria
Nigeria 1914-1918
Nigeria 1918-1939
Nigeria 1939-1960
Nigeria since Independence .. Biafra


Historical Atlas, British West Africa Page

see also History of British West Africa

Students' Paper : Kim, Ji Yang, Demographic History of West Africa (2009)
Students' Papers : Kim, Jiwan, The European View of West Africa and Colonialism as expressed in Historic Encyclopedias (2009)






EXTERNAL
FILES
CIA World Factbook : Nigeria; BBC Country Profile Nigeria; World Desk Reference : Nigeria; Art and Life in Africa : Nigeria
Library of Congress Country Studies : Nigeria
Nigeria Page, from African Studies at UPenn; from Africa South of the Sahara at Stanford
Timeline, from BBC News; from timelines.ws
Timeline Nigerian History, from ngex
Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Nigeria, from Kirken i Norge
History of Nigeria, from newafrica.com
Nigeria : History Overview, from Postcolonial Web
Niger Information, from Art & Life of Africa
Brief History of Nigeria, from Motherland Nigeria
Historical Government, from Motherland Nigeria
Article Upper and Lower Nigeria, from Catholic Encyclopedia 1911 edition; article Nigeria from EB 1911
Wars of Nigeria 1800-1999, from ACED
Nigeria, British Cameroons, from Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth
Political Resources on the Net : Nigeria
For the Record : Nigeria, from UN Human Rights System
Environmental Treaties : Nigeria, from Pop Planet
Languages of Nigeria (505), from Ethnologue
Article Nigeria, from Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911 edition; from EB 1911
Global Currency History : Nigeria; Tables of Modern Monetary History : Africa, from www.dollarization.org, scroll down for Nigeria
African Alphabets, by Saki Mafundikwa, on the Bagam syllabary and the Nsibidi, Yoruba, Ibibio-Efik alphabet (Nigeria)
Dawodu.com, has numerous articles on Nigerian history and politics
Entries Benin, Biafra, Kalakuta Republic, Niger Delta Republic, from Footnotes to History, by James L. Erwin
Country Profile : Nigeria, from ISS
Nigeria, from Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Nigeria, from Airline History
Phia Steyn, Oil Exploration in Colonial Nigeria, IEHC 2006
Carolyn A. Brown, The Iva Valley Shooting at Enugu Colliery, Nigeria : African Workers' Aspirations and the Failure of Colonial Labor Reform, IEHC 2006
World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Nigeria
Afrotropic Ecoregion, from WWF
Global Integrity : Nigeria 2004, Nigeria 2006, Nigeria 2007
Chinese Ambassadors to Nigeria, from PRC MOFA
Nigeria Profile, from International Crisis Group
African Women Bibliographic Database
Food and Culture (a bibliography), by R.T. Dirks, click on Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria, from Post-Colonial Web (links)
DOCUMENTS Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from International Civic Heraldry; from Wappenlexikon, comment in German, with history
World Statesmen : Nigeria, by Ben Cahoon; Rulers : Nigeria, by B. Schemmel; Regnal Chronologies : West Africa, scroll down for Kano
Nigeria, from Elections around the World
Historical Population Statistics : Nigeria, from Population Statistics at Univ. Utrecht
The History of the Republic of Nigeria, from World History Archives
Rare Nigeria, Niger Coast, Northern Nigeria, Lagos Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery
Stamps Oil Rivers 1892-1894, Nigeria 1914, Northern Nigeria 1900-1912, Lagos 1874-1906, Southern Nigeria, 1901-1912, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by Evert Klaseboer
Banknotes of Nigeria, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money; from World Currency Museum
Collections of Coins : Nigeria, bilingual Russian-English page
License Plates : Nigeria, from Francoplaque
National Anthems : Nigeria, from National Anthems, from David's National Anthem Reference Page
List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Nigeria, from ILO, 33 docs. since 1960
Maps of Urhobo Lands and the Niger Delta, from Waado
Willink Commission 1952-1953 Map 1 (Northern Region), Map 2 (all of Nigeria), Map 3 (Western Region), Map 4 (Ilorin, Kabba Divisions), Map 5 (Eastern Region) from Waado
Truth Commissions : Nigeria, from United States Institute of Peace
Airline Timetable Images : Nigeria
Nigeria pp.343-346 in J. MacFarlane, Economic geography, c. 1910, GB
REFERENCE Toyin Falola, The History of Nigeria, Greenwood 1999, 296 pp.
Nigeria, in : Lilian Charlotte, Economic History of Asia and Africa, New Delhi (c. 1926) reprint 1998, pp.485-497 [G]
A. Oyewole, Historical Dictionary of Nigeria, Metuchen NJ : Scarecrow 1987, 391 pp. [G]
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.29, pp.894-905 Article Western Africa : Nigeria. KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.29
Articles : Bamilekeland pp.60-62, Benin pp.75-77, Biafra pp.78-80, Calabar pp.99-101, in : James Minahan, Nations without States, A Historical Dictionary of Contemporary National Movements, Westport CT : Greenwood 1996 [G]