LAGOS OCCUPATION AND IT’S COLONISATION.
The British shelled Lagos in 1851, allegedly due to Kosoko’s abduction of the crown from Akitoye and his involvement in the slave trade. Lagos’ thriving […]
JAJA OF OPOBO AND THE BRITISH COLONIALIST.
THE SLAVE BOY WHO BECAME KING. Jaja was born in 1821 in Amiagbo, close to Orlu. Later, he became a slave and arrived at Bonny. […]
NANA OF ITSEKIRI AND THE BRITISH COLONIALIST.
The olu of Warri Akengbuwa 1 passed away in 1848, and his two sons shortly followed in death. Following the deaths of Olu and his […]
BRITISH INCURSION OF THE NIGER DELTA AREA
Slave trade was outlawed by British nationals under the Abolition Act of 1807. British warships were sent to West African coastlines to intercept any ship […]
THE FALL OF YORUBALAND.
The British used Lagos as the starting point for their expansion into Yorubaland. The primary driver of British authority growth outside of Lagos was finance. […]
BENIN CONTACT AND ITS CONQUEST.
A new chapter in Benin history began when the Portuguese arrived in the country in 1485. International trade and Christianity were the two principal goods […]
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE YORUBA PEOPLE.
When the Yoruba people originally inhabited their current country is unknown. Prof. S. O. Biobaku and Dr. P.A. Talbolt have propagated the theory that Yoruba […]
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE HAUSA PEOPLE.
WHO ARE THE HAUSA? During the latter part of the 13th century, Islamic influence spread from the kingdom of Mali, greatly influencing Hausa belief and […]
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BENIN PEOPLE.
Graham Connah and other sources have aided our understanding of Benin’s evolutionary history through the archaeological data they have uncovered. A polished Late Stone Age […]
