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Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. (日清食品ホールディングス株式会社, Nisshin Shokuhin Hōrudingusu kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese food company. Founded by Momofuku Ando in 1948 in Izumiōtsu, Osaka, it owns Nissin Food Products, Nissin Chilled Foods, Nissin Frozen Foods, and Myojo Foods.
After the Ōnin War, weaving craftsmen who had been scattered throughout the country returned to Kyoto and resumed their activities. At that time, the area became known as Nishijin. [3] There is a historic site of Nishijin between Imadegawa-Ōmiya and Imadegawa-Horikawa. [a] The Imamiya festival of the Imamiya Shrine is known as the festival of ...
Many countries followed in the 1950s and 1960s, with a peak in 1960 with the Year of Africa, which saw 17 African nations declare independence, including a large part of French West Africa. Most of the remaining countries gained independence throughout the 1960s, although some colonizers (Portugal in particular) were reluctant to relinquish ...
Maritime history is the broad overarching subject that includes fishing, whaling, international maritime law, naval history, the history of ships, ship design, shipbuilding, the history of navigation, the history of the various maritime-related sciences (oceanography, cartography, hydrography, etc.), sea exploration, maritime economics and ...
West African Pidgin English arose during the period of the transatlantic slave trade as a language of commerce between British and African slave traders. Portuguese merchants were the first Europeans to trade in West Africa beginning in the 15th century, and West African Pidgin English contains numerous words of Portuguese origin such as sabi ('to know'), a derivation of the Portuguese saber. [3]
Charles Novia, film director, [19] producer, screenwriter, actor and social commentator.african l; Osayuki Godwin Oshodin, [20] [21] former Vice-chancellor of University of Benin. Benson Idahosa, [22] [23] evangelist, and founder of the Church of God Mission International. Samuel Ogbemudia, [24] [25] politician and former military Governor of ...
The Bariba people hold an important place in the history of the country. During the late 19th century, Bariba [ clarification needed ] was known to constitute independent states [ clarification needed ] and dominate with kingdoms [ clarification needed ] in cities like Nikki and Kandi in the northeast of the country.
Horton, James A.B. (1868), West African Countries and Peoples, London: W.J. Johnson, 121, Fleet street; Williams, Gomer (1897), History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque: with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade, London: William Heinemann; Edward Howell Church Street OCLC 557806739