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Several authors have made significant contributions to Edo literature and the development of the Edo language. [9] J.E. Edegbe was an early contributor to Edo literature. [18] Born in the early 20th century, Edegbe translated Bible passages into Edo during the 1920s. [9] These translations provided one of the earliest written forms of Edo ...
Northern Nigerian written literature can be divided into 4 main periods. The first is the 14 Kingdoms Period (10th-19th century), the second is the Sokoto period (19th-20th century), the third is the Colonial Period (20th century), and the fourth is the Post-Independence period (20th century to present).
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2 Rise of Igbo, Yoruba, Edo, and Muslim civilizations. 3 17th century. 4 18th century. 5 19th century. 6 20th century. ... This is a timeline of Nigerian history, ...
The history of Nigeria can be traced to the earliest inhabitants whose date remains at least 13,000 BC through the early civilizations such as the Nok culture which began around 1500 BC. Numerous ancient African civilizations settled in the region that is known today as Nigeria, such as the Kingdom of Nri, [1] the Benin Kingdom, [2] and the Oyo ...
The history of Nigeria before 1500 has been divided into its prehistory, Iron Age, and flourishing of its kingdoms and states. Acheulean tool-using archaic humans may have dwelled throughout West Africa since at least between 780,000 BP and 126,000 BP ( Middle Pleistocene ). [ 1 ]
Simon Heap (1993). "Nigerian National Archives, Kaduna: An Introduction for Users and a Summary of Holdings". History in Africa. 20: 395– 407. doi:10.2307/3171986. JSTOR 3171986. S2CID 248820516. Simon Heap (1994). "Nigerian National Archives, Enugu: An Introduction for Users and a Summary of Holdings". History in Africa. 21: 435– 440.
Wole Soyinka, a Nobel Laureate in Literature. Nigeria is famous for its English language literature. Things Fall Apart, [58] by Chinua Achebe, is an important book in African literature. [59] With over eight million copies sold worldwide, it has been translated into 50 languages, making Achebe the most translated African writer of all time. [60 ...