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19th-century establishments in Lagos (5 C, 6 P) Pages in category "19th-century establishments in Nigeria" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The history of the territories which since ca. 1900 have been known under the name of Nigeria during the pre-colonial period (16th to 18th centuries) was dominated by several powerful West African kingdoms or empires, such as the Oyo Empire and the Islamic Kanem-Bornu Empire in the northeast, and the Igbo kingdom of Onitsha in the southeast and ...
Since the idea was first advanced by Barbara Welter in 1966, many historians have argued that the subject is far more complex and nuanced than terms such as "Cult of Domesticity" or "True Womanhood" suggest, and that the roles played by and expected of women within the middle-class, 19th-century context were quite varied and often contradictory.
On 1 October 1960, Nigeria gained full independence from the United Kingdom on the basis of a federal constitution, with three large states having a weak central government over them. NCNC Chairman Nnamdi Azikiwe replaced the colonial Governor-General James Wilson Robertson in November 1960 [179] and Elizabeth II remained head of state for the ...
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In the pre-colonial period, it was an important slave trading port, later trading palm oil products. During the 19th century the British became increasingly involved in the internal affairs of the kingdom, in 1886 assuming control under a protectorate treaty. Today the King of Bonny has a largely ceremonial role.
18th c. ← Disestablishments in Nigeria in the 19th century → 20th c.: 1800s disestablishments in Nigeria — 1801 • 1802 • 1803 • 1804 • 1805 • 1806 ...
Nigeria entered a period of decolonization and growing Nigerian nationalism. 1950: A conference of northern and southern delegates was held in Ibadan. 1951: MacPherson Constitution. Yoruba-aligned Action Group founded; headed by Obafemi Awolowo. [2] 1953: 1 May: Northern vs. Southern violence breaks out in the Northern city of Kano. 1956