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Question

NIGERIA AS A COLONY

-What was the initial reason for colonizing Nigeria?
-How did they treat the native inhabitants?
-Were there any conflicts between natives and colonists? Descrive.
-List the governments since independance unntil now.

-How did they exploit the country?

Answer 1

> -What was the initial reason for colonizing Nigeria?

Trade in ivory, palm-oil, pepper, but mostly slaves.

"The Benin Empire or Edo Empire (1470-1897) was a large pre-colonial African state of modern Nigeria."

"The first European travellers to reach Benin were the Portuguese explorers in about 1485. A strong mercantile relationship developed with the Portuguese trading tropical products, and increasingly slaves, for European goods and guns. In the early 16th century the Oba sent an ambassador to Lisbon, and the king of Portugal sent Christian missionaries to Benin. Some residents of Benin could still speak a pidgin Portuguese in the late 19th century. The first English expedition to Benin was in 1553, and a significant trade soon grew up between England and Benin based on the export of ivory, palm-oil and pepper. Visitors in the 16th and 17th centuries brought back to Europe tales of "the Great Benin," a fabulous city of noble buildings, ruled over by a powerful king."

"Benin grew increasingly rich during the 16th and 17th centuries on the slave trade with Europe, slaves from enemy states of the interior were sold, and carried to the Americas in Dutch and Portuguese ships. The Bight of Benin's shore soon came to be known as the "Slave Coast.""

"Benin resisted signing a protectorate treaty with Great Britain through most of the 1880s and 1890s. However, after the slaying of eight British representatives in Benin territory, a 'Punitive Expedition' was launched in 1897, in which a British force, under the command of Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, conquered and burned the city, destroying much of the country’s treasured art and dispersing nearly all that remained. The portrait figures, busts, and groups created in iron, carved ivory, and especially in brass (conventionally called the "Benin Bronzes") made in Benin are displayed in museums around the world."

"Benin Empire : European Contact" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Benin#European_Contact

"Most of the great Benin bronzes went first to purchasers in Germany, but a sizable group is now back in London at the British Museum. The dispersement of the Benin art to museums around the world catalyzed the beginnings of a long and slow European reassessment of the value of West African art. The Benin art was copied and the style integrated into the art of many European artists and thus had a strong influence on the early formation of modernism in Europe."

"Punitive Expedition of 1897" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punitive_Expedition

"Following the Napoleonic wars, the British expanded trade with the Nigerian interior. In 1885 British claims to a West African sphere of influence received international recognition and in the following year the Royal Niger Company was chartered under the leadership of Sir George Taubman Goldie. In 1900 the company's territory came under the control of the British Government, which moved to consolidate its hold over the area of modern Nigeria. On January 1, 1901 Nigeria became a British protectorate."

"History of Nigeria : A British sphere of influence" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Nigeria#A_British_sphere_of_influence

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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