A report on Nigeria

Ceremonial Igbo pot from 9th-century Igbo-Ukwu

Yoruba copper mask of Obalufon from the city of Ife c. 1300

Royal Benin ivory mask, one of Nigeria's most recognized artifacts. Benin Empire, 16th century.

Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard who as Governor-General of Nigeria led the amalgamation of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate and Southern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914.

1953 postage stamp with portrait of Queen ElizabethII

Nnamdi Azikiwe, first president of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966

The Republic of Biafra in June 1967, when it declared its independence from the rest of Nigeria

Shehu Shagari was the first democratically elected President of Nigeria from 1979 to 1983.

Olusegun Obasanjo was civilian President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007.

Muhammadu Buhari is currently serving as President of Nigeria, since 2015.

Nigerian Army self-propelled anti-aircraft gun

Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (centre) with United States President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama in August 2014

Map of Nigeria with administrative divisions

A proportional representation of Nigeria exports, 2019

Oil facility at Bonny Island, Rivers State

PTDF – Petroleum Technology Development Fund

Countries by natural gas proven reserves (2014). Nigeria has the largest reserves in Africa.

Second Niger bridge at Onitsha, artistic impression

SpaceX launch of CRS-11 with Nigeria EduSat-1 on board in 2017

Population density (persons per square kilometer) in Nigeria

Nigerian states that implement some form of sharia law (in green)

A Nigerian police officer at the Eyo festival in Lagos

End SARS is a decentralised social movement and series of mass protests against police brutality in Nigeria.

Lisa Folawiyo, Fashion Designer From Nigeria

An Eyo Iga Olowe Salaye masquerade jumping

Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, Africa's most popular and best selling literary piece ever, has been translated into more than forty languages.

Wizkid is a popular musician in Nigeria, Africa and worldwide.

Nigerian football supporters at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia

The world's biggest distilling column at the Dangote refinery in comparison

Country in West Africa.

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Mansa Musa depicted holding a gold nugget from a 1395 map of Africa and Europe

West Africa

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Westernmost region of Africa.

13th-century Africa – Map of the main trade routes and states, kingdoms and empires.

A rhinoceros in Bandia Nature Reserve, Senegal. Credit: Corine REZEL.

African bush elephants in Yankari National Park, Nigeria

Satellite imagery from outer space of West Africa

Railway systems in West Africa 2030, projection

A street and airport in the famous town of Timbuktu, Mali, showing the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style of the West African interior

Philip Emeagwali wearing the Boubou (or Agbada), a traditional robe symbolic of West Africa

Jollof rice or Benachin, one of many Pan–West African dishes found only in West Africa

The talking drum is an instrument unique to West Africa.

Kora-playing griots in Senegal, 1900. Both the Kora, a 21-stringed harp-lute, and the griot musical-caste are unique to West Africa.

The 13th-century Great Mosque of Djenné is a superb example of the indigenous Sahelian architectural style prevalent in the Savannah and Sahelian interior of West Africa. It is listed an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Voodoo altar with several fetishes in Abomey, Benin

Map of petroleum and natural gas within West Africa

Tristan da Cunha, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom Overseas Territory).

Yoruba people

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Degree of Presence of The Yoruba and derived' Ede
groups in Nigeria, Benin & Togo at Subnational levels

Palace of the King of Oyo circa 1900s - Colorized

Anna Hinderer church and mission house at Ibadan, 1850s

Yoruba door, wood carvings; used to record events c. 1910

Early 19th century Yoruba architecture showing their unique inner courtyard layout used as a safe space for storing livestock and a space where children could play

Wooden Ere Ibeji figures representing twins. Yorubas have the highest twinning rate in the world.

An older traditional Agbada clothing historically worn by Yoruba men. This exhibit was obtained in the town of Òkukù.

African Languages Spoken in American Households

Commemoration of Black consciousness, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

$Amala is a Yoruba food.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Vocabulary_of_the_Yoruba_Language/oXxBAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=amala|title=A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language|author=Owen Emeric Vidal|publisher=Seeleys|date=1852|isbn=9781976589218}}</ref>$

$Akara is a Yoruba bean fritter.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Vocabulary_of_the_Yoruba_Language/oXxBAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=akara|title=A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language|author=Owen Emeric Vidal|publisher=Seeleys|date=1852|isbn=9781976589218}}</ref>$

$Ofada rice is a Yoruba dish.<ref name="Olusegun Obasanjo 1983">{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Management_in_Agriculture_Rural_Developm/JdrSAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22ofada%20rice%22|title=Management in Agriculture & Rural Development: A Practicioner's View|author=Olusegun Obasanjo|date=1983|isbn=9789782399243}}</ref>$

Moin Moin is a Yoruba steamed bean pudding.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Adim%C3%BA/w3r4Xx2059AC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22moin+moin%22|title=Adimú: Gbogbó Tén'unjé Lukumí|author=Miguel Willie Ramos|publisher=Eleda.Org Publications|date=July 2012|isbn=9781877845109}}</ref>

A collection of foods eaten by Yorubas in general

$Simple Iro and Buba with Gele<ref name="Esogwa C. Osuala 1988">{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fundamentals_of_Nigerian_Marketing/JfbTAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22iro+and+buba%22&dq=%22iro+and+buba%22&printsec=frontcover|title=Fundamentals of Nigerian Marketing|author=Esogwa C. Osuala|date=1988|publisher=Pacific Publishers|isbn=9789782347299}}</ref>$

$Agbádá àti Fìlà<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Yoruba_Dress/CzAqd4vGphoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=agbada+and+fila&dq=agbada+and+fila&printsec=frontcover|title=Yoruba Dress: A Systematic Case Study of Five Generations of a Lagos Family|author=Betty Marguerite Wass|date=1975|publisher=Michigan State University. Department of Family Ecology|isbn=9789782347299|pages=143–183}}</ref>$

Iro and Bùbá, with Gele and Ipele. Blouse, wrapper and headgear<ref name="Esogwa C. Osuala 1988"/>

$Bùbá àti Kèmbè. Agbada top with short baggy pants<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Handbook_of_Nigerian_Culture/n1AuAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=kembe|title=A Handbook of Nigerian Culture|author1=Frank Aig-Imoukhuede|author2=Nigeria. Federal Ministry of Information and Culture|date=1992|publisher=Department of Culture, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture|isbn=9789783131613|page=134}}</ref>$

$Iro and Bùbá, with Gele and Ipele made from Òfì<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Aso_Oke_Yoruba/bH5djwEACAAJ?hl=en|title=Aso Oke Yoruba: A Tapestry of Love & Color, a Journey of Personal Discovery|author=Tola Adenle|date=February 2, 2016|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=9781523495221}}</ref>$

Agbádá àti Sóró, Agbada and long slim pants<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Lekki/o9EuAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=They%20wear%20dresses%20like|title=Lekki|author=Bola researcher/writer Sebastian|date=1992|publisher=Public Information Department, Lagos State Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth & Sports|page=3}}</ref>

Ìró and Bùbá with gele<ref name="Esogwa C. Osuala 1988"/>

The Yoruba people (Ìran Yorùbá, Ọmọ Odùduwà, Ọmọ Káàárọ̀-oòjíire ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabits parts of Nigeria, Benin and Togo.

Niger

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Landlocked country in West Africa.

Ancient rock engraving showing herds of giraffe, ibex, and other animals in the southern Sahara near Tiguidit, Niger

Map of the Songhai Empire, overlaid over modern boundaries

Overlooking the town of Zinder and the Sultan's Palace from the French fort (1906). The arrival of the French spelled a sudden end for precolonial states like the Sultanate of Damagaram, which carried on only as ceremonial "chiefs" appointed by the colonial government.

President Hamani Diori and visiting German President Heinrich Lübke greet crowds on a state visit to Niamey, 1969. Diori's single party rule was characterised by good relations with the West and a preoccupation with foreign affairs.

Ali Saibou, President 1987–93, helped oversee the transition from military to civilian rule

A Tuareg rebel fighter in northern Niger during the Second Tuareg Rebellion, 2008

Niger map of Köppen climate classification

Niger's flag waving at the embassy in Paris

A proportional representation of Niger exports, 2019

Niamey, Niger's capital and economic hub

Fulani women with traditional facial tattoos

Horsemen at the traditional Ramadan festival at the Sultan's Palace in the Hausa city of Zinder

Participants in the Guérewol perform the Guérewol dance, 1997.

It is a unitary state bordered by Libya to the northeast, Chad to the east, Nigeria to the south, Benin and Burkina Faso to the southwest, Mali to the west, and Algeria to the northwest.

Igbo people

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The Igbo people (, also ; also spelled Ibo and formerly also Iboe, Ebo, Eboe, Eboans, Heebo;

Bronze from the ninth century town of Igbo Ukwu, now at the British Museum

An Igbo man with facial scarifications, known as ichi, early 20th century

Three Igbo women in the early 20th century

Flag of the Republic of Biafra (1967–1970), sometimes regarded as the ethnic flag of the Igbo

Anklet beaten from a solid brass bar of the type once fashionable among Igbo women. Now in the collection of Wolverhampton Art Gallery. The leg-tube extends approx 7 cm each side of the 35 cm disc.

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is the most popular and renowned novel that deals with the Igbo and their traditional life.

Thatching with palm leaf mats, early 20th century

Traditional Igbo house/room from the Anambra area, 1967

Wooden sculpture of Ikenga, an Alusi, in the Musée du Quai Branly.

The Holy Ghost depicted as a dove on a relief in Onitsha

Men wearing contemporary Isiagu with the ceremonial Igbo men's hat okpu agu

Yam porridge (or yam pottage) is an Igbo dish known as awaị.

Igbo people celebrating the New Yam festival in Dublin, Ireland

natively Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò) are an ethnic group in Nigeria.

Lagos

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Map of Lagos' initial city boundaries, showing its contemporary districts. This definition is rarely used in the present day; the expanded metropolitan area is now a more accepted definition of Lagos.

A map showing the 16 LGAs making up Lagos Metropolitan Area

The Lagos Black Heritage Festival Parade, 2012

The Cathedral Church of Christ Marina on Lagos Island

Toll gates and roads at the Lekki-Ẹpẹ Expressway

Lagos, its ports, airports, free trade zone and light rail system

Distilling column of the Dangote refinery in compare to a Saturn rocket

Lagos (Nigerian English: ; Èkó) is the largest city in Nigeria and the second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper - daily the Lagos area is growing by some 3,000 people, or around 1.1 million annually, so the true population figure of the greater Lagos area in 2022 is roughly 28 million (up from some 23.5 million in 2018).

Cameroon

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Country in west-central Africa.

Bamum script is a writing system developed by King Njoya in the late 19th century.

Former president Ahmadou Ahidjo ruled from 1960 until 1982.

Paul Biya has ruled the country since 1982.

A statue of a chief in Bana, West Region

President Paul Biya with U.S. President Barack Obama in 2014

Volcanic plugs dot the landscape near Rhumsiki, Far North Region.

Dutch bulls and cows at Wallya community during the rainy season in Cameroon

Cameroonian women on Women's Day Celebration

The homes of the Musgum, in the Far North Region, are made of earth and grass.

Map of the region's indigenous languages

Dancers greet visitors to the East Region.

Plantains and "Bobolo" (made from cassava) served with Ndolè (meat and shrimp)

Cameroonian fashion is varied and often mixes modern and traditional elements. Note the wearing of sun glasses, Monk shoes, sandals, and a Smartwatch.

A woman weaves a basket near Lake Ossa, Littoral Region. Cameroonians practise such handicrafts throughout the country.

Cameroon faces Germany at Zentralstadion in Leipzig, 17 November 2004.

Our Lady of Victories Cathedral, catholic church in Yaoundé

It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south.

Africa

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World's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases.

Lucy, an Australopithecus afarensis skeleton discovered 24 November 1974 in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression

Diachronic map showing African empires spanning roughly 500 BCE to 1500 CE

The Ezana Stone records King Ezana's conversion to Christianity and his subjugation of various neighboring peoples, including Meroë.

The intricate 9th-century bronzes from Igbo-Ukwu, in Nigeria displayed a level of technical accomplishment that was notably more advanced than European bronze casting of the same period.

Ruins of Great Zimbabwe (flourished eleventh to fifteenth centuries)

Major slave trading regions of Africa, 15th–19th centuries.

Comparison of Africa in the years 1880 and 1913

Today, the African Plate is moving over Earth's surface at a speed of 0.292° ± 0.007° per million years, relative to the "average" Earth (NNR-MORVEL56)

Savanna at Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

African countries by GDP (PPP) per capita in 2020

A map showing religious distribution in Africa

A simplistic view of language families spoken in Africa

The rock-hewn Church of Saint George in Lalibela, Ethiopia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Nok figure (5th century BC-5th century AD)

Best results of African men's national football teams at the FIFA World Cup

An animated map shows the order of independence of African nations, 1950–2011

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Map of the African Economic Community.
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Algeria is Africa's largest country by area, and Nigeria is its largest by population.

Chad

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Landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa.

Group of Kanem-Bu warriors. The Kanem–Bornu Empire controlled almost all of what is today Chad.

A Chadian soldier fighting for Free France during World War II. The Free French Forces included 15,000 soldiers from Chad.

Despite internal political opposition, coup attempts, and a civil war, Idriss Déby continuously ruled Chad from 1990 until his death in 2021.

Chad is divided into three distinct zones, the Sudanian Savanna in the south, the Sahara Desert in the north, and the Sahelian belt in the center.

Chadian woman voting during the 2016 presidential election

A proportional representation of Chad exports, 2019

GDP per capita development of Chad, since 1950

Women in Mao, where water is provided by a water tower. Access to clean water is often a problem in Chad.

A Chadian tailor sells traditional dresses.

It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the south-west, Nigeria to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to the west.