Political, social, cultural and environmental contexts of Nigeria
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- Created on: 24-10-22 19:39
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- Exploring Nigeria
- political context
- during the colonial period, Europeans exploited Africa's resources and people
- Nigeria was ruled by the UK as a colony but became independent in 1960
- political instability hindered development and led to widespread corruption
- since 1999, it has had a stable government
- several countries are starting to invest in Nigeria (e.g China, USA)
- during the colonial period, Europeans exploited Africa's resources and people
- social context
- mutli-ethnic and multi-faith country
- this has been a source of conflict, incl a civil war between 1967 and 1970
- economic inequality between Islamic north and Christian south of Nigeria has created new religious and ethnic tensions
- mutli-ethnic and multi-faith country
- cultural context
- Nigerian music - e.g the musician Fela Kuti
- Nollywood is the 2nd largest film industry in the world
- well-known Nigerian writers incl Wole Soyinka
- the football team has won the African Cup of Nation thrice
- environmental context
- Nigeria's natural environment s form a series of bands because of decreasing rainfall towards the North
- political context
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