Countries and Their Cultures
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Nigeria
Nigeria
Culture Name
Nigerian
Orientation
Identification: Though there is archaeological evidence that
societies have been living in Nigeria for more than twenty-five hundred years,
the borders of modern Nigeria were not created until the British consolidated
their colonial power over the area in 1914.
The name Nigeria was suggested by British journalist Flora
Shaw in the 1890s. She referred to the area as Nigeria, after the Niger River,
which dominates much of the country's landscape. The word niger is Latin for
black.
More than 250 ethnic tribes call present-day Nigeria home.
The three largest and most dominant ethnic groups are the Hausa, Yoruba, and
Igbo (pronounced ee-bo). Other smaller groups include the Fulani, Ijaw, Kanuri,
Ibibio, Tiv, and Edo. Prior to their conquest by Europeans, these ethnic groups
had separate and independent histories. Their grouping together into a single
entity known as Nigeria was a construct of their British colonizers. These
various ethnic groups never considered themselves part of the same culture.
This general lack of Nigerian nationalism coupled with an ever-changing and
often ethnically biased national leadership, have led to severe internal ethnic
conflicts and a civil war. Today bloody confrontations between or among members
of different ethnic groups continue.
Location and Geography. Nigeria is in West Africa, along the
eastern coast of the Gulf of Guinea, and just north of the equator. It is
bordered on the west by Benin, on the north by Niger and Chad, and on the east
by Cameroon. Nigeria covers an area of 356,669 square miles (923,768 square
kilometers), or about twice the size of California.
Nigeria has three main environmental regions: savanna,
tropical forests, and coastal wetlands. These environmental regions greatly
affect the cultures of the people who live there. The dry, open grasslands of
the savanna make cereal farming and herding a way of life for the Hausa and the
Fulani. The wet tropical forests to the south are good for farming fruits and
vegetables—main income producers for the Yoruba, Igbo, and others in this area.
The small ethnic groups living along the coast, such as the Ijaw and the
Kalabari, are forced to keep their villages small due to lack of dry land.
Living among creeks, lagoons, and salt marshes makes fishing and the salt trade
part of everyday life in the area.
The Niger and Benue Rivers come together in the center of the
country, creating a "Y" that splits Nigeria into three separate
sections. In general, this "Y" marks the boundaries of the three
major ethnic groups, with the Hausa in the north, the Yoruba in the southwest,
and the Igbo in the southeast.
Politically, Nigeria is divided into thirty-six states. The
nation's capital was moved from Lagos, the country's largest city, to Abuja on
12 December 1991. Abuja is in a federal territory that is not part of any
state. While Abuja is the official capital, its lack of adequate infrastructure
means that Lagos remains the financial, commercial, and diplomatic center of
the country.
Demography. Nigeria has the largest population of any African
country. In July 2000, Nigeria's population was estimated at more than 123
million people. At about 345 people per square mile, it is also the most
densely populated country in Africa. Nearly one in six Africans is a Nigerian.
Despite the rampages of AIDS, Nigeria's population continues to grow at about
2.6 percent each year. The Nigerian population is very young. Nearly 45 percent
of its people are under age fourteen.
With regard to ethnic breakdown, the Hausa-Fulani make up 29
percent of the population, followed by the Yoruba with 21 percent, the Igbo with
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18 percent, the Ijaw with 10 percent, the Kanuri with 4
percent, the Ibibio with 3.5 percent, and the Tiv with 2.5 percent.
Major urban centers include Lagos, Ibidan, Kaduna, Kano, and
Port Harcourt.
Linguistic Affiliations. English is the official language of
Nigeria, used in all government interactions and in state-run schools. In a
country with more than 250 individual tribal languages, English is the only
language common to most people.
Unofficially, the country's second language is Hausa. In
northern Nigeria many people who are not ethnic Hausas speak both Hausa and
their own tribal language. Hausa is the oldest known written language in West
Africa, dating back to before 1000 C.E.
The dominant indigenous languages of the south are Yoruba and
Igbo. Prior to colonization, these languages were the unifying languages of the
southwest and southeast, respectively, regardless of ethnicity. However, since
the coming of the British and the introduction of mission schools in southern
Nigeria, English has become the language common to most people in the area.
Today those who are not ethnic Yorubas or Igbos rarely speak Yoruba or Igbo.
Pidgin, a mix of African languages and English, also is
common throughout southern Nigeria. It basically uses English words mixed into
Yoruban or Igbo grammar structures. Pidgin originally evolved from the need for
British sailors to find a way to communicate with local merchants. Today it is
often used in ethnically mixed urban areas as a common form of communication
among people who have not had formal education in English.
Symbolism. Because there is little feeling of national unity
among Nigeria's people, there is little in terms of national symbolism. What
exists was usually created or unveiled by the government as representative of
the nation. The main national symbol is the country's flag. The flag is divided
vertically into three equal parts; the center section is white, flanked by two
green sections. The green of the flag represents agriculture, while the white
stands for unity and peace. Other national symbols include the national coat of
arms, the national anthem, the National Pledge (similar to the Pledge of
Allegiance in the United States), and Nigeria's national motto: Peace and
Unity, Strength and Progress.
History and Ethnic Relations
Emergence of the Nation. Every ethnic group in Nigeria has
its own stories of where its ancestors came from. These vary from tales of
people descending from the sky to stories of migration from far-off places.
Archaeologists have found evidence of Neolithic humans who inhabited what is
now Nigeria as far back as 12,000 B.C.E.
The histories of the people in northern and southern Nigeria
prior to colonization followed vastly different paths. The first recorded
empire in present-day Nigeria was centered in the north at Kanem-Borno, near
Lake Chad. This empire came to power during the eighth century C.E. By the
thirteenth century, many Hausa states began to emerge in the region as well.
Trans-Sahara trade with North Africans and Arabs began to
transform these northern societies greatly. Increased contact with the Islamic
world led to the conversion of the Kanem-Borno Empire to Islam in the eleventh
century. This led to a ripple effect of conversions throughout the north. Islam
brought with it changes in law, education, and politics.
The trans-Sahara trade also brought with it revolutions in
wealth and class structure. As the centuries went on, strict Islamists, many of
whom were poor Fulani, began to tire of increasing corruption, excessive
taxation, and unfair treatment of the poor. In 1804 the Fulani launched a
jihad, or Muslim holy war, against the Hausa states in an attempt to cleanse
them of these non-Muslim behaviors and to reintroduce proper Islamic ways. By
1807 the last Hausa state had fallen. The Fulani victors founded the Sokoto
Caliphate, which grew to become the largest state in West Africa until its
conquest by the British in 1903.
In the south, the Oyo Empire grew to become the most powerful
Yoruban society during the sixteenth century. Along the coast, the Edo people
established the Benin Empire (not to be confused with the present-day country
of Benin to the west), which reached its height of power in the fifteenth and
sixteenth centuries.
As in the north, outsiders heavily influenced the societies
of southern Nigeria. Contact with Europeans began with the arrival of
Portuguese ships in 1486. The British, French, and Dutch soon followed. Soon
after their arrival, the trade in slaves replaced the original trade in goods.
Many of the coastal communities began selling their neighbors, whom they had
captured in wars and raids, to the Europeans in exchange for things such as
guns, metal, jewelry, and liquor.
The slave trade had major social consequences for the
Africans. Violence and intertribal warfare increased as the search for slaves
intensified. The increased wealth accompanying the slave trade began to change
social structures in the area. Leadership, which had been based on tradition
and ritual, soon became based on wealth and economic power.
After more than 350 years of slave trading, the British
decided that the slave trade was immoral and, in 1807, ordered it stopped. They
began to force their newfound morality on the Nigerians. Many local leaders,
however, continued to sell captives to illegal slave traders. This lead to
confrontations with the British Navy, which took on the responsibility of
enforcing the slave embargo. In 1851 the British attacked Lagos to try to stem
the flow of slaves from the area. By 1861 the British government had annexed
the city and established its first official colony in Nigeria.
As the nonslave trade began to flourish, so, too, did the
Nigerian economy. A new economy based on raw materials, agricultural products,
and locally manufactured goods saw the growth of a new class of Nigerian
merchants. These merchants were heavily influenced by Western ways. Many soon
became involved in politics, often criticizing chiefs for keeping to their
traditional ways. A new divide within
Central Ibadan, the second-largest city. Nigeria is the most
densely populated country in Africa.
Central Ibadan, the second-largest city. Nigeria is the most
densely populated country in Africa.
the local communities began to develop, in terms of both
wealth and politics. Because being a successful merchant was based on
production and merit, not on traditional community standing, many former slaves
and lower-class people soon found that they could advance quickly up the social
ladder. It was not unusual to find a former slave transformed into the richest,
most powerful man in the area.
Christian missionaries brought Western-style education to
Nigeria as Christianity quickly spread throughout the south. The mission
schools created an educated African elite who also sought increased contact
with Europe and a Westernization of Nigeria.
In 1884, as European countries engaged in a race to
consolidate their African territories, the British Army and local merchant
militias set out to conquer the Africans who refused to recognize British rule.
In 1914, after squelching the last of the indigenous opposition, Britain
officially established the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria.
National Identity. The spread of overt colonial control led
to the first and only time that the ethnic groups in modern Nigeria came
together under a commonly felt sense of national identity. The Africans began
to see themselves not as Hausas, Igbos, or Yorubas, but as Nigerians in a
common struggle against their colonial rulers.
The nationalistic movement grew out of some of the
modernization the British had instituted in Nigeria. The educated elite became
some of the most outspoken proponents of an independent Nigeria. This elite had
grown weary of the harsh racism it faced in business and administrative jobs
within the government. Both the elite and the uneducated also began to grow
fearful of the increasing loss of traditional culture. They began movements to
promote Nigerian foods, names, dress, languages, and religions.
Increased urbanization and higher education brought large
multiethnic groups together for the first time. As a result of this coming
together, the Nigerians saw that they had more in common with each other than
they had previously thought. This sparked unprecedented levels of interethnic
teamwork. Nigerian political movements, media outlets, and trade unions whose
purpose was the advancement of all Nigerians, not specific ethnic groups,
became commonplace.
As calls for self-determination and a transfer of power into
the hands of Nigerians grew, Britain began to divest more power into the
regional governments. As a result of early colonial policies of divide and
conquer, the regional governments tended to be drawn along ethnic lines. With
this move to greater regional autonomy, the idea of a unified Nigeria became to
crumble. Regionally and ethnically based political parties sprang up as ethnic
groups began to wrangle for political influence.
Ethnic Relations. Nigeria gained full independence from
Britain on 1 October 1960. Immediately following independence, vicious fighting
between and among political parties created chaos within the fledgling
democracy. On 15 January 1966 a group of army officers, most of whom were Igbo,
staged a military coup, killing many of the government ministers from the
western and northern tribes. Six months later, northern forces within the
military staged a countercoup, killing most of the Igbo leaders. Anti-Igbo
demonstrations broke out across the country, especially in the north. Hundreds
of Igbos were killed, while the rest fled to the southeast.
On 26 May 1967 the Igbo-dominated southeast declared it had
broken away from Nigeria to form the independent Republic of Biafra. This
touched off a bloody civil war that lasted for three years. In 1970, on the
brink of widespread famine resulting from a Nigeria-imposed blockade, Biafra
was forced to surrender. Between five hundred thousand and two million Biafran
civilians were killed during the civil war, most dying from starvation, not
combat.
Following the war, the military rulers encouraged a national
reconciliation, urging Nigerians to once again become a unified people. While
this national reconciliation succeeded in reintegrating the Biafrans into
Nigeria, it did not end the problems of ethnicity in the country. In the years
that followed, Nigeria was continually threatened by disintegration due to
ethnic fighting. These ethnic conflicts reached their height in the 1990s.
After decades of military rule, elections for a new civilian
president were finally held on 12 June 1993. A wealthy Yoruba Muslim named Moshood
Abiola won the elections, beating the leading Hausa candidate. Abiola won
support not only from his own people but from many non-Yorubas as well,
including many Hausas. This marked the first time since Nigeria's independence
that Nigerians broke from ethnically based voting practices. Two weeks later,
however, the military regime had the election results annulled and Abiola
imprisoned. Many commanders in the Hausa-dominated military feared losing
control to a southerner. They played on the nation's old ethnic distrusts,
hoping that a divided nation would be easier to control. This soon created a
new ethnic crisis. The next five years saw violent protests and mass migrations
as ethnic groups again retreated to their traditional homelands.
The sudden death of Nigeria's last military dictator, General
Suni Abacha, on 8 June 1998 opened the door for a transition back to civilian
rule. Despite age-old ethnic rivalries, many Nigerians again crossed ethnic
lines when they entered the voting booth. On 22 February 1999 Olusegun
Obasanjo, a Yoruba who ironically lacked support from his own people, won the
presidential election. Obasanjo is seen as a nationalist who opposed ethnic
divisions. However, some northern leaders believe he favors his own ethnic
group.
Unfortunately, violent ethnic fighting in Nigeria continues.
In October 2000, clashes between Hausas and supporters of the Odua People's
Congress (OPC), a militant Yoruba group, led to the deaths of nearly a hundred
people in Lagos. Many also blame the OPC for sparking riots in 1999, which
killed more than a hundred others, most of them Hausas.
Urbanism, Architecture, and the Use of Space
With the influx of oil revenue and foreigners, Nigerian
cities have grown to resemble many Western urban centers. Lagos, for example,
is a massive, overcrowded city filled with traffic jams, movie theaters,
department stores, restaurants, and supermarkets. Because most Nigerian cities
grew out of much older towns, very little urban planning was used as the cities
expanded. Streets are laid out in a confusing and often mazelike fashion,
adding to the chaos for pedestrians and traffic. The influx of people into
urban areas has put a strain on many services. Power cuts and disruptions of
telephone service are not uncommon.
Nigerian architecture is as diverse as its people. In rural
areas, houses often are designed to accommodate the environment in which the
people live. The Ijo live in the Niger Delta region, where dry land is very
scarce. To compensate for this, many Ijo homes are built on stilts over creeks
and swamps, with travel between them done by boat. The houses are made of wood
and bamboo and topped with a roof made of fronds from raffia palms. The houses
are very airy, to allow heat and the smoke from cooking fires to escape easily.
Igbo houses tend to be made of a bamboo frame held together
with vines and mud and covered with banana leaves. They often blend into the
surrounding forest and can be easily missed if you don't know where to look.
Men and women traditionally live in separate houses.
Much of the architecture in the north is heavily influenced
by Muslim culture. Homes are typically geometric, mud-walled structures, often
with Muslim markings and decorations. The Hausa build large, walled compounds
housing several smaller huts. The entryway into the compound is via a large hut
built into the wall of the compound. This is the hut of the father or head male
figure in the compound.
Food and Economy
Food in Daily Life. Western influences, especially in urban
centers, have transformed Nigerian eating habits in many ways. City dwellers
are familiar with the canned, frozen, and prepackaged foods found in most
Western-style supermarkets. Foreign restaurants also are common in larger
cities. However, supermarkets and restaurants often are too expensive for the
average Nigerian; thus only the wealthy can afford to eat like Westerners. Most
urban Nigerians seem to combine traditional cuisine with a little of
Western-style foods and conveniences. Rural Nigerians tend to stick more with
traditional foods and preparation techniques.
Food in Nigeria is traditionally eaten by hand. However, with
the growing influence of Western culture, forks and spoons are becoming more
common, even in remote villages. Whether people eat with their hand or a
utensil, it is considered dirty and rude to eat using the left hand.
While the ingredients in traditional plates vary from region
to region, most Nigerian cuisine tends to be based around a few staple foods
accompanied by a stew. In the south, crops such as corn, yams, and sweet
potatoes form the base of the diet. These vegetables are often pounded into a
thick, sticky dough or paste. This is often served with a palm oilbased stew
made with chicken, beef, goat, tomatoes, okra, onions, bitter leaves, or
whatever meats and vegetables might be on hand. Fruits such as papaya,
pineapples, coconuts, oranges, mangoes, and bananas also are very common in the
tropical south.
In the north, grains such as millet, sorghum, and corn are
boiled into a porridge-like dish that forms the basis of the diet. This is
served with an oilbased soup usually flavored with onions, okra, and tomatoes.
Sometimes meat is included, though among the Hausa it is often reserved for
special occasions. Thanks to the Fulani cattle herders, fresh milk and yogurt
are common even though there may not be refrigeration.
Alcohol is very popular in the south but less so in the
north, where there is a heavy Islamic influence. Perhaps the most popular form
of alcohol is palm wine, a tart alcoholic drink that comes from palm trees.
Palm wine is often distilled further to make a strong, ginlike liquor. Nigerian
breweries also produce several kinds of beer and liquor.
Food Customs at Ceremonial Occasions. Food plays a central
role in the rituals of virtually all ethnic groups in Nigeria. Special
ceremonies would not be complete without participants sharing in a meal.
Normally it is considered rude not to invite guests to share in a meal when
they visit; it is even more so if the visitors were invited to attend a special
event such as a marriage or a naming ceremony.
Basic Economy. Until the past few decades, Nigeria had been
self-sufficient in producing enough food to feed the population. However, as
petroleum production and industry began to boom in Nigeria, much of the
national resources were concentrated on the new industries at the expense of
agriculture.
Homes and market near the Lagos Lagoon. Nigerian cities have
grown to resemble western urban centers.
Homes and market near the Lagos Lagoon. Nigerian cities have
grown to resemble western urban centers.
Nigeria, which had previously been a net exporter of
agricultural products, soon needed to import vast amounts of food it once was
able to produce for itself.
Since the 1960s, Nigeria's economy has been based on oil
production. As a leading member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC), Nigeria has played a major role in influencing the price of
oil on the world market. The oil-rich economy led to a major economic boom for
Nigeria during the 1970s, transforming the poor African country into the
thirtieth richest country in the world. However, falling oil prices, severe
corruption, political instability, and economic mismanagement since then have
left Nigeria no better off today than it was at independence.
Since the restoration of civilian rule in 1999, Nigeria has
begun to make strides in economic reform. While hopes are high for a strong
economic transformation, high unemployment, high inflation, and more than a third
of the population living under the poverty line indicate it will be a long and
difficult road.
Oil production has had some long-lasting ethnic consequences
as well. While oil is Nigeria's largest industry in terms of output and
revenue, oil reserves are found only in the Niger Delta region and along the
coast. The government has long taken the oil revenues and dispersed them
throughout the country. In this way, states not involved in oil production
still get a share of the profits. This has led to claims that the minority
ethnic groups living in the delta are being cheated out of revenue that is
rightfully theirs because the larger ethnic groups dominate politics. Sometimes
this has led to large-scale violence.
More than 50 percent of Nigeria's population works in the
agriculture sector. Most farmers engage in subsistence farming, producing only
what they eat themselves or sell locally. Very few agricultural products are
produced for export.
Land Tenure and Property. While the federal government has the
legal right to allocate land as it sees fit, land tenure remains largely a
local issue. Most local governments follow traditional land tenure customs in
their areas. For example, in Hausa society, title to land is not an absolute
right. While communities and officials will honor long-standing hereditary
rights to areas of land traditionally claimed by a given family, misused or
abandoned land may be reapportioned for better use. Land also can be bought,
sold, or rented. In the west, the Yoruban kings historically held all the land
in trust, and therefore also had a say in how it was used for the good of the
community. This has given local governments in modern times a freer hand in
settling land disputes.
Traditionally, only men hold land, but as the wealth
structure continues to change and develop in Nigeria, it would not be unheard
of for a wealthy woman to purchase land for herself.
Major Industries. Aside from petroleum and petroleum-based
products, most of the goods produced in Nigeria are consumed within Nigeria.
For example, though the textile industry is very strong, nearly all the cloth
produced in Nigeria goes to clothing the large Nigerian population.
Major agricultural products produced in Nigeria include
cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, rice, millet, corn, cassava, yams, rubber, cattle,
sheep, goats, pigs, timber, and fish. Major commercial industries in Nigeria
include coal, tin, textiles, footwear, fertilizer, printing, ceramics, and
steel.
Trade. Oil and petroleum-based products made up 95 percent of
Nigeria's exports in 1998. Cocoa and rubber are also produced for export. Major
export partners include the United States, Spain, India, France, and Italy.
Nigeria is a large-scale importer, depending on other
countries for things such as machinery, chemicals, transportation equipment,
and manufactured goods. The country also must import large quantities of food
and livestock. Major import partners include the United Kingdom, the United
States, Germany, France, and the Netherlands.
Social Stratification
Classes and Castes. The highest tier of Nigerian society is
made up of wealthy politicians, businessmen, and the educated elite. These
people, however, make up only a tiny portion of the Nigerian population. Many
Nigerians today suffer under great poverty. The lower classes tend have little
chance of breaking from the vicious cycle of poverty. Poor education, lack of
opportunities, ill health, corrupt politicians, and lack of even small amounts
of wealth for investment all work to keep the lower classes in their place.
In some Nigerian ethnic groups there is also a form of caste
system that treats certain members of society as pariahs. The criteria for
determining who belongs to this lowest caste vary from area to area but can
include being a member of a minority group, an inhabitant of a specific
village, or a member of a specific family or clan. The Igbo call this
lower-caste group Osu. Members of the community will often discourage personal,
romantic, and business contact with any member of the Osu group, regardless of
an individual's personal merits or characteristics. Because the Osu are
designated as untouchable, they often lack political representation, access to
basic educational or business opportunities, and general social interaction.
This kind of caste system is also found among the Yoruba and the Ibibios.
Symbols of Social Stratification. Wealth is the main symbol
of social stratification in modern Nigeria, especially in urban areas. While in
the past many ethnic groups held hereditary titles and traditional lineage
important, money has become the new marker of power and social status. Today
the members of the wealthy elite are easily identifiable by their fancy
clothing and hairstyles and by their expensive cars and Western-style homes. Those
in the elite also tend to have a much better command of English, a reflection
of the higher quality of education they have received.
A man places skewers of meat in a circle around a fire. Rural
Nigerians favor traditional foods and preparation techniques.
A man places skewers of meat in a circle around a fire. Rural
Nigerians favor traditional foods and preparation techniques.
Wealth also can be important in marking social boundaries in
rural areas. In many ethnic groups, those who have accumulated enough wealth
can buy themselves local titles. For example, among the Igbo, a man or a woman
who has enough money may claim the title of Ozo. For women, one of the
requirements to become an Ozo is to have enough ivory, coral, and other jewelry
for the ceremony. The weight of the jewelry can often exceed fifty pounds. Both
men and women who want to claim the title must also finance a feast for the
entire community.
Political Life
Government. Nigeria is a republic, with the president acting
as both head of state and head of government. Nigeria has had a long history of
coups d'états, military rule, and dictatorship. However, this pattern was
broken on 29 May 1999 as Nigeria's current president, Olusegun Obasanjo, took
office following popular elections. Under the current constitution,
presidential elections are to be held every four years, with no president
serving more than two terms in office. The Nigerian legislature consists of two
houses: a Senate and a House of Representatives. All legislators are elected to
four-year terms. Nigeria's judicial branch is headed by a Supreme Court, whose
members were appointed by the Provisional Ruling Council, which ruled Nigeria
during its recent transition to democracy. All Nigerians over age eighteen are
eligible to vote.
Leadership and Political Officials. A wealthy political elite
dominates political life in Nigeria. The relationship between the political
elite and ordinary Nigerians is not unlike that between nobles and commoners.
Nigerian leaders, whether as members of a military regime or one of Nigeria's
short-lived civilian governments, have a history of doing whatever it takes to
stay in power and to hold on to the wealth that this power has given them.
Rural Nigerians tend to accept this noble-peasant system of
politics. Low levels of education and literacy mean that many people in rural
areas are not fully aware of the political process or how to affect it. Their
relative isolation from the rest of the country means that many do not even
think of politics. There is a common feeling in many rural areas that the
average person cannot affect the politics of the country, so there is no reason
to try.
Urban Nigerians tend to be much more vocal in their support
of or opposition to their leaders. Urban problems of housing, unemployment,
health care, sanitation, and traffic tend to mobilize people into political
action and public displays of dissatisfaction.
Political parties were outlawed under the Abacha regime, and
only came back into being after his death. As of the 1999 presidential
elections, there were three main political parties in Nigeria: the People's
Democratic Party (PDP), the All Peoples Party (APP), and the Alliance for
Democracy (AD). The PDP is the party of President Obasanjo. It grew out of
support for opposition leaders who were imprisoned by the military government
in the early 1990s. The PDP is widely believed to have received heavy financial
assistance from the military during the 1999 elections. The APP is led by
politicians who had close ties to the Abacha regime. The AD is a party led by
followers of the late Moshood Abiola, the Yoruba politician who won the general
election in 1993, only to be sent to prison by the military regime.
Social Problems and Control. Perhaps Nigeria's greatest
social problem is the internal violence plaguing the nation. Interethnic
fighting throughout the country, religious rioting between Muslims and
non-Muslims over the creation of Shari'a law (strict Islamic law) in the
northern states, and political confrontations between ethnic minorities and
backers of oil companies often spark bloody confrontations that can last days
or even months. When violence of this type breaks out, national and state
police try to control it. However, the police themselves are often accused of some
of the worst violence. In some instances, curfews and martial law have been
imposed in specific areas to try to stem outbreaks of unrest.
Poverty and lack of opportunity for many young people,
especially in urban areas, have led to major crime. Lagos is considered one of
the most dangerous cities in West Africa due to its incredibly high crime rate.
The police are charged with controlling crime, but their lack of success often
leads to vigilante justice.
In some rural areas there are some more traditional ways of
addressing social problems. In many ethnic groups, such as the Igbo and the
Yoruba, men are organized into secret societies. Initiated members of these
societies often dress in masks and palm leaves to masquerade as the physical
embodiment of traditional spirits to help maintain social order. Through ritual
dance, these men will give warnings about problems with an individual's or
community's morality in a given situation. Because belief in witchcraft and
evil spirits is high throughout Nigeria, this kind of public accusation can
instill fear in people and cause them to mend their ways. Members of secret
societies also can act as judges or intermediaries in disputes.
Military Activity. Nigeria's military consists of an army, a
navy, an air force, and a police force. The minimum age for military service is
eighteen.
The Nigerian military is the largest and best-equipped
military in West Africa. As a member of the Economic Community of West African
States (ECOWAS), Nigeria is the major contributor to the organization's
military branch, known as ECOMOG. Nigerian troops made up the vast majority of
the ECOMOG forces deployed to restore peace following civil wars in Liberia,
Guinea-Bissau, and Sierra Leone. Public dissatisfaction with Nigeria's participation
in the Sierra Leonean crisis was extremely high due to high casualty rates
among the Nigerian soldiers. Nigeria pledged to pull out of Sierra Leone in
1999, prompting the United Nations to send in peacekeepers in an attempt stem
the violence. While the foreign forces in Sierra Leone are now under the
mandate of the United Nations, Nigerian troops still make up the majority of
the peacekeepers.
Nigeria has a long-running border dispute with Cameroon over
the mineral-rich Bakasi Peninsula, and the two nations have engaged in a series
of cross-boarder skirmishes. Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, and Chad also have a
long-running border dispute over territory in the Lake Chad region, which also
has led to some fighting across the borders.
Social Welfare and Change Programs
Severe poverty, human rights violations, and corruption are
some of the major social ills that have plagued Nigeria for decades. Because
Nigeria is in the midst of major political change, however, there is great hope
for social reform in the country.
President Obasanjo's administration has been focusing much of
its efforts on changing the world's image of Nigeria. Many foreign companies
have been reluctant to invest in Nigeria for fear of political instability.
Obasanjo hopes that if Nigeria can project the image of a stable nation, he can
coax foreign investors to come to Nigeria and help bolster the country's
failing economy. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are
also working with Nigeria to develop economic policies that will revitalize the
nation's economy.
Obasanjo also says that rooting out corruption in all levels
of government is one of his top priorities.
A man sells patterned cloth at a market. Nigerians are expert
dyers, weavers, and tailors.
A man sells patterned cloth at a market. Nigerians are expert
dyers, weavers, and tailors.
He signed the Anti-Corruption Act in June 2000, creating a
special commission for investigating charges of corruption brought by ordinary
Nigerians against government officials.
According to Amnesty International's 2000 report, Nigeria's
new government continues to make strides in improving human rights throughout
the country, most notably in the release of political prisoners. However, the
detention of journalists critical of the military and reports of police
brutality continue to be problems. Foreign governments and watchdog
organizations continue to press the Nigerian government for further human
rights reforms.
Gender Roles and Statuses
Division of Labor by Gender. In general, labor is divided in
Nigerian society along gender lines. Very few women are active in the political
and professional arenas. In urban areas, increasing numbers of women are
becoming involved in the professional workforce, but they are greatly outnumbered
by their male counterparts. Women who do manage to gain professional employment
rarely make it into the higher levels of management.
However, women in Nigeria still play significant roles in the
economy, especially in rural areas. Women are often expected to earn
significant portions of the family income. As a rule, men have little
obligation to provide for their wives or children. Therefore women have
traditionally had to farm or sell homemade products in the local market to
ensure that they could feed and clothe their children. The division of labor
along gender lines even exists within industries. For example, the kinds of
crops that women cultivate differ from those that men cultivate. In Igbo
society, yams are seen as men's crops, while beans and cassava are seen as
women's crops.
The Relative Status of Women and Men. Modern Nigeria is a
patriarchal society. Men are dominant over women in virtually all areas. While
Nigeria is a signatory to the international Convention on Equality for Women,
it means little to the average Nigerian woman. Women still have fewer legal
rights than men. According to Nigeria's Penal Code, men have the right to beat
their wives as long as they do not cause permanent physical injury. Wives are
often seen as little more than possessions and are subject to the rule of their
husbands.
However, women can exercise influence in some areas. For
example, in most ethnic groups, mothers and sisters have great say in the lives
of their sons and brothers, respectively. The blood relationship allows these
women certain leeway and influence that a wife does not have.
Marriage, Family, and Kinship
Marriage. There are three types of marriage in Nigeria today:
religious marriage, civil marriage, and traditional marriage. A Nigerian couple
may decide to take part in one or all of these marriages. Religious marriages,
usually Christian or Muslim, are conducted according to the norms of the
respective religious teachings and take place in a church or a mosque.
Christian males are allowed only one wife, while Muslim men can take up to four
wives. Civil official weddings take place in a government registry office. Men
are allowed only one wife under a civil wedding, regardless of religion.
Traditional marriages usually are held at the wife's house and are performed
according to the customs of the ethnic group involved. Most ethnic groups
traditionally allow more than one wife.
Depending on whom you ask, polygamy has both advantages and
disadvantages in Nigerian society. Some Nigerians see polygamy as a divisive
force in the family, often pitting one wife against another. Others see
polygamy as a unifying factor, creating a built-in support system that allows
wives to work as a team.
While Western ways of courtship and marriage are not unheard
of, the power of traditional values and the strong influence of the family mean
that traditional ways are usually followed, even in the cities and among the
elite. According to old customs, women did not have much choice of whom they
married, though the numbers of arranged marriages are declining. It is also not
uncommon for women to marry in their teens, often to a much older man. In
instances where there are already one or more wives, it is the first wife's
responsibility to look after the newest wife and help her integrate into the
family.
Many Nigerian ethnic groups follow the practice of offering a
bride price for an intended wife. Unlike a dowry, in which the woman would
bring something of material value to the marriage, a bride price is some form
of compensation the husband must pay before he can marry a wife. A bride price
can take the form of money, cattle, wine, or other valuable goods paid to the
woman's family, but it also can take a more subtle form. Men might contribute
money to the education of an intended wife or help to establish her in a
small-scale business or agricultural endeavor. This form of bride price is
often incorporated as part of the wooing process. While women who leave their
husbands will be welcomed back into their families, they often need a
justification for breaking the marriage. If the husband is seen as having
treated his wife well, he can expect to have the bride price repaid.
Though customs vary from group to group, traditional weddings
are often full of dancing and lively music. There is also lots of excitement
and cultural displays. For example, the Yoruba have a practice in which the
bride and two or three other women come out covered from head to toe in a white
shroud. It is the groom's job to identify his wife from among the shrouded
women to show how well he knows his wife.
Divorce is quite common in Nigeria. Marriage is more of a
social contract made to ensure the continuation of family lines rather than a
union based on love and emotional connections. It is not uncommon for a husband
and wife to live in separate homes and to be extremely independent of one
another. In most ethnic groups, either the man or the woman can end the
marriage. If the woman leaves her husband, she will often be taken as a second
or third wife of another man. If this is the case, the new husband is
responsible for repaying the bride price to the former husband. Children of a
divorced woman are normally accepted into the new family as well, without any
problems.
Domestic Unit. The majority of Nigerian families are very
large by Western standards. Many Nigerian men take more than one wife. In some
ethnic groups, the greater the number of children, the greater a man's standing
in the eyes of his peers. Family units of ten or more are not uncommon.
In a polygamous family, each wife is responsible for feeding
and caring for her own children, though the wives often help each other when
needed. The wives also will take turns feeding their husband so that the cost
of his food is spread equally between or among the wives. Husbands are the
authority figures in the household, and many are not used to their ideas or
wishes being challenged.
In most Nigerian cultures, the father has his crops to tend
to, while his wives will have their own jobs, whether they be tending the
family garden, processing palm oil, or selling vegetables in the local market.
Children may attend school. When they return home, the older boys will help
their father with his work, while the girls and younger boys will go to their
mothers.
Inheritance. For many Nigerian ethnic groups, such as the
Hausa and the Igbo, inheritance is basically a male affair. Though women have a
legal right to inheritance in Nigeria, they often receive nothing. This is a
reflection of the forced economic independence many women live under. While
their husbands are alive, wives are often responsible for providing for
themselves and their children. Little changes economically after the death of
the husband. Property and wealth are usually passed on to sons, if they are old
enough, or to other male relatives, such as brothers or uncles.
For the Fulani, if a man dies, his brother inherits his
property and his wife. The wife usually returns to live with her family, but
she may move in with her husband's brother and become his wife.
Kin Groups. While men dominate Igbo society, women play an
important role in kinship. All Igbos, men and women, have close ties to their
mother's clan, which usually lives in a different village. When an Igbo dies,
the body is usually sent back to his mother's village to be buried with his
mother's kin. If an Igbo is disgraced or cast out of his community, his
mother's kin will often take him in.
For the Hausa, however, there is not much of a sense of
wide-ranging kinship. Hausa society is based on the nuclear family. There is a
sense of a larger extended family, including married siblings and their
families, but there is little kinship beyond that. However, the idea of blood
being thicker than water is very strong in Hausa society. For this reason, many
Hausas will try to stretch familial relationships to the broader idea of clan
or tribe to diffuse tensions between or among neighbors.
Socialization
Infant Care. Newborns in Nigerian societies are regarded with
pride. They represent a community's and a family's future and often are the
main reason for many marriages.
Throughout Nigeria, the bond between mother and child is very
strong. During the first few years of a child's life, the mother is never far
away. Nigerian women place great importance on breast-feeding and the bond that
it creates between mother and child. Children are often not weaned off their
mother's milk until they are toddlers.
Children who are too young to walk or get around on their own
are carried on their mother's backs, secured by a broad cloth that is tied
around the baby and fastened at the mother's breasts. Women will often carry
their children on their backs while they perform their daily chores or work in
the fields.
Child Rearing and Education. When children reach the age of
about four or five, they often are expected to start performing a share of the
household duties. As the children get older, their responsibilities grow. Young
men are expected to help their fathers in the fields or tend the livestock.
Young women help with the cooking, fetch water, or do laundry. These tasks help
the children learn how to become productive members of their family and
community. As children, many Nigerians learn that laziness is not acceptable;
everyone is expected to contribute.
While children in most Nigerian societies have
responsibilities, they also are allowed enough leeway to be children.
Youngsters playing with homemade wooden dolls and trucks, or groups of boys
playing soccer are common sights in any Nigerian village.
In many Nigerian ethnic groups, the education of children is
a community responsibility. For example,
Nigerian people at a market. Food plays a central role in the
rituals of all ethnic groups in Nigeria.
Nigerian people at a market. Food plays a central role in the
rituals of all ethnic groups in Nigeria.
in the Igbo culture the training of children is the work of
both men and women, within the family and outside it. Neighbors often look
after youngsters while parents may be busy with other chores. It is not strange
to see a man disciplining a child who is not his own.
All Nigerian children are supposed to have access to a local
elementary school. While the government aims to provide universal education for
both boys and girls, the number of girls in class is usually much lower than
the number of boys. Sending every child in a family to school can often put a
lot of strain on a family. The family will lose the child's help around the
house during school hours and will have to pay for uniforms and supplies. If
parents are forced to send one child to school over another, many will choose
to educate boys before girls.
Higher Education. Historically, Nigerians have been very
interested in higher education. The lack of universities providing quality
education equal to that in Britain was a major component of the social reforms
that led to Nigeria's independence. Today there are forty-three universities in
Nigeria. The majority of these are government-run, but the government has
recently approved the creation of three private universities.
While Nigeria's system of higher education is the largest in
Africa, the demand for higher education far exceeds the capacity of the
facilities. There simply are not enough institutions to accommodate the demand.
In 1998 only thirty-five thousand students were accepted to Nigerian
universities out of a pool of more than four hundred thousand applicants.
Nigeria also has 125 technical training schools. The majority
of these focus on polytechnic and agricultural training, with a few
specializing in areas such as petroleum sciences and health.
Etiquette
Age is greatly respected in Nigeria. In an area where the
average life expectancy is not very high, those who live into their senior
years are seen as having earned special rights of respect and admiration. This
is true of both men and women.
Socially, greetings are of the utmost importance. A handshake
and a long list of well wishes for a counterpart's family and good health are
expected when meeting someone. This is often true even if you have seen that
person a short time earlier. Whether you are talking to a bank teller or
visiting a friend, it is considered rude not to engage in a proper greeting
before getting down to business.
Shaking hands, eating, or passing things with the left hand
are unacceptable. The left hand is reserved for personal toiletries and is
considered dirty.
Religion
Religious Beliefs. It is estimated that 50 percent of
Nigerians are Muslim, 40 percent are Christian, and that the remaining 10
percent practice various indigenous religions.
While Muslims can be found in all parts of Nigeria, their
strongest footholds are among the Hausa and the Yoruba. Islam in Nigeria is
similar to Islam throughout the world. It is based on the teachings of the
Prophet Muhammad, which are outlined in the Qur'an.
Christianity is most prevalent in the south of Nigeria. The
vast majority of Igbo are Christians, as are many Yorubas. The most popular
forms of Christianity in Nigeria include Anglican, Presbyterian, American Southern
Baptist, and Methodist. Also, there are large pockets of Seventh-Day Adventists
and Jehovah's Witnesses.
Conflict with the way some missionaries administered the
churches during colonial times also created several breakaway African-Christian
churches. Most of these adhere to the doctrines of Western churches but have
introduced African music and tradition to their Masses. Some have even eased
Christian restrictions on polygamy.
Relations between Christians and Muslims are tense in many
areas. Since late 1999, numerous clashes between the two have led to thousands
of deaths. The northern city of Kaduna has been the flash point for many of
these riots, as local leaders discussed whether to institute Shari'a law in the
region. Demonstrations by Christians against the idea soon led to violent
confrontations with Muslims. The debate over Shari'a law and the violence
accompanying it continue in many of the northern states.
While Islam and Christianity are the dominant religions in
Nigeria, neither is completely free of influence from indigenous religions.
Most people who consider themselves good Muslims or good Christians often also
follow local religious practices. This makes up for perceived shortcomings in
their religion. Most indigenous religions are based on a form of ancestor
worship in which family members who have passed into the spirit world can
influence things in the world of the living. This mixing of traditional ways
with Islam has led to groups such as the Bori cult, who use spirit possession as
a way to understand why people are suffering in this life. The mixing of
traditional ways with Christianity has led to the development of the Aladura
Church. Aladura priests follow basic Christian doctrine but also use prophecy,
healing, and charms to ward off witchcraft.
Many Nigerians follow the teachings of purely indigenous
religions. Most of these religions share the idea that one supreme god created
the earth and its people, but has left people to decide their own paths in
life. Followers of the traditional Yoruban religion believe that hundreds of
spirits or minor gods have taken the place of the supreme god in influencing
the daily lives of individuals. Many Yoruban slaves who were taken to the
Caribbean and the Americas brought this religion with them. There it was used
as the basis of Santeria and voodoo.
Because the vast majority of Igbos converted to Christianity
during colonialism, few practice the traditional Igbo religion, which is based
on hundreds of gods, not a single creator.
A man sits in front of his farmhouse in Toro, Nigeria.
Traditionally, only men own land.
A man sits in front of his farmhouse in Toro, Nigeria.
Traditionally, only men own land.
Religious Practitioners. According to Muslim and Christian
traditions, officials in these religions tend to be male. For most indigenous
religions, priests and priestesses are common. Traditional priests and
priestesses get their power and influence from their ability to be possessed by
their god or by their ability to tell the future or to heal. In the Igbo
religion men serve as priests to Igbo goddesses, and women serve as priestesses
to Igbo gods. While both men and women can rank high in the Yoruban religion,
women usually are among the most respected of traditional priests.
Rituals and Holy Places. Because many of the indigenous
religions are based on various spirits or minor gods, each with influence over
a specific area of nature, many of the traditional rituals are based on paying
homage to these gods and spirits. Likewise, the area of control for a spirit
also marks the places that are holy to that spirit. For example, a tribe's
water spirit may have a specific pond or river designated as its holy place.
The Kalabari, Okrika, and Ikwerre tribes of the Niger Delta region all have
festivals in honor of water spirits sacred to their peoples. The Yoruba hold a
twenty-day Shango festival each year to honor their god of thunder. Many Igbo
consider it bad luck to eat yams from the new harvest until after the annual
Yam Festival, a harvest celebration held in honor of the Igbo earth goddess Ani.
Death and the Afterlife. Christian and Muslim Nigerians
believe that following death, a person's soul is released and judged by God
before hopefully going on to Heaven. Many traditional religions, especially
those of the eastern tribes, believe in reincarnation. In these tribes, people
believe that the dead will come back as a member of his or her mother's or
sister's family. Many in-depth ceremonies are necessary to prepare the body
before burial. For example, if the person was inflicted with some physical
disability, steps would be taken to prevent it from being passed on to him in
the next life. An infertile woman may have her abdomen cut open before burial
or a blind man may have a salve made from special leaves placed over his eyes.
Regardless of religion, Nigerians bury their dead. This is
customary among Christians and Muslims, but it also is based on traditional
beliefs that the body should be returned to the earth that sustained it during
life.
Muslims are buried so that their heads face the holy city of
Mecca in Saudi Arabia. For others, it is customary to bury a man with his head
turned toward the east, so he can see the rising sun. A woman is buried facing
west, so she will know when the sun sets and when it is time to prepare dinner
for her husband in the next life. People also cover the body with black earth
during burial because many believe that red earth will result in skin blemishes
in the next life.
The ethnic groups in eastern Nigeria believe that the more
music and dancing at a funeral, the better that person's chances of a
successful afterlife. The size of funerals depends on the social standing of
the deceased. Men are expected to set aside money that will be used to ensure
they have a properly elaborate funeral. Women, children, and adolescents tend
to have much less elaborate funerals.
Medicine and Health Care
Nigerians, like people in many developing countries, suffer
from widespread disease and a poor health care system. Malaria, HIV/AIDS,
parasitic infections, and childhood diseases are rampant throughout the
country. Widespread poverty also contributes to the poor level of health care,
as many people shy away from modern treatments that are too expensive.
Corruption at all levels of government makes it difficult for health care
funding to trickle down to the average Nigerian. Underfunding and neglect have
left many clinics and hospitals in poor physical condition and without modern
equipment. Pharmacies, both state-run and private, regularly run out of
medicines. Patients looking for cheaper remedies often turn to black-market
vendors, who often sell expired or counterfeit drugs. There also is a shortage
of qualified medical personnel to adequately treat the whole population.
In 2000, the estimated life expectancy of Nigerian men and
women was fifty-one years. The estimated infant mortality rate was over 7
percent, or about seventy-four infant deaths for every thousand live births.
AIDS has extracted a devastating toll on Nigeria. The World
Health Organization and UNAIDS estimated that 2.7 million Nigerian adults were
living with AIDS or HIV in 1999. The vast majority of Nigerians who are
HIV-positive do not know it. Some 1.7 million Nigerians had already died of the
disease by the end of 1999. The primary mode of HIV transmission in Nigeria is
through heterosexual intercourse.
Both Western and traditional forms of medicine are popular in
Nigeria. Traditional medicine, also known as juju, is common at the rural
level. Practitioners of juju use a variety of plants and herbs in their cures.
Most families also have their own secret remedies for minor health problems.
Many rural people do not trust Western-style medicine,
preferring instead to use traditional ways. In many instances the traditional
medicine is very effective and produces fewer side effects than modern drugs.
Most of modern medicine's prescription drugs grew out of traditional herbal
remedies. However, there are conditions in which traditional medicine can do
more harm than good. Sometimes this leads to conflict between the
government-sponsored health care system and traditional ways. Some
organizations are now looking at ways to combine the two in an attempt to coax
people back into health centers.
The federal government is responsible for the training of
health care workers and running nationwide health campaigns such as those aimed
at fighting AIDS, Guinea worm infection, river blindness, and leprosy.
Secular Celebrations
Nigeria observes three secular national holidays and several
officially recognized Muslim and Christian holidays when government, commerce,
and banks are closed. The secular holidays are New Year's Day (1 January),
Workers' Day (1 May), and National Day (1 October). The Christian holidays are
Christmas (25 December), Good Friday, and Easter Monday. The Muslim holidays
are Eid al-Fitr (the last day of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting),
Tabaski, and Eid al-Moulid. Aside from Christmas, the religious holidays fall
on different days each year.
The Arts and Humanities
Support for the Arts. Nigerian art traditionally served a
social or religious purpose and did not exist for the sake of art per se. For
example, dance was used to teach or to fulfill some ritualistic goal. Sculpture
was used in blessings, in healing rituals, or to ward off bad luck. With
increasing modernization, however, Nigerian art is becoming less oriented to a
particular purpose. In some cases, Nigerians have abandoned whole forms of art
because they no longer served a purpose. For example, the elaborate tombstones
once widely produced by the Ibibio are becoming increasingly rare as
Western-style cemeteries are replacing traditional burial grounds.
The government has recognized this decline in Nigerian art.
In an attempt to promote Nigerian nationalism through art, it has launched some
programs, such as the All-Nigeria Festival of Arts, to
Women engrave designs into yellow calabash gourds. Nigerian
art traditionally served a social or religious purpose.
Women engrave designs into yellow calabash gourds. Nigerian
art traditionally served a social or religious purpose.
revitalize the Nigerian art world. Many wealthy Nigerians
looking to recapture their roots, as well as Western tourists and collectors
looking for an African art experience, are willing to spend money on Nigerian
art. This has led to a slight revival of the art industry.
Literature. Nigeria has a long and incredibly rich literary
history. Nigerians are traditionally storytellers. Much of precolonial history
in Nigeria is the result of stories handed down from generation to generation.
With colonization and the introduction of reading, writing, and the English
language, Nigerian storytellers soon began sharing their talents with a
worldwide audience. Perhaps Nigeria's most famous writer is Wole Soyinka, who
won the 1986 Nobel Prize for literature. His most famous works include A Dance
of the Forests, The Swamp Dwellers, and The Lion and the Jewel. Other famous
Nigerian authors include Chinua Achebe, whose Things Fall Apart is a favorite
among Western schools as an example of the problems inflicted on African
societies during colonization, and Ben Okri, whose novel The Famished Road won
Britain's 1991 Booker Prize.
Graphic Arts. Nigeria is famous for its sculpture. The bronzework
of the ancient cities of Ife and Benin can be found in museums all over the
world. These areas in southern Nigeria still produce large amounts of bronze
castings. Woodcarvings and terra-cotta sculptures also are popular.
Nigerians are expert dyers, weavers, and tailors. They
produce massive quantities of beautiful, rich, and colorful textiles. However,
the majority of these are sold primarily for everyday wear and not as examples
of art.
Performance Arts. Dance and music are perhaps the two most vibrant
forms of Nigerian art. Nigerian music is dependent on strong rhythms supplied
by countless drums and percussion instruments. Highlife is a type of music
heavily influenced by Western culture. It sounds like an Africanized version of
American big band or ballroom music. Afro-beat combines African rhythms and
melodies with jazz and soul. One of Nigeria's best-known Afro-beat artists,
Fela Kuti, was heavily influenced by American artists such as James Brown. Palm
wine music gets its name from the palm wine saloons where it is traditionally
heard. Its fast-paced, frenzied rhythms reflect the rambunctious nature of many
palm wine bars.
Perhaps Nigeria's most popular form of music is juju, which
uses traditional drums and percussion instruments to back up vocals and
complicated guitar work. Popular juju artists include King Sunny Ade, Ebenezer
Obey, and Shina Peters.
The State of the Physical and Social Sciences
While Nigeria's system of higher education is better than
most in Africa, many of its best and brightest students go to universities in
the United States or Europe in search of better facilities and academic
support. These students often stay abroad, where there are more opportunities
to pursue their talents and to benefit economically. This loss of sharp and
influential minds has left the physical and social sciences in a poorer state
than they need be. The few sciences that are thriving in Nigeria, such as
geology and petroleum sciences, are often headed by non-Nigerians, brought in
by foreign companies that have contracts to exploit Nigeria's natural resources.
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i had always wondered this type of write-up might be useless
for a project, but you have changed my orientation today. thank you very much.
i can now finish my assignment successfully and with happiness now.
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EUPHEMIA
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Aug 25, 2006 @ 12:12 pm
VERY INTERESTING BUT COULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT TURTOE
SANDERS AFRICAN TRADITION IN MARRIAGE
THX
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omowale
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Sep 4, 2006 @ 10:10 am
I am an English/Literature student,just thought i could get
something to read about Nigeria and came accross this site. I got more than I
expected. I must commend you, this is highly educative,please keep it up. Thank
you.
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erica ajieh
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Oct 12, 2006 @ 8:08 am
great article...very narrative and politically correct. Its
very educative and its great to know that there are sites that provides
accurate information about the Nigerian Culture...Keep up the good work.
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Moyosore
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Oct 23, 2006 @ 5:17 pm
i was using this website for my s.s. project. my mom is from
ibadan. this is a BIG help. pls keep it up. as the younger generation of naija,
i love learning about my heritage.
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ADEJO, Godwin Ojochogu
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Nov 1, 2006 @ 6:06 am
It is a top priority that every individual knows about his
home, his people and culture. Most Nigerians (including myself until now) can
not say much about our country. But this article has given me what I need to
defend myself as a proper Nigerian not only by birth but also by the knowledge
I've acquired through this article.
ADEJO, Godwin O.
Nasarawa State University, Keffi
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adedoyin
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Jan 5, 2007 @ 3:03 am
YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT WORK PLS.KEEPUP. I WANT TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT the role of english language in unifying the major ethnic group in
nigeria. I WILL VERY GRAETFUL IF U CAN DO THIS. THANKS
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prince TK
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Apr 19, 2007 @ 4:04 am
This page is really use full for us,I had known about nigeria
and their culturs and all.Thanks lot
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atlmuzikfanzinc
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Apr 22, 2007 @ 4:16 pm
This helped me out a lot on my research paper,a lot of
interesting things that make me want to learn more.
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dorris edosomwan
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May 4, 2007 @ 2:14 pm
I FOUND THIS ARTICLE A GREAT READ. WAS SEARCHING FOR
INFORMATION ON NIGERIA'S ETHNICITY BUT FOUND MORE THAN I WAS LOOKINF FOR. THIS
SITE IS VERY INFORMATIVE WITH SIMPLE AND CLEAR GRAMMAR. WELL DONE!!!
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Abadariki joel Oladipupo
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May 5, 2007 @ 4:04 am
I read through this this site and find it quite interesting
and useful keep it up
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iyi azubike tochukwu
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Jun 8, 2007 @ 8:20 pm
This work is very pure ad precised. Detailed and accurate.
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teebubble
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Jun 23, 2007 @ 11:11 am
Well written, good work and a very extensive research.
As much as I am proud to be Nigerian, I do feel ashamed when
asked questions about Nigeria and I can't give an accurate answer.
Your site has been EXTREMELY educative.
I use to blame my 'Boring History teacher' in boarding school
Ibadan for not knowing so much as I should about the Nigerian History.
However it is nothing to do with him, and it is easier to
blame others so I had therefore made it MY responsibity to learn more about
Nigeria as I can, and I came accross your site.
Thank you !!
teebubble 'UniBen 1986'
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ijenya peace u.
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Jun 26, 2007 @ 6:06 am
Thanks so much for these information. For days, I have been
spending all day on the net, looking for information pertaining Nigerian
Architecture. Your site gave alot that i need. It gives insight to Nigerian
Architecture. Thanks.
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phauzat
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Jun 29, 2007 @ 9:21 pm
i found more than what i expect.keep it up.it is wonderful
and educative.please send more information to my mail.
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Maya Kemi Abimbola
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Jul 1, 2007 @ 6:18 pm
This site is extremely informative, and will be a great
source to use for my first history class in college. My Survey of
African-American History class is so in depth and full of information, butI
found this site extremely helpful.
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obinna
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Jul 5, 2007 @ 11:23 pm
i was on a term paper about nigerian traditional & modern
architecture & i really needed some pictures depicting old house
styles[traditional houses].but i found you after many thorough searches.thanks
very much @ continue the good work of potraying our image.God bless .
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Clara J.Benson Ikobirima
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Jul 7, 2007 @ 3:15 pm
well as a Nigerian i appreciate the fact that we are great
people of Africa, and am very proud to be a Nigerian.
i am also glad to exhbit my culture as a Rivers state origin
precisely Okrika and an African too.
thanx
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rhoda
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Sep 21, 2007 @ 9:09 am
I will say a big thank you for educating and enligthing me on
these case study, now i can say something on the peoples and culture of my
country. by these more nigerian will represent their nation anywhere because
they know they have something to say about their background.
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Lillie
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Oct 17, 2007 @ 9:09 am
i realy hope this web site helps me a lott??? it will help me
in a lot o f things like this report i need to do form engilish
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Onabanjo Segun
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Oct 27, 2007 @ 7:19 pm
Being a forestry student at the Federal University of
Technology, Akure in the south-west of the country,I was actually searching for
an information on the responses of forest products to HIV in Nigeria when i
came across this educating information. I must say kudos to you and your works
cos u make all nigerian remember their source.
Pls, in ur next publication, do make it known to the whole
wide world the issue of forestry about Nigeria.Thanks.
Onabanjo S.
FUTA.Akure.
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Toyin Ajenifujah-Solebo
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Nov 13, 2007 @ 4:04 am
I am quite impressed that this kind of information is
available on the web about Nigeria. The creators should keep it up, thumbs up.
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john
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Dec 1, 2007 @ 6:06 am
iam quite pleased with this great job you are all
doing.please keep it up! can you help us with the political culture of the
nigerian people from pre-colonial through colonial to post-colonial era
please.thanks for your understanding.
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manju c r
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Jan 29, 2008 @ 12:00 am
I found the site to be of great use especially for
non-nigerians wishing to know about the country or people like myself-doing
research on a topic related to nigeria.Thank you.Kindly update the information
posted on the site so that it continues to help people in future
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pradeep ku,mar kuril
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Mar 27, 2008 @ 2:02 am
as i have read this article , this article has give me rthe
information of the nigeria that is very good,
tx
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alakija seyi ezekiel
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Mar 28, 2008 @ 9:09 am
Thanks for the wonderful works and reserch you have
done..more greese to your elbow...Please i want to know aboy Yoruba and Igbo
Homestead layout....hope to recieve your mail as soon as possible..thnks .
God bless us and God bless Nigeria as a whole
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ann
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Apr 2, 2008 @ 4:16 pm
intresting, i really will like to getn a copy. a job welldone
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Gabriel
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Apr 13, 2008 @ 7:07 am
Very educative and unbiassed writing about Nigeria. Until
now, I did not know how the name 'Nigeria' came about. Good job. Keep it up!
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ogunfowoke
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Apr 24, 2008 @ 7:07 am
This is simply an elaborate profile of Nigeria. Objective
analysis of the country is very good. I am really impressed.
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Adekanmbi Emmanuel Olufemi
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May 4, 2008 @ 6:18 pm
I needed info for an assignment in school and i got it
here.Its about social ills in Nigeria
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Tiffany
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May 9, 2008 @ 11:11 am
tHIS RESOURCE PAGE IS A LOT OF HELP IT GAVE ME SOME GOOD
INFORMATION ON nIGERIA so I JUST wANTeD TO SAY thankS!!!
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PAT
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May 20, 2008 @ 8:20 pm
Nice site!!! This is a very informative and useful site. I
was doing a history project on Nigeria and I found this. This is an amazing
site!!! Thank you so much for making this !!!
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Ashade
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May 22, 2008 @ 7:07 am
This site was very interesting, enlighten me more on the
culture of the Nigeria as a whole. Thanks for the works done.
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asha
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May 23, 2008 @ 10:10 am
It was very helpful for me since,am going to marry my
finace'e in Nigeria and am beginning to explore what it would be to live in
this country.
It is helpful and educative. keep it up!
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toyin
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Jun 27, 2008 @ 7:07 am
I only wanted something about Nigerian culture and I ended up
getting more than enough. this is wonderful. keep up the good works. thanks for
promoting Nigeria worldwide.
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stella
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Jul 21, 2008 @ 7:07 am
This will help me in the topic i will be giving in
school.Thank you
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OBAYA A. D.
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Jul 27, 2008 @ 1:13 pm
Thank you for this site. You've done well for creating a site
with comprehensive information on Nigeria.Please, keep on updating it.
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Okereke Nnenna Cyndelen
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Jul 28, 2008 @ 11:11 am
I have to thank the author or the person that compile this
article, it is nice for every Nigerians to have one and read and know the
origin and other things about this great country. I am suggesting if more
emphasis will be led on how the relationships on the three major group
concerning marriage, dressing and others.
thank you and may God continue to reward you in your good
work.
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Gianna
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Sep 26, 2008 @ 12:12 pm
I was looking up Niger and Nigerian people for a french
project, and i found this article very useful. Also i got an excellent grade.
Keep it up!
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Fortune
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Sep 30, 2008 @ 11:11 am
This is a thorough information and educative one for that
matter. Am really proud to be a Nigerian, Abia State in particular. Only that
Corruption in our Leadership system don't want us to be proud of our history.
thanks for the information on my Motherland, it really helped me in project.
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Epher
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Nov 6, 2008 @ 10:10 am
This is so amazing. there are actually lots of things about
Nigeria that one doesn't know.Thanks to this site. What I think should be done,
there should be updates regularly. Kudos!!!
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EMMANUEL
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Nov 14, 2008 @ 3:03 am
this is a very relevant write up for the peoples of nigria
who does not kwow their origin and culture
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matt
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Nov 18, 2008 @ 7:19 pm
thanks i needed this info about nigeria because i am doing a
project on it thanks
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agoro
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Jan 15, 2009 @ 2:02 am
what a good descrition and insight analysis, help me in my
school presentaion
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Afolabi Oladayo (Deewon)
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Jan 31, 2009 @ 10:10 am
What an enlightening site! keep up the good work. more power
to your elbow.
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Halima Shehu
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Feb 3, 2009 @ 8:08 am
This helped me out a lot on my research paper,a lot of interesting
things that make me want to learn more thanks please kept it up.
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Brittany
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Mar 19, 2009 @ 5:17 pm
very good page, one thing Christians are more dominate in the
South and Muslims are more dominate in the North.
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iva
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Mar 19, 2009 @ 10:22 pm
I am doing a paper on cultural diversity and I chose Nigeria
because one, my husband is nigerian. And I found this article and I couldn't
stop reading...very interesting and just sums up what my husband said. love it!
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Abdul Waliu Adesola
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Apr 18, 2009 @ 6:06 am
Thank u the writer of this article, thanks to all the brain
behind this site, more griss to ur elbow..... could you pls help me with this
topic The Perception of lecturers and srtudent on student imoral dressing on
Campus.thanks
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abakar
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Apr 25, 2009 @ 6:18 pm
i love reading such kind of articles becaue am very proud to
be a nigerian. pls do send as many as posible to my email
mbukar20004real@yahoo.com
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eyebello
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May 7, 2009 @ 5:05 am
its very interesting i really enjoyed it and it tells more of
what we are. Do post more pls thanks.
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isreal
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May 16, 2009 @ 5:17 pm
this article is really great and as a matter of fact very
enlightening abt nigeria. Pls keep up the gud work.
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Ify
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May 16, 2009 @ 9:21 pm
This was very helpful for my report. I learned a lot of
information for my culture part of my Nigerian report.
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nkasiovu okpora
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May 27, 2009 @ 7:19 pm
I am very much interested about my heratage. My father is
Nigerian and my mother is a Pilina. I grow up in the philippines.
I never had a chance to ask my father about Nigeria because
he left as when I was six years old and when back to Nigeria.
I dont have any communacation with him. the last information
I know about my father is He works in River State University as a Professor.
His name is Clement K. okpora.
Now after tweenty years I came to know Nigeria after reading
this page. Thanks
Nkasiovu Okpora.
From ABU DHABI UAE
Lifeline Hospital Abu Dhabi UAE.
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eugene
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Jun 4, 2009 @ 12:00 am
Nice culture Nigeria have.
AM A NIGERIAN, BUT HAVE NEVER BEEN OPPORTUNED TO KNOW THIS
EXTENT ABOUT MY CULTURE, AM REALLY HAPPY TO KNOW IN DETAILS ONCE AGAIN ALL WHAT
NIGERIAN CULTURE IS ALL ABOUT AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.
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khalilat
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Jul 1, 2009 @ 8:08 am
this is wonderful,infact if u have no idea of what Nigeria is
at all by reading this u will know everything about it.easy to understand pls
keep it up!!!!!
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Sichokuphi
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Jul 10, 2009 @ 9:09 am
Lam currently dating a Nigerian guy and this has really
highlighted me on everything i wanted to know about Nigerians and their
culture! At least lam now aware of other things in their culture! Thanks once
again!
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raheel
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Jul 28, 2009 @ 1:01 am
thanks for information.i want to appriciate of your work and
respest of your work
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Toyin Adetunji
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Jul 30, 2009 @ 10:22 pm
Good to know that there is valid information about Nigeria
and all the other countries in Africa. Its so amazing how much you learn even
when you think you know alot about your country. But also keep in mind, some of
the information is dated.I'm loving every bit of it though.
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dd
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Aug 20, 2009 @ 6:18 pm
youcan learn alot from this site keep up the good work
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Daniel Ishaya
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Aug 26, 2009 @ 4:16 pm
It's quite interesting. I love it because it expose me to
know more and to teach the American about my great country.
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hehehe
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Sep 28, 2009 @ 11:11 am
this article really helps to know more about nigeria!!!!!
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Gabrielle
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Oct 7, 2009 @ 5:17 pm
i was doing a project about nigeria and i thought you mud
think it's cool so holla! :)
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aspen
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Oct 14, 2009 @ 11:11 am
i thought this page was very helpful. im doing a project on
niger so thank you
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Eke
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Oct 28, 2009 @ 3:15 pm
This site does wonderfully well in portraying the realities
of the NIGERIAN experience. There are some inaccuracies but they are minor and
to be expected. The majority of the article is truthful and that is important
to any people. Our culture and society may not be perfect, but I appreciate it
being portrayed honestly. Thank you so much.
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Uche
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Nov 4, 2009 @ 8:20 pm
This is really good. Keep it up.It helped me in preparation
for my presentation on Individual and Cultural differences.It is a good job.
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david.balogun
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Nov 16, 2009 @ 3:15 pm
Reading this article really put smile on my face am proud to
be nigrian.i never knew there was aticle like this about nigeria online until i
was told to talk about my conutry and other west africa country in comparisim
to united kingdom were i school.with what i have read from here i have alot to
talk about in my presetation thanks. david.balogun. york saint john
university,york united kingdom.
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ll cool jj
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Nov 29, 2009 @ 9:09 am
very good information helped me a great deal. thank you very
much.
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ninette scott
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Dec 10, 2009 @ 2:14 pm
I have some questions Can a lagos africa man have more than
one wife? He married one in indianapolis and she thinks he has some in africa.
Not sure religion yet but hes been here a few months now going back to africa.
He says hes a doctor but nees to take tests in u.s.a. indianapolis, indiana. He
had a round trip ticket when he came so he knew he was going bacvk but says he
is coming back in 3 weeks. His brother-inlaw died 2 months ago and he says they
hold you for up to 8 months there do they and what are funeral and burial procedures?
Thank You For answering. I will be awaiting. Ninette Scott
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Yusuf Abiodun
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Dec 12, 2009 @ 1:13 pm
Its really a great interesting site that gives more insight
on what Nigerians had gone through and also gives the hope of making a life out
of those mess around the corner today. please we need more of these. Thank you
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zachariah ali manjiche(Rija)
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Dec 15, 2009 @ 3:03 am
I was carrying-out a research on my project topic when i
stumble on this site, it is educative,enlightened,an eye-opener for any wanting
to know much about the history of nigeria, its people, their cultures, beliefs
. I believe in your dream of projecting the image of nigeria for the world to
know and have confidence in the system.Thanks and keep it up, GOD bless NIGERIA
and YOU.
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Olga Russkikh
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Dec 26, 2009 @ 10:10 am
Thank you for the interesting information! Great job! ;-)
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Uzair Ahmad Najmi
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Jan 6, 2010 @ 3:03 am
I was writing a book on the culture of Nigeria.This web is
prove well for me.Because it have all the solution which i desire , that i want
to be done to publish for my book of my students.
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Daniel
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Jan 10, 2010 @ 10:22 pm
Hi there, the information that you have here it is really
interesting and I found it very useful, I´m doing right now a research paper
about Nigeria and I would thank you a lot if you tell me who is the author of
this page? or a source that have created this web site? I´ll be waiting for
your response, thank you very much.
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Mary
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Jan 18, 2010 @ 7:07 am
Thank you for this article. I found it as I was looking for
information on Nigeria. I am about to conduct some interviews about family
life. Particularly 'fathers'. Families have moved to England and as a mature
student very interested in how they view Western family life compared to their
own homeland. This article has given me a foundation and raised my confidence
to do my tasks towards my dissertation.
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Daniel Oluwafemi Odebiyi
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Jan 21, 2010 @ 6:18 pm
Honestly this is a very good one. It is quite enlightening,
interesting and educative. Very Critical and concise.It should be recommended
to Nigerians (those of us in the country inclusive)and I believe so many will
realize how little they know about this our country - Nigeria.
Keep it up
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Bored person
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Jan 25, 2010 @ 1:13 pm
This has been alot of help :) im in 7TH GRADE and have to
write a 5 PAGE REPORT! in COMPUTER CLASS
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anjelina
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Jan 25, 2010 @ 6:18 pm
i really liked this site!!! altough it olnly helped me with
one thing and dint answer all of my questions i had on nigeria it is still a
great page!! i still have questions on how the government contributes to the
sicknesses such as yellow fever and it didnt really describe the people. well
it did but not to the extent tht i would have liked. its a very great page and
i hope you contiunue to have it on the internet for the next set of seventh
graders tht have to do the IDU project. thanks again and great site!!! =)
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Gbenga
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Jan 26, 2010 @ 9:21 pm
I am researching a topic that has to do with comparing
cultures and I have been able to find all i am requiring on this website. I
still visits this website sometimes when i'm less busy and trying to know more
about other national cultures. You guys have done a great job putting all these
information together. More grease to your elbow.
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Omeonu Precious
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Feb 7, 2010 @ 12:12 pm
Great Nigeria, I am happy I came accorss this while seaching
for an information on Nigeria culture and their health implications. I never
know we have such an interesing cultures. Up Nigeria am proud to be a Nigerian.
Great site Keep it up. Nigeria will survive. God Bless NIGERIA.
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TOPE
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Feb 9, 2010 @ 2:02 am
good and excellent thanks. This has been quite an
enlightening and interesting read.
Critical and concise. Good work!!!
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DARZKY
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Feb 9, 2010 @ 7:19 pm
I HOPE SOMEDAY I COULD GO TO NIGERIA TO EXPERIENCE THERE CULTURE.
TANK YOU!
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Rabiu Sulaiman
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Feb 18, 2010 @ 6:06 am
I was looking for social life-style of different people on
the basis of personal interest when the search led me to this site. I am really
amazed with what I found here. Thank you so much and keep it up.
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Hannah Brown
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Feb 18, 2010 @ 3:15 pm
This is one of the best articles by far that I have ever read.
It explains a lot and it also answers any questions that you
may have while reading.
I enjoy this informational website! THANK YOU ! and keep it
up~
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SWEETY AMY.
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Feb 28, 2010 @ 4:16 pm
Thanks for your wonderful work and for given us some tips
about Nigeria. Actually , I am looking for 'what is the culture of Nigeria and
what is metamorphic theory wen i discovered this Nigeria Nigeria. Bye for now.
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Bimbo
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Mar 5, 2010 @ 6:18 pm
Very good narrative. I wanted to re-familairse myself with
some of the cultural norms that I had forgotten. The site has some useful
informaton about the origins of the name 'Nigeria', its people, and cultural
dispositions. You have clearly researched your topic area. Thanks
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idara agnes
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Mar 10, 2010 @ 6:06 am
While researching using the internet,in preparation for my
Nigerian peoples and culture examination when I came across this fantastic
article. honestly so many things I didn't know about my country was made to lie
bare before my very eyes when I saw this article. kudos to you and please
educate we Nigerians more about ourselves.
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hajarat
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Mar 19, 2010 @ 8:08 am
THIS IS A VERY RICH CONTENT,TRUE STORY ABOUT OUR GREAT
NATION.FOR NIGERIA HISTORY ,THIS IS THE SITE TO VISIT.GREAT JOB KEEP IT UP
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Sarah Clark
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Mar 25, 2010 @ 6:18 pm
I truly enjoyed reading this information about Nigeria's
History, it is so highly informative, very highly educational. I've learned so
much about the History of Nigeria and I'm glad that I had the opportunity to
read this. I will definitely be able to forward this information to anyone who
wants to know more about Nigeria. I truly enjoy reading this... Thank you so
much for such a strong surface-base information about this country and how it
has became to be known... Keep up the good work for it is Phenomenal!!!
Absolutely OUTSTANDING Information!!!
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Osasu
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Mar 29, 2010 @ 11:11 am
I was looking for the Nigeria Culture, i was going to write a
paper to compare and contrast or the similarities and the disimilarities of
Nigeria and the American Culture and i got so much more. Thank You.
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Ashley Laney
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Apr 7, 2010 @ 10:22 pm
Well i really enjoyed thie website..it helped me alot to
understand there culture and how they grew up! Im writing a paper on Nigeria
and i realy did enjoy what i read i would like to say thank you forgiving out
so much information that influenced me to look@Nigeria so differnt!!God Bless
NIGERIA
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Kim Barbee-Tucker
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Apr 29, 2010 @ 4:16 pm
I was checking the internet while researching information on
diversity for masters program when I came across this article. So much information
in one place. I found it to be full of everything that I needed. Thank you for
sharing about the culture of Nigeria. I couldnt take my eyes off of the
article. It was very detailed.
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shola ijanusi
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May 1, 2010 @ 7:07 am
THE NIGERIAN SOCIETY,CULTURE. ETC IS SO INTERESTING.
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adeoye yusuff
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May 3, 2010 @ 2:14 pm
Am very delightful to got the opportunity to gain many things
that i did not know before.this article provide many things i lack.totally is a
full of knowledge for all levels.indeed is a full of enlightenment about our
FATHER-LAND.Please we need more details of each ethnic groups.
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olusola adeogun
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May 4, 2010 @ 12:00 am
this has been quite an educative read judging the fact
majority of people nowadays pay less attention to details about their country.
great job from every perspective and this has improved my knowledge about my
country...thank you
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moses
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May 20, 2010 @ 2:14 pm
THIS IS A VERY WONDERFUL SITE, I CHERISH IT; I LOVE NIGERIA,
SHE EVER REMAINS MY DEAREST COUNTRY. GOD BLESS NIGERIA. GOD BLESS THE COMPOSER
OF THIS VERY INFORMATIVE SITE. MANY THANKS!
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Andy Ogbue
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May 22, 2010 @ 8:20 pm
Thank you for this information about our great country
Nigeria. In the struggle of trying to find a lasting solution to our social
problems and economic advancement, we all must first accept and believe in the
word "i am a Nigerian" seeing ourselves as one people one Nation
indivisible under God, as our brothers keeper will address most of our problems
and enable us to jointly move the country forward. Thank you, great peice of
work.
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Davison
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May 23, 2010 @ 2:14 pm
Please keep up the good work. You are really making we
scholars to know more about our country.
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jasmine
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May 25, 2010 @ 1:13 pm
nice info for my project i got an a thanks to this info it
was so good i am really happy bye this info
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ope
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May 27, 2010 @ 2:14 pm
Thanks for the information. I has lots of information to
prepare my lesson plan on Nigerian Tribes and People.
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isioma
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Jun 7, 2010 @ 5:17 pm
This nice and very educative i have really learnt a lot
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victoria
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Jun 21, 2010 @ 12:12 pm
This is really nice and deep things about Nigeria, I need
some information about Nigeria for my research this site really open me up to a
lot information, thanks so much.
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Great
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Jun 22, 2010 @ 3:03 am
I was searching on Culture and I understand that Nigeria
culture is an originated culture. And I Like this site for it educating and it
is good for student and citizens who want to know the culture in their country
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Nasywa
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Jun 25, 2010 @ 3:03 am
Greats, i like so much, I come from indonesia can we change
information about yaour culture?
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doris
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Jul 23, 2010 @ 5:05 am
I am very happy about this article. I was looking for an
article about my course Nigeria people and culture and I saw was very
interesting please keep it up.
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sherrie
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Aug 23, 2010 @ 11:11 am
Very interesting article. My heart bleeds for the people. I
pray God over sees the needs of the people. God helps those who help them
selves. Keep the faith and God will help.
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Lawal Akibu
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Sep 4, 2010 @ 10:22 pm
it great to have culture,it superb to be culture oriented,and
the best of it is the proper practice of our culture.long live
"Nigeria".
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Bada
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Sep 27, 2010 @ 6:18 pm
I was writing a term paper i found this write-up on liberal
studies, focusing on nigeria political and social development as an
undergraduate student at Ryerson University in Canada. It really assisted me a
lot
thx
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adebayo john
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Oct 15, 2010 @ 8:08 am
NIGERIA IS A COUNTRY OF GREAT MEN AND WOMEN, IT IS WHEN WE
START THINKING WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE COUNTRY AND NOT THE COUNTRY CAN FOR US,
THAT IT WILL PROGRESS.
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olanrewaju
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Oct 18, 2010 @ 3:15 pm
i pledge to nigeria my country...i appreciate this i really
love reading history
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smon essien
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Oct 20, 2010 @ 7:07 am
I will like Nigeria as a whole to improve in their political
participation, avoidance in corruption, Eradication of poverty, creation of
jobs opportunities, educational stability, reduction in tribalism problems and
good governance to the betterment of the country.
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olukemi runsewe
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Oct 23, 2010 @ 10:10 am
This piece is an eye opener to what our great country is. i
was actually searching for the ethnic composition of nigeria and how they
communicate. i couldnt have missed this for something else. great job and well
done
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Ebere nwachukwu
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Oct 30, 2010 @ 11:11 am
this great story has opened my eyes to more understanding of
my great position here as a Nigerian citizen thank you mysterious person.
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ulu jane
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Nov 2, 2010 @ 2:14 pm
It was quite informative. Primary and secondary education
were not mentioned. All the same, keep up the good work.
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Ogundairo Zion O.
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Nov 4, 2010 @ 1:13 pm
The Origin of Tiv and How they got to where they are today in
Nigeria
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Maryam
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Nov 13, 2010 @ 2:02 am
Thanks alot about the greatful history of Nigeria which is
realization life in Nigeria,so surely we are developing and also more
achievement will arrevial.great 4 site
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ijeoma ezekwueme
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Nov 30, 2010 @ 6:06 am
THIS IS NICE, A WEB ABOUT NIGERIA OUR GREAT NATION.THIS WEB
GAVE ME SOME VITAL IMFORMATION THAT I NEED TO KNOW AS A NIGERIAN.KUDOS.
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joey
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Dec 23, 2010 @ 1:13 pm
this article was fantastic for my research i needed to do. It
gave me tons of info. that none of the other websites did. I was researching
the part of their culture of religion, so I came to this site. Thanks for
providing this site
PS. when was this site updated, I wonder?
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Ajieye Seye
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Dec 28, 2010 @ 8:08 am
I like cultural things that why i what to know more about
culture in Nigeria
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Adewale
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Dec 31, 2010 @ 2:02 am
Very clear and concise, perhaps a bit brief, but to-the-point
and still interesting. Obviously not everything can be contained, however, I
was hoping to gleen further insight into Nigeria's overwhelming and
unmistakable culture of corruption. Nonetheless, thank you!
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Marilyn
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Jan 1, 2011 @ 10:22 pm
This article helped me to learn more about my parents home
country. It was very informative and a great read. I will have to come back to
read this article over and over again. Thank you!
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Shehu Dange
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Jan 5, 2011 @ 3:03 am
Quite educative,informative and inspiring. Never let's us
down, make it more enriched in the course of time. keep the spirit in
motion,even higher !
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CHINEDUM S. ISAAC
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Jan 8, 2011 @ 1:13 pm
keep this rare development alive, it is an unpopular gesture,
but highly needed for its knowledge base, we will be glad to make contributions
in future.
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Afolabi Francis Benedict
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Jan 9, 2011 @ 8:08 am
I was preparing a term paper on Nigerian people and culture
and found this article educative, interesting and enlightening, as it allows me
to appreciate my culture and people.THANK GOD I AM A NIGERIAN. deo gratias
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Dr. Paula Sanford
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Jan 10, 2011 @ 7:19 pm
I am an American, who is deeply in love with a Nigerian man
(Igbo). I have been married before (widowed) and I have adult children and
grand children. Therefore, I am "single". Would it be uncustomary for
this Nigerian man to marry a woman who is a foreigner, under such
circumstances, or would it depend on the individual?
Thank you.
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Dilip
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Jan 21, 2011 @ 5:05 am
Wow! Wonderful piece of information. Will certainly help me
to blend with the culture as i plan to shift to nigeria soon for work.
Dilip.
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NIMDUL NANCHANG
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Jan 21, 2011 @ 4:16 pm
well done. please more of agriculture should be available on
this site. it is our heritage.
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AShlen
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Jan 25, 2011 @ 7:07 am
Wow Thank You For All This Wonderful Information ")
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Odunsi Mojirayo
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Jan 27, 2011 @ 4:04 am
Wow, This is fantastic,you make my work easiear and
interesting.Good job,and God Bless
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Gbenga
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Jan 30, 2011 @ 8:20 pm
There is nothing bad in a foreigner getting married to a
Nigerian,infact it will strengthen the more good relationships between the two
countries
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olaleye olanike
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Feb 1, 2011 @ 5:05 am
English language alongside the western education came as a
visitor to Nigeria and it dose not provide any meaningful benefit to Nigeria
society, and that of African. pleas i will like u to help me to discuses more
about that more enlighten.
OLALEYE OLANIKE
From Nigeria
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION,OTO IJANIKIN Lagos
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Oyinda Daramola
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Feb 1, 2011 @ 7:07 am
Good write-up overall but I could have sworn there is no
caste system in Yorubaland, and definitely nothing like the Osu among the
Igbos. Please suggest further reading to justify this article's claim of a
caste system among the Yoruba, who have always beem much more of a class-based
society. However, not being royal, nobleman or wealthy does not make you a
pariah in Yorubaland. Certainly, the poor are disadvantaged and underprivileged
as they are anywhere else in the world but the Yoruba do not consider or treat
the poor as outcasts or untouchables! Who are the Osu of Yorubaland? The caste
system is morally indefensible. It defies all logic and I am yet to meet one
person who defends it and is able to justify it. So, I ask again, who are the outcast
groups among my people, the Yoruba? I really would appreciate fact-based
evidence to enlighten me further. Thanks, in advance, to everyone who can.
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Elieth
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Feb 5, 2011 @ 10:10 am
I have a friend from nigeria and i have seen their clothing
and they are wonderful now i have culture project and mine will be based on
nigeria.
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ADESANYA OLUWAFEMI
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Feb 19, 2011 @ 11:11 am
FOUND THIS ARTICLE VERY USEFUL IN PREPARATION FOR MY EXAMINATION
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opadokun ismail
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Feb 20, 2011 @ 12:00 am
dis is highly educative. will like to know more of
architectural practice
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YEMMY OLOWOSILE
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Feb 21, 2011 @ 3:15 pm
This is great. Keep it up. Many Nigerians will definitely
find it useful. More grease to your elbow. Nice job.
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gigi
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Feb 24, 2011 @ 8:08 am
this is a great site for children to use for projects !
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sudhika
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Feb 25, 2011 @ 2:14 pm
what and how was nigeria 100 years ago.thats what i want to
find out
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liezel
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Mar 1, 2011 @ 1:01 am
I am working on my literary interpretation and I am happy i
found this site. This will be of help to me because i chose Nigeria to be my
subject. I hope to find also about their short stories.Thank you and God bless.
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M Yusuf
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Mar 2, 2011 @ 7:07 am
I'm so greatful for this web. Because they said allot about
my country.
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IJ
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Mar 4, 2011 @ 4:04 am
This page is truly way beyond what i asked for. The person(S)
behind this great piece of work deserves to be celebrated and honored.
What can i say, am already holding a party for them. KEEP UP
IT GOOD WORK!
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ominde
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Mar 4, 2011 @ 8:08 am
very educative.useful information especially for a future
yoruba son in-law like me
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Christy
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Mar 4, 2011 @ 9:09 am
I like it,just because is more educative to the fact that
people without knowledge this hostry give kudos to this site.
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jimmy wong
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Mar 4, 2011 @ 10:10 am
I think that comment that u said really made my weiner
hard...and i thank u for that
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jeremiah
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Mar 4, 2011 @ 12:12 pm
i want to know d diff types of culture that is been practice
in our society or country Nigeria.their believe,custom,value,norm etc and way
of life of those culture
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Adadu jacob
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Mar 5, 2011 @ 2:02 am
I have read the site and it is the best place to get nigeria
history.
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Iweala
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Mar 6, 2011 @ 8:20 pm
very informative
helped with reaseach topic; nigerian religion
i'll be sure to return anytime i'm in need of information
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Iweala
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Mar 6, 2011 @ 8:20 pm
very informative
helped with reaseach topic; nigerian religion
i'll be sure to return anytime i'm in need of information
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Xtianmary
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Mar 8, 2011 @ 4:04 am
what i really want to say here is that am very glad to see we
Nigerians coming out to paste our ethnic knowledge for those who do not really
know there culture Nigeria came into existence. I say keep it up and may the
Lord continually to Direct you and Strengthen you in your work which you have
started.
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sarah olaoye
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Mar 8, 2011 @ 6:06 am
I had a college assignment, Introducing Culture and Diversity
(of two countries) to Pre-Schoolers in the form of a Disply. While reseaching,
I came across this site and I must say that I found it to be very informative.
The details are enlightening and the language is indeed simple enough for
children.
It is a great resourse. Citizens and foreigners alike would
become acquinted with 'Nigeria'by reading through this article. It is well
researched and presented, WELL DONE!
I would suggest that more pictures be added to the article as
they help the reader to understand what has been written, especially those who
have not been to Nigeria. For example: 'Women carrying their young ones on
their backs', The Nigerian Flag, The map of Nigeria in colour to help
differenciate the states ans so on.
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Anaele Stanley Uchenna
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Mar 8, 2011 @ 7:19 pm
I am quite impressed that this kind of information is
available on the web about Nigeria. Pls creator keep it up.
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Seriki Kabbaal
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Mar 10, 2011 @ 8:08 am
This is a great Nigeria history.But you have to write or
enlightened the people on the history of Nigeria with the different ethnicity
and the different tribe we have. Also the culture and tradition of each states
in Nigeria.
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Adai james o
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Mar 11, 2011 @ 5:05 am
I enjoyed the page and i want to know more about Nigeria.
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Ojelade bukola ademola
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Mar 27, 2011 @ 2:02 am
A wonderful write up,keep it up,put in an improved effort in
subsequent work,the sky is your basement.kudos to you
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abdulrazak
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Mar 27, 2011 @ 6:18 pm
am realy impress with this detailed information about my
darling country
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JOSHUA ARCHIBONG
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Mar 29, 2011 @ 6:18 pm
THIS SITE IS ONE OF THE BEST SITE WITH DIRECT INFORMATION AND
THE CONTENT OF THIS SITE IS OF THE HIGHEST CLASS. THANK YOU FOR THE TECHNOLOGY
SO FAR KEEP IT UP FOR YOUR HUMANITARIAN SERVICES.
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Ray
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Mar 30, 2011 @ 6:06 am
Thanks for your wonderful write up...don't know if you are a
Nigerian and what part you came from. But l like to say thanks for your
bralient ideas and compilation and will encourage more of your writings as l
hope all critisizing and comments will be put into consideration for a better
output of your work.
All you wrote was a fact as am also a Nigerian Living
outside.l had tried to get on some write up regarding Nigeria culture, religion
and behavior, thoe am an IT student but working on something that will impact
Nigerians.
l just have a few comments to make as l will love if you make
more investingation and research on this 2 topics.
1. The HIV/AID in Nigeria, as l dont like that word..widely
spreed in Nigeria, becoause like you also agreed that Nigeria is the most
populous nation yet more smallar country in Africa and the world has far
heigher HIV/AID than you can immagine in Nigeria, yet these countries dont say
they have wide spreed HIV/AID. So, to me its better you use if not check it
will grow wide, or don't even use as it not neccessary in the contest of that
writing.
2. That the muslim is more than the christians in that great
maggine you used. As most of this words and statistics result from political
statement where the north also claimed the population of kaduna/kano and even
the entire North is muslim. l check other idears online and few books on same
topic about the population and magine on both religion,it seems yours is over
weighing on the 50/40. If you are Nigerian you will understand what am saying
but l believe you also use same statistics that was online. Make your own
research you will know that gone are those days when the muslim use to be more
in number.
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Linda
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Mar 30, 2011 @ 7:07 am
I am reading the Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
so I was looking for more information about Nigeria. This website has helped
give me a broader context for her story and the conflicts between Christianity
and traditional culture. Thank you!!
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Anita
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Apr 6, 2011 @ 3:03 am
Its this culture exercise by nigeria and public
administration?
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Bright Olie
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Apr 7, 2011 @ 3:03 am
Commendable.. A very good work from you guys, couldn't ask
for something better..
Thanks
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sany
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Apr 7, 2011 @ 10:10 am
indeed a very informative narrative.since i am a student i
found this narrative very informative this helped me in writing my assignment
about the country. keep up the good work.
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idk
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Apr 11, 2011 @ 8:20 pm
thank you for all the info it was so great for my project
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bala danladi
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Apr 13, 2011 @ 6:06 am
MUCH DEFINITION ON CULTURE AND IT DIVERSION DIFFERENT FORMS
AND IT TYPE IN NIGERIA CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
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mijan
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Apr 23, 2011 @ 3:15 pm
Hi,
I was employed to a Nigerian family as a Nanny my service was
terminated because i told them i saw a ghost in there house. can some please
shed some light on there Christian/spirtual believes. i was told to seek help
from there pastor which i refuse because its nothing to me, still can't believe
i lost my job because i told them that i saw a ghost.
thanks
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Joseph
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Apr 26, 2011 @ 5:05 am
Can we study nigeria culture to the end,and what is the
implication of culture on nigeria economy.
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dee
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May 2, 2011 @ 10:22 pm
i love this website. im 16 years old and i live in chicago
and this website help me alot ! im a PROUD nigerian but currentli lack
knowledge in the culture ways etc so greatful ue made this page
cheers :) xx
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Terfa
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May 15, 2011 @ 3:15 pm
Nigeria is a great country; our father land, a home in the
heart of Africa. av got a piece on the niger state, its a poetic profile "
speechless lines"
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Mczed Hope
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May 19, 2011 @ 8:08 am
gud jobs to d contributors, am realy impressed bcos its
educative about my beloved country
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JOSELIN
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May 26, 2011 @ 2:14 pm
nigeria is the most beautifull country in the world
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Ifiok Akpan
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May 30, 2011 @ 12:00 am
I found the article very educating and informative. You said
it all about Nigeria using this piece. How i wish other nationalities that need
to know about Nigeria will be able to access these piece of
information.Finally, I commend your literary effort.
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patrick
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Jun 4, 2011 @ 10:10 am
i so much lyk de information in dis rum. It fully explained
much about de origination of NIGERIA and hw they united as one family
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Abiodun jimoh
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Jun 5, 2011 @ 12:12 pm
This is an exciting write up that deserve commendation from
every angle of reading, pls keep it up as I pray that God will richly bless u
for impacting in our lives. Thanks greatly
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Jaiyeola
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Jun 9, 2011 @ 5:05 am
I love this site, Nigerians keep on. I have a little problem
on theis question which is, what is the significant of men in the development
of Nigeria as a nation?
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Sukariba Emmanuel Dokubo
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Jun 16, 2011 @ 8:08 am
I am amazed that an article of this nature exists. I would
have thought that something like this would reside in the hallowed annals of
the Nigerian Congressional Library (if one actually exists). Thanks to the
internet, there now exists a pool of authentic, well researched, well
articulated presentation about my beloved country, Nigeria. While one may not
always be very proud of all that Nigeria represents, this article surely portrays
Nigeria as an organized modern society of humans fit and worthy to be taken
seriously in a global world.
Thank you for your work. I am very impressed, and quite proud
to be a Nigerian.
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Obioma nnadozie
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Jun 24, 2011 @ 11:11 am
I found this website in the process of writing my term paper
research given to me by by lecture.it my pleasure using this website.keep it
up.it not easy.thanks a lot
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Sadiq Adamu Haruna
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Jun 27, 2011 @ 8:08 am
Awesome, i love the history & culture publication i I've
found here, is good to know, it's so real and its great!!!
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Tina Zaldivar
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Jul 14, 2011 @ 1:13 pm
This is so cool.
I'm doing a research for this country.
That is so cool!
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Anne
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Jul 14, 2011 @ 7:19 pm
It quite interesting to note that among the ethnic group in
Nigeria, Efik was not included. Are Efik not an ethnic group in Nigeria?
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Mr SLT
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Jul 15, 2011 @ 8:08 am
this info about nigeria is great keep it up but i still need
2 know about ethnics groups in each states of nigeria
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Olawoye Clement
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Jul 16, 2011 @ 8:20 pm
I'm a student of history and i have red some books and
articles on Nigerian History.This article is one the best articles on Nigerian
History.It is comprehensive and educative.
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isah adamu abdul
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Jul 18, 2011 @ 2:02 am
I will like to join you and be reading your journals which
will assist to facilitate my learning
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Mwende
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Jul 31, 2011 @ 2:02 am
This is very educative...keep it up.
Also, I would like to receive the same on my email listed.
Please keep sending me updates on the Nigerian Culture...
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MUCIM 145
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Aug 1, 2011 @ 4:04 am
i really love it so much, i am here living in the Philippines
and seeing that "documentary" as i called it make me realize how much
i love my country so much. thanks a lot to those who contributed in making
this. I LOVE NIGERIA SO MUCH...
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muhammad ibnhazeem
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Aug 17, 2011 @ 6:06 am
We are bless and we are the greatest nation in the whole
Africa. Nigeria continuous unity
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Tonero
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Aug 19, 2011 @ 10:22 pm
Good job on this info! I can say that u said it as it is. If
u want to know Nigeria, this is it. It is what it is. Again, very informative
for all! thanks!
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Unknown
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Sep 1, 2011 @ 11:23 pm
Can anyone tell me about the Interpretation of time, and Body
language of nigeria.
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Gidado
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Sep 21, 2011 @ 7:07 am
my question "the legal problems inhibiting the survival
of the organisation in Nigeria?
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Adeola Ojo
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Sep 23, 2011 @ 9:09 am
Good job on this informations, thanks so much. I was able to
find enough info for a school project but l found some spelling errors on some
names, for example, Ibadan was spelled as Ibidan and Sani Abacha was spelled as
Sini Abacha. If this could be corrected please. Will sure visit this site again
for more info. Thanks!
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Lifeimages
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Sep 28, 2011 @ 4:04 am
Good information.
I would like to use some of your write up here and images (
with acknowledgement ) in our forth coming open exhibition to mark Nigeria' s
51 independence here in Abuja.
The theme of the exhibition is Nigeria one united people and
it's essence is to promote unity among the diverse Nigerian culture.
I will be glad if this request is granted.
You can mail for response at toludave@gmail.com
Thanks and regards.
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blessing
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Sep 29, 2011 @ 3:03 am
what a wonderful site, God will really bless u for this
information in here. its really help. shalom to your soul.
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ehis
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Sep 29, 2011 @ 6:06 am
well thanks for google for the works they have been doing for
student especially me in particular
i said am greatful,great uniben
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OKUU KALU
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Sep 30, 2011 @ 3:03 am
Is our culture and tradition as outlined in this article in
line with our traditions as well as religious institutions? If YES, are they
practicable? If NO, what can/are do/doing to help the situation especially in
the face of instability.
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Alhassan
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Oct 5, 2011 @ 2:14 pm
It's nice to meet this kind of articles in the net, how I
wish it was before the Nija @ 51, i could have use it to compose some articles,
while never thelesss it may still be ok for us.
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Abba Musa Muhammad
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Oct 6, 2011 @ 9:09 am
I am very appreciated this information and it is great site
for the future research about our great country and good peoples.
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Yaro Luka
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Oct 13, 2011 @ 11:11 am
Sir, this site is a rich one to those who study and write
about dear country and its rich culture. keep it up.
please help he in my research question
what are the past and present family and social life style
and what cause those changes in Nigeria?
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Kristy
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Oct 14, 2011 @ 10:10 am
It was a really enlightening piece.Though id love more
writeups about other ethnic groups other than yoruba,igbo and hausa.Thanks
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Gaddafi
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Oct 15, 2011 @ 11:11 am
I have seen their culture; i.e. their total way of life! It
is good! but so varied!
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Erika
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Oct 23, 2011 @ 10:22 pm
Needs something on the tools of Nigeria. As I looked, I found
no thing on tools...
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Manilyn
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Oct 26, 2011 @ 5:05 am
Thank you so much for your imformations. Now I learned a lot
from your culture I studies them because its my researh and I love your culture
vey much. God Bless you more.
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Tom
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Oct 31, 2011 @ 6:06 am
i am looking for an answer to this question that says... In the
face of globalization, what choice does nigeria have?
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Chika
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Nov 4, 2011 @ 12:00 am
This is great! Though obviously does not represent certain
aspects of Nigerian life, predicament and situation, nevertheless iy serves as
an introduction for anyone who desires to do further reading about this people
who represent the best of Africa. Nigeria is indeed a blessed land.
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HARRISON
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Nov 6, 2011 @ 2:02 am
I STUMBLED INTO THIS PUBLICATION ON MY SEARCH FOR NIGERIAN
CULTURE,AND BEHOLD I GOT MORE THAN WHAT I WAS SEARCHING FOR,MUCH MORE HAS BEEN
ADDED TO MY KNOWLEDGE ,MAY GOD CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE AND BLESS YOU SO MUCH.
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Nonso
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Nov 7, 2011 @ 7:07 am
Nice write up. Your analytical originality and objectivity
place your work at the realm of pantheons. However, the figures regarding the
populations of muslims / christians and also three largest tribes are unfounded
and are rather from political sources(i guess). All the same kudos for your
sound analysis of nigeria.
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Damilola
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Nov 7, 2011 @ 8:08 am
This is a great write,it has really given me some ideas about
how far Nigeria as a country has been.Please can I be assisted in getting
information about the influx of churches into villages in Nigeria.Thanks
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comfort
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Nov 10, 2011 @ 9:09 am
this is awesome i am a nigerian i learnt more about my great
country
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YETTA
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Nov 11, 2011 @ 8:20 pm
WRITING STORY ABOUT IGBO CULTURE...NEED INFORMATION ABOUT,
CUSTOMS, CLOTHING, FOOD, LIVING CONDITIONS 1933-38
IF THERE ARE PICTURES AND WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU CAN LEND
WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED..THANKS
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Chike
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Nov 13, 2011 @ 10:10 am
A good write up we have here, I must say. To the author, well
done. Keep it up
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Chioma
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Nov 14, 2011 @ 11:11 am
As a Nigerian born in another country, this has really helped
me to fully understand my country's culture. It is a great article and I will
have to use it as a refernce for my class research paper.
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jenasis
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Nov 14, 2011 @ 7:19 pm
Very good and educational this site helped me with my
research paper!! thanks so much
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Godfrey Adinson
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Nov 16, 2011 @ 3:03 am
What a wonderful... very educative, interesting to read, am
most sure that even non-Nigerians would love this article. may God continue to
bless you & your work for it really help me a lot on my research work.
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amy loves you.
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Nov 17, 2011 @ 8:08 am
this has helped me very much. i only need help on what they
wear. Any help?
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Ebony Johnson
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Nov 21, 2011 @ 7:07 am
My auntie B is an Princess of Nigeria and i have an project
due on the 23 of November and this help me with alot of things i needed to know.
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biodun omodara
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Nov 23, 2011 @ 6:06 am
i love your site by 100%, keep on educating the world, it a
lovely site.
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onwubiko ozioma
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Nov 23, 2011 @ 8:08 am
THANKS FOR THIS .. PLS HOW DOES NIGERIA RELATE OR INTERACT
WITH OTHER NATIONS CULTURALLY..
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akon
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Nov 23, 2011 @ 1:13 pm
thanks for the comprehensive information about my country.
keep up with the good work.
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victoria nwaogwugwu
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Dec 1, 2011 @ 2:02 am
analyse any three aspect of nigerian culture using the
principle of cultural relativism
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Ome Edwin
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Dec 7, 2011 @ 6:06 am
THANKS FOR MAKING ME TO UNDERSTAND AMONG THE FOUR CARDINAL
POINT OF WHICH NIGERIA IS AT THE WESTERN PART OF THE COAST AND THANKS BE TO
GOOGLE S ACHING ENGINE
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dogu erdogan
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Dec 15, 2011 @ 12:12 pm
i offer my full of thanks for this great job. This article
make me adapted at my life in Nigeria. Thanks to everyone who contributed to.
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pumpkin
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Dec 30, 2011 @ 11:11 am
couldnt you be more specfic? hello! us dumb children cannot
understand! plus where is the traditions? hello!missing information
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alyssa
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Jan 5, 2012 @ 2:14 pm
i loved the article and i would love to read more:) the only
thing i need to find out now is what a day in their life would be like...
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May
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Jan 12, 2012 @ 8:08 am
Good article and full of information but being myself a
Nigerian, born and bred, I have to say that there are a few facts that are
incorrect. For instance, the Igbo will not send a dead person's corpse to their
mother's kin for burial. This ONLY happens where there is a great dispute about
paternity or any such serious matter. In many Igbo villages men are in fact
buried in the sitting room of their main family home. Secondly, the average
Nigerian woman and child expects the father of the home to provide all their needs.
Many men even refuse to allow their wives seek employment on this score. The
pride of the men is a well looked-after family and I found it really confusing
to read about a culture where the women do this themselves having grown up in
Nigeria myself.
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Donna Obaseki-Ogunnaike
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Jan 17, 2012 @ 4:04 am
Very informative and accurate (as far as memory serves me).
Well done.
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Bilikisu
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Jan 28, 2012 @ 8:20 pm
What a good work and a way to pass a great message. But
should have find a way to include some recent photographs that will have shown
real state of Nigeria now.
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Pius mezino
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Jan 29, 2012 @ 3:15 pm
This is acctually what we the students of nigeria realy need
for us to know our exact stand in our great multy ethnic cultural society.
Thanks for keeping we the literate at heart.
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balarabe adamu
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Feb 2, 2012 @ 1:01 am
list and explain ten ways we can help to make nigeria more
united
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tamara
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Feb 4, 2012 @ 1:13 pm
i love my country because it's getting better now than before
, can someone please call all the Nigerian boys and girls back home.because
motherland is good, good for everybody
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Debby
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Feb 20, 2012 @ 10:10 am
Many thanks for this beautiful article. My daughter had an
homework to research about an African country, she chooses Nigeria since that
is our country although we are British citizens. I could not stop myself
reading this article all over again to stay in touch with my Country and it
really got me Homesick that I long to make journey down there to see my people
again. I miss home so much. God bless Nigeria and God bless you that wrote and
publish this article. I pray that the Peace of God overwhelm our Nation and God
himself instill His fear in the hearts of our leaders in Jesus name. Amen.
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Taiwo Idris
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Feb 29, 2012 @ 5:05 am
We need the complete break down of d 10 major religions.
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Googmoment
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Mar 7, 2012 @ 7:07 am
Well ,it's a joyful-moment to have the opportunity to read
,get infomation about Nigeria's norms ,culture , politically and the way of
survival or how their things done fortunately. I am glad and thanx Nigerians
for publishing information .In addition is also a good reminder to those living
overseas. Keep up the good work.
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pandora lipstick
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Mar 11, 2012 @ 2:14 pm
I'm married with a Nigerian man from Eshan Tribe and wanted
to know more about this tribe; in my search I came up on this side; very
intresting and educative, is it possible to do a research on
the Eshan people customs and culture. Keep up the good work
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Christian Anakor
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Mar 12, 2012 @ 10:10 am
Wonderful article,articulate, precise,and information
filled.I was writing my semester paper at Jackson State University on the
Health Care System in Nigeria when I navigated to this website.More of this
will definitely help posterity get information about our culture,way of life
and the place of politics in our health care system which more or less will be
described as very poor because of monumental corruption in the system.Just keep
it up.
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Jessica
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Mar 16, 2012 @ 10:10 am
This was extremely helpful for my project at school, Thanks!
:)
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HABIBA AHMED
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Mar 18, 2012 @ 2:14 pm
I was giving assignment from my school to write about trends
affecting Nigeria religion today, I find this article very helpful. It tells me
more about my Country. i end up knowing more about Nigeria. He bookmarks the
link. Thanks for the article.
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amarachi
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Apr 12, 2012 @ 1:13 pm
i love my country and i believe that it will be a better
country soon, and the education will also improve because Nigeria is growing
day by day.
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josefina
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Apr 13, 2012 @ 4:16 pm
Thank you for the information giving,it help me to know more
about my husband country.
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Odejimi Olalekan Haruna
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Apr 17, 2012 @ 9:09 am
am cool with all the facts gathered in this write up because
it goes a long way in helping me with my assignment on 'Nigerian Culture and
its effect on the economy'
Thanks.
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Gbubies
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Apr 17, 2012 @ 10:10 am
This write-up was really helpful for my assgmnt. Thnx a lot
keep up the job abt stories Nigerians need to knw
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SULAIMAN OLOKO ABBDUL
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Apr 26, 2012 @ 2:02 am
I sincerely appreciate this work that has enriched my
knowledge about my country. i strongly commend the author for this good job
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romesha
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Apr 30, 2012 @ 8:08 am
wow! yoou guys really helped me do a good job on my project
thanks a lot.
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Jaewon
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May 5, 2012 @ 9:09 am
Thanks a lot ! This helped me to prepare for my presentation !
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akudo
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May 11, 2012 @ 9:09 am
this site is so amazing which i could learn more.kudos
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Awwal I. Dansadau
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May 14, 2012 @ 1:13 pm
This is a real commendable effort in exposing the rich
cultures of a country believed to encampases tremendous natural potentials,
intelligent, hardworking and enterprising people. This site has said alot on
thi most populous, virile, viable, enviable and economically reliable black
nation of Africa: Nigeria. I am proud to be Nigerian.
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Abosede
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May 15, 2012 @ 8:20 pm
I was truly impressed with the writer's knowledge about
Nigeria but disagree on the point that men dont provide for their wives and
children. I was born and raised in nigeria and my mother never worked for a day
because it was the duty of my father to provide for the family. Nigerian Men
take pride in providing for their families because that proves that they are
real men. in all good information.
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JanayJanay
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May 28, 2012 @ 10:22 pm
Very informative, I will be using this information to educate
my former classmates, & for my research report. Thank you!
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emmy
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May 31, 2012 @ 5:05 am
thanks for the write up ,it has helped me in gathering
information for my article, Emmy from Russia
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Blessed
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Jun 12, 2012 @ 3:03 am
This is so beautiful.I love the country and I hope one day I
will live there with my mother-in-law.I love you Nigeria and your beautiful
people.
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Vincent
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Jun 13, 2012 @ 2:14 pm
I am very heart-broken at the state of Nigeria's social and
economic systems. It is sad to know that despite the tons of resources, both
human and natural, the nation still has millions of people languishing in
poverty. There has been no specific road-map to make institutions in Nigeria
work to better the lot of everyone. I felt like crying, while going through the
write-up because, even commentators do not see the piece beyond knowledge sake.
Personal knowledge of Nigeria's culture and educational usage have been
reiterated from the respondents. I am deeply saddened by this obvious fact
which does not appear so obvious to the respondents. However, the situation
with ethnicity and the ruling elite may linger, but, a change of constittion
that will strip public office holders of the control over resources and the
nation's wealth, will send a string message of change and indeed foster
development by allowing more power to the masses through more control of
resources handed down to the people. Change will come. The masses will become
more empowered and the public offices will become less attractive. That way,
we'd be able to foster and build a Nigeria of our dreams, with everyone having
the opportunity to develop and access to chioces, hitherto available to corrupt
politicians and businessmen
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samson abdullahi
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Jun 22, 2012 @ 4:04 am
i love nigeria my country despite the security challenges
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Amara
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Jul 5, 2012 @ 4:04 am
Thanks! The article is very useful,it made me know my country
more,and it helped me out in my GST course:Nigerians peoples and culture.please
update more info
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GLORIENEIL
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Jul 6, 2012 @ 2:02 am
It's good to note the NIGERIA showed all kinds of meaningful
information which are very useful to all people especially for a Ph.D. student
like me here in University of the Philippines.We are required to search and to
find out different countries based on the above information..and from them i
can say there are many good practices in NIGERIA that can be adopted by other
countries in order to make difference. I really enjoyed reading these.
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Ugochukwu Okezie
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Jul 16, 2012 @ 6:18 pm
Woaw. I like dis site, it reflesh my memory based on Nigeria
predicament and why Nigeria is a failure state. Atleast i can give an account
of somethings that happen those days
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Arinze (zeal)
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Jul 28, 2012 @ 2:02 am
This site realy enlightened me the most about my country
Nigeria. I must confess that am so happy. Keep it up.
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Zainab Salisu
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Aug 5, 2012 @ 6:06 am
An excellent educative write up! U guys ar doing great, kip d
flag going. Am proud 2 b a nigerian!
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Juana Lancaster
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Aug 11, 2012 @ 10:10 am
I found this information enlightening and I am always looking
for information about Nigeria to incorporate in my research for documentaries.
I would like to build a relationship with people interested in participating in
two projects that I will be working on in 2013. Please visit my site email me
if you are interested in providing an interview. To view a sample of my work
please visit Frontline Television Limited. Thank you and I hope to hear from
all parties interested.
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PK
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Aug 31, 2012 @ 5:05 am
These web site has truly made me awre of some certain thing
which i never thought of.
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Akinfemiwa olatunde
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Sep 1, 2012 @ 1:13 pm
Good work,this is interesting what a nation to be!!!
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kewonkew
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Sep 19, 2012 @ 9:09 am
Wow what a great read. Lot of information and makes great
report for my research paper on Nigeria. Thanks!
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yusuff
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Oct 14, 2012 @ 12:00 am
very good Culture is a word that is familiar to everyone, but
its precise meaning can be
elusive. A useful definition by noted social scientist Geert
Hofstede is that culture
consists of shared mental programs that condition
individuals’ responses to their
environment.
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dhemmybabe
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Oct 16, 2012 @ 1:13 pm
pls can u tel me how history has helped in the unity of the
people of Nigeria
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Emmanuel james
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Oct 25, 2012 @ 4:16 pm
Thanks alot for this great information about nigerian people
and culture. Infact this is where my lecturers derived the Nigerian information
and prepared a book for me to buy.
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Q
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Oct 27, 2012 @ 9:09 am
This was some really good info. My man friend is Nigerian and
I wanted to know more about where he comes from
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trinitee watson
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Nov 9, 2012 @ 6:18 pm
theres one thing that they missed out which is the social
groups that i need for my project but i got everything else
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Joseph
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Nov 13, 2012 @ 10:22 pm
Very interesting indeed. I Love what I read, good people.
Africa is a beautiful place to live and also visit. Long Live federal republic
of Nigeria.
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Amber Jaiswal
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Nov 15, 2012 @ 7:07 am
Thanks for posting this such a knowledgeful artical whict is
describing so may aspects of Nigeria, there people, culture, lifestyle,
religion & livelihood. I am an Indian and working in an IT company, few
days back i have got an opportunity to work in Nigeria's city Lagos.
I am a lil bit scared about the violence part of Nigeria but
on the other hand i want to expolre my self, this is the very first time while
i'm traveling outside of my country (India).
Friends please share your views with me at ammyjais@gmail.com
if i would be there so what kind of problems i migh be
face...?
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Allamah Ali Mele
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Nov 24, 2012 @ 3:03 am
I have gone through the contents which made me happy to
contact and show my appreciation upon it. I will be happy if you will continues
sending me such contents to my email address. Thanks
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MaryAnn Sunny Glover
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Nov 26, 2012 @ 2:14 pm
I was enlighten of what i read about Nigeria But i want to
learn a lot more. I am planning on marrying a Nigerian man.
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Eddie Wane
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Dec 2, 2012 @ 7:07 am
Very impressed with this document. Got what I wanted out of
this and say thanks again
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goodgirl
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Dec 10, 2012 @ 6:06 am
this article was really helpful to me and i am suprised by
the amount of information i got from it.keep up the good work
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minnie mouse
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Dec 21, 2012 @ 9:09 am
I would like to read more about the langue and the migration
to wich it started the langue...but it was okay for the most part.
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jamie
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Jan 13, 2013 @ 11:11 am
one of the best articles i have read about Nigeria.thanks i
got the information i needed.
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gyrioa
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Jan 20, 2013 @ 1:13 pm
i love your website it has every information i want about
nigerians my project is going to be fab because of you guys you made it
possible.
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Adoroh John
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Jan 27, 2013 @ 6:06 am
Please, can you list out 20 of Nigerian culture outside the
popular ones like; Hausa, Yoruba, etc?
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victor otoghagua
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Feb 5, 2013 @ 7:19 pm
this website about Nigeria's people and culture is well
resershed and analysed.
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Ishola
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Feb 12, 2013 @ 7:07 am
Nice answer,more grease to your elbow,i am highly impressed
by the information provided.
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Ibrahim
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Feb 20, 2013 @ 6:06 am
Can I Please get the detailed story of Ijebu People and their
praise (Euology). thank you
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Babatunde Moyinoluwa. Elizabeth
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Feb 24, 2013 @ 3:03 am
This is a nice work. Thanks very much and please keep it up.
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iyaijebu
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Feb 24, 2013 @ 9:09 am
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this article. Thank you and well
done! There are few inaccuracies there but May; (Comment #229) addressed those
issues. Nigerian men do take pride in taking care of their wife or wives and
children. I know it has been several years since this was written; the ratio of
Muslim to Christian has changed. Nonetheless, I commend you for your work and
an unbiased comment. Nicely done! May God bless you. I shed a tear or two
beaming with pride about my country Thank you very much.
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lawrence
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Feb 28, 2013 @ 9:09 am
what was the igbo laws when the " white man "
invated? if anyone can find that email me please
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Yohana Izam
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Mar 3, 2013 @ 4:16 pm
Well researched. But the Muslim/Christian ratio need to be
rechecked please.
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Opeyemi
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Mar 11, 2013 @ 6:06 am
I love dis is good 4 d project my writting on social
development in nigeria have gain a lot there thanks keep it up it nice.
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clement
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Mar 12, 2013 @ 3:15 pm
Hummm, am sooo delighted to come across this page. I've been
eager to know much about my own CULTURE in details. Though, am student of Benue
state University MAKURDI. ''Nigeria people and culture is one of my GSTs''
which the text book cost 4500, so i've seen the text here without paying for
it. So tnkz for ur good work. ''RAZ B''
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bakare kenny
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Mar 25, 2013 @ 10:10 am
Highly educative. it helps in my assignment. kudos!
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Hana
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May 8, 2013 @ 9:09 am
Hello, i am a student at Lewis and Clark High School. I am
doing an isearch on Ibo women of Nigeria. I would like to interview anyone who
knows more information about that topic. Please email me at
hanasandy14@gmail.com if your are intrested. Thank you so much.
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Amy
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May 14, 2013 @ 7:19 pm
Wow! this is good, my children couldn't believe some of the
information that we got from this website, i must confess that this is
excellent and very educational for our young generation. Thumbs up to those
that invest their time, money and intellectual in this. My country people no
matter what, our culture is the best, i don't care about what people say. God
Bless Nigeria!!!
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Amber
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May 24, 2013 @ 9:21 pm
I am using this website for a report and I would like to know
the date that this information was published on this website. Thank you.
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Adamu Tsoho
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Jun 26, 2013 @ 6:06 am
I'm very greatful to this website becouse i found the
solution of my problem at school(Assignment).
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osah uche gift
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Aug 24, 2013 @ 2:02 am
let me start form thanking them because with the help of this
website i have know so many things about Nigeria culture. But i want ask who is
the founder of this website because i want to use it ask an assignment in my
community. Thank you.
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osah uche gift
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Aug 24, 2013 @ 2:02 am
let me start form thanking them because with the help of this
website i have know so many things about Nigeria culture. But i want ask who is
the founder of this website because i want to use it ask an assignment in my
community. Thank you.
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ELESHO SIMEON
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Oct 28, 2013 @ 11:11 am
This in no small no small measure has detailed me about my
country. A rich well placed and divinely blessed with natural and human
resources but battling with leadership problem. we are grateful for this
helping information. Nigeria will rise no matter our difficulties.
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Taye Fadipe
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Oct 30, 2013 @ 9:21 pm
When I tell my white friends about Nigerian culture and norms
they wonder our social culture and norms grow from generations to generations,
I am proud to be a Nigerian. Thanks for posting this great article.
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Maryam Abdullahi
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Dec 18, 2013 @ 4:16 pm
I am writing my doctorate proposal on: Marketing Africa a
Tourist Destination to African Americans in the United States and i found this
article very relevant for my write-up. The article has changed my thinking
considerably. I must commend your effort in putting up this highly educative
material. Please keep the candle burning ! We are proud of you!! Bravo!!!.
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debbz
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Dec 20, 2013 @ 5:05 am
great write-up! but i think der should be an update cos we
have many diverse cultures regardless of the fact that the igbo, yoruba and
hausas are populous and quite a lot has changed since you wrote this.
Especially in the area of gender equality in NIGERIA. All in all, this was
amazing.
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Sophie B.
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Jan 15, 2014 @ 3:15 pm
Hey hey guys! Love love LOVE your website, I am so proud to
be studying this wonderful country. Thank you for making my life better with this
website. Lots of hugs and kisses
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Billy H
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Jan 22, 2014 @ 2:02 am
Thx for helping me do my project you guys are a great help to
all the other people who need this site.
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wendy
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Feb 1, 2014 @ 2:02 am
Interesting but I need the history of fashion in Lagos state
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Saphire Lewis
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Apr 10, 2014 @ 11:11 am
hey, just wanted to say thanks for the info, i needed this
for an english prodject.
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alec miller
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Apr 16, 2014 @ 4:16 pm
im in detention and doing work at school and im glad i found
this web site, my partner will be pleased
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ngendahayo
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Apr 18, 2014 @ 10:10 am
Women in nigeria should be given rights to equal to their
counterparts
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bre casiley
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Jun 25, 2014 @ 11:11 am
great work. very interesting and insightful. i have a profile
of nigeria to do and this was a one stop shop
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Johnny Konneh
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Jul 21, 2014 @ 8:20 pm
Great information I learned from this article when engaged in
some form of cultural research. Very rich information.
Many thanks.
JMK
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Mary
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Sep 16, 2014 @ 5:17 pm
Nigeria is a blessed land
I'm blessed and happy to be Nigerian
It good to know where you came from
I love it
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Adam Muhammad Saleh
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Oct 23, 2014 @ 9:09 am
Good write-up and the article is very interesting, I'm not
history student but I learned a lot about my country, my advice is that, the
article needs update.
TNX
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ADEPOJU, B. H.
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Jan 6, 2015 @ 2:14 pm
Thanks immensely. The article reminded me of much I know but would
not have been able to produce
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Muffy
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Jan 18, 2015 @ 7:07 am
I have to make a presentation in my church in South Korea
about Nigerian culture from the western part of the country because am from
there. (Ibadan). This site is so rich and educative about the Nigerian people
and culture.
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taylor
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Feb 3, 2015 @ 12:12 pm
thank you so much! this helped me out a lot with my English
paper!
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sheilah gitonga
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Feb 10, 2015 @ 7:07 am
Nigeria is a blessed country i pray the almighty God to bless
it...my dream one day i will visit it,i love your culture,history
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Blessing Ola
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Feb 17, 2015 @ 4:16 pm
Highly educative. it helps in my assignment. kudos!
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dinisaurus
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Feb 19, 2015 @ 4:04 am
Hey, ik hou niet van het dil(do) met de vlugge panda.
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Sean Riley
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Mar 17, 2015 @ 5:05 am
What are Nigerians attitude toward motorbikes and what kind
of lifestyle does the average Nigerian pursue: a consumer culture, Luxuries
Life or an ordinary life? Please need help?
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Charlie
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Apr 29, 2015 @ 6:18 pm
Great information! I am trying to cite the author. Can you
help?
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tatiana
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Jun 5, 2015 @ 10:10 am
very well written!!! also helped me understand my husband
background a little bit more. thank you for your insight
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tina simms
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Jun 9, 2015 @ 11:11 am
A very good write up. My knowledge of Nigeria is has been
enrished. However Not much was said about the injustice and adverse effects of
the oil trade on the goose that lays the golden egg!
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Prince Odunayo Ajayi Isaac
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Aug 14, 2015 @ 8:20 pm
Its not possible to express enough how happy happy i am to
stumble to this great and wonderful work of Nigeria. Am going to get a copy for
myself and children. Thanks a million for this WORK
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NgozI .M
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Aug 24, 2015 @ 12:00 am
It makes me feel happy to know more about my country
I have to do a presentation to 35 to 40 people in my
church concerning Nigerian culture,Religion, Food &,etc I
felt very confident,
Thank you very,very much for this wonderful article.
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billy
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Feb 9, 2016 @ 9:09 am
nice. 10/10 would pleasure myself to again.
lolololololololoololol my pns hurts
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