Ch.+1+History+of+Nigeria

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 * The Igbo tribe lives in the South of Nigeria called Igboland.
 * People immigrated to the core area of Igboland starting in the 9th century and continuing mostly in the 14th and 15th centuries.
 * The first contact between the people of Igboland and Europe came in the mid-fifteenth century with the arrival of the Portuguese. From 1434-1807 the Niger coast acted as a contact point between African and European traders, beginning with the Portuguese, then the Dutch amd finally the English.
 * At this point there was more emphasis on trade rather than building up the empire, but they mostly traded their people as slaves.
 * Slave trade was abolished in 1807.
 * they started trading palm products, timber, elephant tusks and spices after they abolished slave trade.
 * The british began to combine trading with aggressive imperialism.
 * Igboland was being treated like a British colony.
 * In 1928, Igbo men had to pay taxes for the first time in history.
 * Because of Britain's attempt to take over the political control of Igboland, there was resistance of the Igbo people. there was also cultural protest. This all happened in the early 20th century.
 * There were rumors that Igbo women were being assessed for taxation that sparked off in the riots of 1929. A massive revolt of women had never happened before in Igboland and was quite surprising.

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