Nigerian+Colony+of+Great+Britian

**Geography-** ** Nigeria is located in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea. Nigeria has a varied landscape. It starts at the Obudu hills in the southeast through the beaches in the south, the rainforest, the Laguo estuary and savanah in the middle and southwest of the country and the Sahara in the extreme north. Nigeria's main rivers are the Niger and the Benue which converge and empty into the Niger Delta, the world's largest river deltas. - Trade- ** **The name Nigeria was suggested by British journalist Flora Shaw in the 1890s. 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 British, French, and Dutch soon followed. Soon after their arrival, the trade in slaves replaced the original trade in goods. The slave trade had major 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.** **Culture-** ** Nigeria has over 250 different languages and cultures. 80% of the Benins tend to be Christian while the remaining 20% worship deities called ****Ogu.** ** They speak mostly English in there society. **
 * Nigeria was controlled by the Britsh for its vast natual resources, its agricultual, and culture. **

**Natural Resources-** ** Nigeria is a big supplier of oil. Natural gases and Liquefied Natural gas. **
 * Agriculture-**   ** Nigeria produces grain, cattle, goats, yams, cotton, many fruits and vegetables, sugar cane, and palm oil. **