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1880–1905. Southern Nigeria is conquered by the British, including Igboland. 1885–1906. Christian missionary presence in Igboland. 1891. King Ja Ja of Opobo dies in exile, but his corpse is brought back to Nigeria for burial. 1896–1906. Around 6,000 Igbo children attend mission schools. 1901–1902.
History of Nigeria. This is a timeline of Nigerian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Nigeria and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Nigeria. See also the list of heads of state of Nigeria.
29 paź 2024 · Igbo (Ibo), people living chiefly in southeastern Nigeria who speak Igbo, a language of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family. Before European colonization, the Igbo lived in autonomous local communities, but by the mid-20th century a sense of ethnic identity was strongly developed.
18 lut 2019 · Biafran war. 1967 - Three eastern states secede as the Republic of Biafra, sparking three-year civil war. 1975 - General Gowon overthrown by Brigadier Murtala Ramat Mohammed, who begins process of...
Decades after the Nigerian-Biafran war, the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), a secessionist group, was founded in September 1999 by Ralph Uwazurike for the goal of an independent Igbo state.
From 1434-1807 the Niger coast acted as a contact point between African and European traders, beginning with the Portuguese, then the Dutch and finally the English. At this stage there was an emphasis on trade rather than empire building, in this case the trade consisting primarily of Igbo slaves.
The Igbo contributed to major historical developments including the development of agriculture, the Bantu migration, and its influence in the making of Bantu cultural areas in sub-Saharan Africa.
