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Queen Amina of Zaria (1588-1589): at the age of sixteen, Amina became the heir apparent (Magajiya) to her mother, Bakwa of Turunku, the ruling queen of Zazzua. With the title came the responsibility for a ward in the city and daily councils with other officials. Although her mother's reign was known for peace and prosperity, Amina also chose to learn military skills from the warriors. Read more
Virtually all the native races of Africa are represented in Nigeria, hence the great diversity of her people and culture. The earliest occupants of Nigeria settled in the forest belt and in the Niger Delta region. Read more
Dubbed 'Nollywood', the Nigerian film industry produces over 800 feature films each year.
Battle of Love: directed by Simisola Opeoluwa and starring Kanayo O kanayo, Segun Arinze, Ramsey Nouah and Rekia Attah. Set in the 1960s Nigeria, where the Biafra civil War is about to break out, two men from different parts of the country are fighting for what is most important to them, the woman they love. Read more
419: 419 scam (named after the relevant section of the Nigerian Criminal Code it violates), also known as Advance fee fraud, Nigerian money transfer fraud, or Nigeria scam, is a fraudulent scheme to extract money from investors living in rich countries in Europe, Australasia, or North America. Although these confidence tricks originated in Nigeria, they have since become a worldwide criminal activity that is conservatively estimated to net billions of dollars a year. Source: Wikipedia
Olumo Rock: the most famous landmark of Abeokuta (which means 'under the rock'), the capital of Ogun State in southwestern Nigeria. Olumo Rock, sacred to the Egba people, is on the east side of the Ogun river. Visitors should engage a guide from the tourist center at the bottom of the rock where one can explore the caves used as sanctuary during the Yoruba civil war. At the rock's summit, visitors can enjoy a tremendous view of Abeokuta and the Ogun River.
Nigerian National Anthem
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The cuisine of Nigeria is an ancient art that reflects the history and forms of our country; surviving the arrivals of the first Europeans (Portuguese) in 1472, the British invasion of Lagos Island in 1861, subsequent colonization in 1914 through to independence in 1960. Although no strong foreign influence can be seen in any of the traditional dishes, exotic food crops and spices (were) introduced by these settlers. The Nigerian cuisine is infinitely variable and adaptable. Although fiery and hot with a devotion to chilli, the chilli content in most recipes can be reduced or omitted altogether according to taste. Recipes are passed from mothers to daughters and are rarely written down hence making each dish a new experience, since every cook has his or her own taste. OnlineNigeria.com
Groundnut soup
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UBURUBU (a town in Nigeria) is a palindrome (a word or group of words that is the same whether you read it forwards from the beginning or backwards from the end). Source: Word Oddities
In 1986 Professor Wole Soyinka became the first African to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Read more
Nigerian proverbs:
The frog does not jump in the daytime without reason.
A tiger does not have to proclaim its tigritude.
Source: Creative Proverbs
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