GhanaNigeria2000 - Nigeria People. Major ethnic groups Ibo, Hausa, Fulani, Yoruba, Ijaw, Kanuri, ibibio, Tiv. Major Religions, Muslim 45%, Christian 45%, indigenous beliefs 10%. http://www.ghananigeria2000.com/english/hostcountry/nigeria.html
Extractions: Home News Competition Groups ... Ghana Nigeria NIGERIA is Africa's most populous country and is also the most populous black country in the world. It is considered to be one of the richest countries in Africa, due its large natural resources and manpower. After more than a decade in isolation and gross mismanagement by its two military dictators (Babangida and Abacha), the hope of Nigerians has once more been rekindled in the new democracy under the leadership of President Obasanjo. His actions, policies, and drive to wipe out corruption in the society have earned him the title of the best president Nigeria has ever seen. Foreign investments have been pouring in ever since the new civilian government came to power in May 1999. More than 200 ethnic groups live in Nigeria, with the Ibo, Hausas, and Yoruba making up the majority. The British first ruled Nigeria from the late 1800s and until 1960 when Nigeria got its independence. After the independence, Nigeria has been characterized by bad military, reaching its worst state during the regimes of Babangida and his close associate Abacha. Geography Location: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroun
Search rate 5.8% (2001 est.) HIV/AIDS people living with Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, ibibio 3.5%, Tiv Religions Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10 http://www.nigeriancomputersociety.com/ncslink/search.php?kword=people
Extractions: note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2002 est.) Age structure
Walker, Alice (1944-) Urhobo, Itsekiri, Isoko, Efik, Etche, ibibio, Andoni, Ikwere Protests by indigenous people have taken unique spiritual and travails of the people to national http://www.allthingspass.com/docs/Snow-Saro-Wiwa.htm
Extractions: Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941-1995), Ogoni the Pacification of the Tribes of the Lower Niger keith harmon snow Born in the southern village of Bori, Ken Saro-Wiwa was one of NigeriaÕs most recognized and accomplished citizens. An Ogoni leader from Ogoni, Ken Saro-Wiwa was tried and hanged for challenging the environmental hostility and terrorism perpetrated against the indigenous minorities of the Niger River Delta by the petroleum industry and their corrupt political allies. Ogoni Bill of Rights (1990). Winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize and the Right Livelihood Award in 1995, he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize prior to his execution. Always environmentally conscious, Saro-Wiwa adopted the plank of environmentalism as a strategic tool to promote the Ogoni cause. ÒThe visit to the United States (1993) sharpened my awareness of the need to organize the Ogoni people to struggle for their environment,Ó Saro-Wiwa wrote ( Month : 79.). ÒA bit of research and thinking of my childhood days showed me how conscious of their environment the Ogoni have always been and how far they went in an effort to protect it. I had shown this consciousness all along.Ó Jailed in 1993 under the Treason and Treasonable Offenses Decree (known in Nigeria as Òthe Saro-Wiwa decreeÓ) promulgated in 1993 by then President Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, Saro-Wiwa wrote from prison poetry that widely echoed the sentiments of the minority delta peoples:
The Centre For Advanced Studies Of African Society that has brought currency into ibibio linguistics, among many African languages as some people suggest and uncompromising usage of its indigenous languages as http://www.casas.co.za/book.htm
Internet Resources For Social And Cultural Anthropology The collection includes examples from ibibio, Igbo, Ijo with a window through which people can view Center for World indigenous Studies; National Park Service http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/anth/soccult/internet.htm
NCBuy: Nigeria People - Country Statistics HIV/AIDS Infected People Living 3.5 million (2001 est 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, ibibio 3.5%, Tiv Religions Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10 http://www.ncbuy.com/reference/country/people.html?code=ni
OIC SUMMIT 2003 is widely spoken, especially among educated people. Yoruba, Igbo, Fulfulde, Kanuri, ibibio, Tiv, Efik Islam (45%), Christianity (35%) and indigenous religions. http://www.bernama.com/oicsummit/mem.php?id=40&cat=BI
1st Stop For Travellers - TravelGIS.com People. Hausa and Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5%. Religions Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10 http://www.travelgis.com/NI/peo.asp
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Plep Archive and includes uses and myths by indigenous people from many tell and number of Japanese people who were The collection includes examples from ibibio, Igbo, Ijo http://www.nutcote.demon.co.uk/nl03may0104.html
FRONTLINE/WORLD . NIGERIA - The Road North . Facts & Stats | PBS Ijaw, 10 percent; Kanuri, 4 percent; ibibio, 3.5 percent are Christian and 10 percent hold indigenous beliefs HausaFulani people in the north are predominantly http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/nigeria/facts.html
Extractions: Twice the land size of California, Nigeria is a large West African nation bordered by the Gulf of Guinea and wedged between Benin and Cameroon. Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation, accounting for one-quarter of West Africa's people. The country has a population of more than 120 million people from hundreds of ethnic groups. The most populous and politically influential ethnic groups include the Hausa-Fulani, 29 percent; Yoruba, 21 percent; Igbo (also "Ibo"), 18 percent; Ijaw, 10 percent; Kanuri, 4 percent; Ibibio, 3.5 percent; and Tiv, 2.5 percent. More than 250 languages are spoken. English is the official language.
The Nigerian Embassy, Moscow, Russian Federation: Nigeria: Culture and villages, others occupy several larger indigenous cities. Many people of nonHausa origin, including the city Benue Valley near Makurdi; the ibibio and Efik http://www.nigerianembassy.ru/Nigeria/culture.htm
Extractions: With a birth rate of 39.7 per 1,000 and a death rate of 13.9 per 1,000, Nigeria's population is growing at an average of 3 percent annually. The average Nigerian woman gives birth six times in her lifetime, although among more educated women the rate is somewhat lower. Nearly half of Nigerians are younger than 15 years. By 2025 the population is projected to grow to 204 million, nearly double the current size. The highest population densities are in the Igbo heartland in southeastern Nigeria, despite poor soils and heavy emigration. The intensively farmed zones around and including several major Hausa cities especially Kano, Sokoto, and Zaria in the north are also packed with people. Other areas of high density include Yorubaland in the southwest, the central Jos Plateau, and the Tiv homeland in Benue State in the south central region. Densities are relatively low in the dry northeast and in most parts of the middle belt. Ecological factors, including the prevalence of diseases such as sleeping sickness, carried by the tse-tse fly, and historical factors, especially the legacy of pre-colonial slave raiding, help explain these low densities.
Nigeria: Religion Middle belt people, especially those with ambitions in early twentieth century in the ibibio Niger Delta Pentecostals arrived mostly as indigenous workers in http://www.carnelian-international.com/nigeria/Religion.htm
Extractions: Alongside most Nigerian religious adherence were systems of belief with ancient roots in the area. These beliefs combined family ghosts with relations to the primordial spirits of a particular site. In effect the rights of a group defined by common genealogical descent were linked to a particular place and the settlements within it. The primary function of such beliefs was to provide supernatural sanctions and legitimacy to the relationship between, and the regulations governing, claims on resources, especially agricultural land and house sites. Access rights to resources, political offices, economic activities, or social relations were defined and legitimised by these same religious beliefs. Sorcery and even witchcraft beliefs persisted and were discussed as forms of medicine, or as coming from "bad people" whose spirits or souls were diagnosed as the cause of misfortune. There also were special ways in which the outcomes of stressful future activity, long trips, lingering illnesses, family and other problems could be examined. Soothsayers provided both therapy and divinatory foreknowledge in stressful situations. In the city-states of Yorubaland and its neighbours, a more complex religion evolved that expressed the subjugation of village life within larger polities. These city-states produced a theology that linked local beliefs to a central citadel government and its sovereignty over a hinterland of villages through the monarch. The king (oba) and his ancestors were responsible for the welfare of the entire state, in return for confirmation of the legitimacy of the oba's rule over his subjects. In Oyo, for example, there were a number of national cults, each with its own priests who performed rituals under the authority of the king (alafin) in the public interest. Shango, god of thunder, symbolized the power of the king and of central government; Ogboni represented the fertility of the land and the monarch's role in ensuring the well-being of the kingdom.
Country Reports the population (33,495,794 male; 32,337,193 female) people ages 65 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, ibibio 3.5%, Tiv Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%. http://www.classbrain.com/cb_cr/geos/ni.html
Extractions: Include word variants Use only words as entered. Introduction [Top of Page] Background: Following nearly 16 years of military rule, a new constitution was adopted in 1999 and a peaceful transition to civilian government completed. The new president faces the daunting task of rebuilding a petroleum-based economy, whose revenues have been squandered through corruption and mismanagement, and institutionalizing democracy. Geography [Top of Page] Location: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon Geographic coordinates: 10 00 N, 8 00 E
