What you'll learn

• Depopulation
• De-humanising effects.
• Intensification of political rivalry and warfare among various Nigerian peoples.
• On the coast there emerged a trading elite class which benefited from the trade.
• Changes in culture, dressing, manners, economy etc.
• Growth of European dominance along the coast.
• Intensification of contacts between the coast and the hinterland.
• Exportation of Nigerian culture to the Americas.