Overview
Identify the reasons for European activities. Identify the articles of trade and early commercial relations between Nigerian peoples and Europeans. Asses the impact of European contact on coastal peoples of Nigeria.
What you'll learn
- Background to European exploration of West Africa.
- The arrival of the Portuguese along the Nigerian coast: Lagos, Calabar,
- Itsekiri country, etc.
- Nature of early commercial and social contacts between European and Nigerian groups and the articles of trade.
- Portuguese efforts at Christianization in Benin and in the Itsekiri Kingdoms and its consequences.
- Prelude to the Atlantic slave trade.