The Berlin conference on the partitioning of Africa was held in _______.
1888/1889
1887/1888
1885/1886
1884/1885
Correct answer is D
In 1884 at the request of Portugal, German Chancellor Otto von Bismark called together the major western powers of the world to negotiate questions and end confusion over the control of Africa. The conference lasted until February 26, 1885 – a three month period where colonial powers haggled over geometric boundaries in the interior of the continent, disregarding the cultural and linguistic boundaries already established by the Native Indigenous African population. What ultimately resulted was a hodgepodge of geometric boundaries that divided Africa into fifty irregular countries.
The policy of Association was adopted by the ________
French
British
Portuguese
Belgians
Correct answer is A
The Policy of Association was the second policy the French Colonial Administration tuned to which recognized and preserved the identity, traditions, institutions, religions, customs, and way of life of the people within the French empire. This policy was emphasized by the French between 1920-1945.
The Ekumeku movement started from Anioma which is part of present day ________.
Delta
Enugu
Imo
Anambra
Correct answer is A
When the Royal Niger Company attempted to establish its authority in the Asaba hinterland in the 1880s, the existing town societies in the area provided the foundations of a resistance movement which became known as the Ekumeku.
Who introduced indirect rule in Nigeria?
John Beecroft
Bernard Bourdillon
Lord Lugard
King Richard II
Correct answer is C
The system of indirect rule was first introduced in the Northern Nigeria around 1906 by Sir Lord Fredrick Lugard when he was a high commissioner of the protectorate of the Northern Nigeria.
Who was the head of the Zulus at the time of the Mfecane war?
Zwide
Shaka
Dingiswayo
Sobhuza
Correct answer is B
The three powerful states that became involved in the Mfecane at the initial stages were the Ndwandwe led by Zwide, the Mthethwa led by Dingiswayo and the Ngwane led by Sobhuza and their expansionist ideas were ultimately crashed by Shaka(king of Zulu)