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	Most of the terracotta figures they left are standing, potentially reaching about 121 cm (4 feet), and are often depicted in religious poses, typically kneeling completely or on one knee. This pattern is seen across West African cultures and is typically linked to ancestral worship. These ancestral terracotta figures mark emergent social hierarchies and the religious legitimation of power. Advanced iron-smelting techniques were discovered at the site of Taruga; these include furnaces and tools that reflect emerging specialization and artisanship.<ref name=":2" />		Most of the terracotta figures they left are standing, potentially reaching about 121 cm (4 feet), and are often depicted in religious poses, typically kneeling completely or on one knee. This pattern is seen across West African cultures and is typically linked to ancestral worship. These ancestral terracotta figures mark emergent social hierarchies and the religious legitimation of power. Advanced iron-smelting techniques were discovered at the site of Taruga; these include furnaces and tools that reflect emerging specialization and artisanship.<ref name=":2" />
			[[File:Nok.jpg\|thumb\|Terracotta sculpture from the Nok civilization, dating back to a period between 500 BCE and 200 CE. ]]
	The Nok were among the first in the world to transition directly from stone to iron smelting, skipping the Copper and Bronze Ages. However, this sequence of “stone to copper to bronze to iron” is a Eurocentric concept, as material conditions such as the availability of ore, ecological constraints, and social needs dictate the sequence and trajectory of technological development. Archaeological evidence of iron-smelting furnaces at Taruga dates back to at least 500 BCE. This evidence also shows that they were a farming society that cultivated pearl millet and cowpeas. For reasons unknown to historians, they stopped leaving records around 500 BCE.<ref name=":2" />		The Nok were among the first in the world to transition directly from stone to iron smelting, skipping the Copper and Bronze Ages. However, this sequence of “stone to copper to bronze to iron” is a Eurocentric concept, as material conditions such as the availability of ore, ecological constraints, and social needs dictate the sequence and trajectory of technological development. Archaeological evidence of iron-smelting furnaces at Taruga dates back to at least 500 BCE. This evidence also shows that they were a farming society that cultivated pearl millet and cowpeas. For reasons unknown to historians, they stopped leaving records around 500 BCE.<ref name=":2" />
	==== Igbo-Ukwu Civilization ====		==== Igbo-Ukwu Civilization ====
	The Igbo-Ukwu Civilization was an early Iron Age state in southeastern Nigeria, known for its detailed bronze artifacts created using the cire perdue technique. Discovered by accident in 1938, these artifacts included staff heads, ceremonial vessels, and roped pots decorated with insects and geometric patterns. The Igbo possessed a very unique metallurgical tradition, as they used a leaded bronze alloy instead of the copper alloys common in West Africa at the time. This unique metallurgy reflects a high degree of craft specialization and artisanship necessary to maintain these workshops. Specifically, the use of leaded bronze points to experimental alloying techniques designed to produce intricate castings.<ref name=":3">Shaw, Thurstan. 1970. Igbo-Ukwu. <nowiki>https://ehrafarchaeology.yale.edu/traditions/fa75/documents/009</nowiki>.</ref>		The Igbo-Ukwu Civilization was an early Iron Age state in southeastern Nigeria, known for its detailed bronze artifacts created using the cire perdue technique. Discovered by accident in 1938, these artifacts included staff heads, ceremonial vessels, and roped pots decorated with insects and geometric patterns. The Igbo possessed a very unique metallurgical tradition, as they used a leaded bronze alloy instead of the copper alloys common in West Africa at the time. This unique metallurgy reflects a high degree of craft specialization and artisanship necessary to maintain these workshops. Specifically, the use of leaded bronze points to experimental alloying techniques designed to produce intricate castings.<ref name=":3">Shaw, Thurstan. 1970. Igbo-Ukwu. <nowiki>https://ehrafarchaeology.yale.edu/traditions/fa75/documents/009</nowiki>.</ref>
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	Ife was designed in the form of a giant, centrally focused spoked wheel. The center housed the Afin, the royal palace complex, from which infrastructure radiated outward in all directions. The urban hub was surrounded by defensive moats and walls. The ruling class controlled this infrastructure and revered it as a spiritual epicenter. This sacred geography served to reinforce state power: the central palace functioned as the hub for organizing extraction, redistribution, and control, while roads sprawling from the center facilitated the movement of goods and labor to markets. The surrounding walls protected stored surplus, and these cosmological assertions naturalized class domination.<ref name=":6" />		Ife was designed in the form of a giant, centrally focused spoked wheel. The center housed the Afin, the royal palace complex, from which infrastructure radiated outward in all directions. The urban hub was surrounded by defensive moats and walls. The ruling class controlled this infrastructure and revered it as a spiritual epicenter. This sacred geography served to reinforce state power: the central palace functioned as the hub for organizing extraction, redistribution, and control, while roads sprawling from the center facilitated the movement of goods and labor to markets. The surrounding walls protected stored surplus, and these cosmological assertions naturalized class domination.<ref name=":6" />
	==== Benin Empire ====		==== Benin Empire ====
			[[File:Benin Busts.jpg\|thumb\|371x371px\|Busts depicting a Oba (King) and a Iyoba (Queen Mother), cast in brass using the traditional lost-wax technique from the Benin Empire. ]]
	To the east of Ife, the Benin Empire emerged, with the Edo people starting as a union of villages that consolidated into one large empire ruled by the Oba (emperor). Benin reached its peak in the 15th and 16th centuries. The empire was centralized and militarized, protected by the Walls of Benin, similar to Ife. This consolidation resulted from changing property relations, trade expansion, and control over surplus extraction and trade routes. The Walls of Benin were constructed through organized labor and corvée obligations.<ref name=":7">Edigin, C., & Edigin, C. (2025). The Obas of Benin (1200 to the present) : A Brief History of the Rulers of A West African State for Eight Centuries. BlackPast. Retrieved from <nowiki>https://blackpast.org/global-african-history/the-obas-of-benin-a-brief-history-of-the-rulers-of-a-west-african-state-for-eight-centuries</nowiki></ref>		To the east of Ife, the Benin Empire emerged, with the Edo people starting as a union of villages that consolidated into one large empire ruled by the Oba (emperor). Benin reached its peak in the 15th and 16th centuries. The empire was centralized and militarized, protected by the Walls of Benin, similar to Ife. This consolidation resulted from changing property relations, trade expansion, and control over surplus extraction and trade routes. The Walls of Benin were constructed through organized labor and corvée obligations.<ref name=":7">Edigin, C., & Edigin, C. (2025). The Obas of Benin (1200 to the present) : A Brief History of the Rulers of A West African State for Eight Centuries. BlackPast. Retrieved from <nowiki>https://blackpast.org/global-african-history/the-obas-of-benin-a-brief-history-of-the-rulers-of-a-west-african-state-for-eight-centuries</nowiki></ref>

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	The Kingdom of Nri lacked a police-like force but enforced a law based on spiritual ecology: certain animals and trees were sacred, and harming them was considered criminal. When conflicts arose between two villages within Nri, mediators would plant an Omu, a sacred palm frond. Crossing this palm frond constituted committing a sin, as it meant an affront to the gods. Nri priests operated a collateral system for trading, which created a credit-based economy. Though it is unknown how this credit-based system favored a particular social group, it likely favored the ruling class.		The Kingdom of Nri lacked a police-like force but enforced a law based on spiritual ecology: certain animals and trees were sacred, and harming them was considered criminal. When conflicts arose between two villages within Nri, mediators would plant an Omu, a sacred palm frond. Crossing this palm frond constituted committing a sin, as it meant an affront to the gods. Nri priests operated a collateral system for trading, which created a credit-based economy. Though it is unknown how this credit-based system favored a particular social group, it likely favored the ruling class.

	The Kingdom of Nri was instrumental in spreading the centralized concept of Chukwu (The Great Spirit). Nri priests preached that all local deities were subordinate to one supreme creator. This common theology allowed people from different clans to interact under a shared moral umbrella, facilitating safe travel for traders. The eventual decline of Nri was caused by a shift in Igbo power dynamics. The Aro used the Abam, Ohafia, and Edda warriors to enforce their will, providing a violent alternative to Nri's peaceful mediation. Nri's power was tied to land and yams, while Aro's power was tied to slaves and firearms. As the global economy shifted toward the Atlantic, Nri's influence over the interior weakened.

	Nri priests preached that all deities were subordinate to one supreme creator, a concept known as Chukwu which allowed people from all clans to unite under a shared religion, facilitating safety in commercial and religious spaces. However, the decline of the Kingdom of Nri shifted the power balance across the broader Igbo region. The Aro Confederacy used Abam, Ohafia, and Edda warriors to militarize trade and establish themselves as a coercive power that the Nri Kingdom's ritual and religious status could not withstand.		Nri priests preached that all deities were subordinate to one supreme creator, a concept known as Chukwu which allowed people from all clans to unite under a shared religion, facilitating safety in commercial and religious spaces. However, the decline of the Kingdom of Nri shifted the power balance across the broader Igbo region. The Aro Confederacy used Abam, Ohafia, and Edda warriors to militarize trade and establish themselves as a coercive power that the Nri Kingdom's ritual and religious status could not withstand.

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	== Demographics ==		== Demographics ==
	[[File:Nigeria linguistic map.png\|thumb\|Linguistic groups of Nigeria]]		[[File:Nigeria linguistic map.png\|thumb\|Linguistic groups of Nigeria]]
	Northern Nigeria is dominated by the Hausa, whereas the Yoruba live in the ~~south~~ and the Igbo in the ~~west~~.<ref name=":1222" />		Northern Nigeria is dominated by the Hausa, whereas the Yoruba live in the West and the Igbo in the South.<ref name=":1222" />

	== References ==		== References ==

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	== History ==		== History ==

			=== Early history ===
			Human societies have been present throughout the region now known as Nigeria for several thousand years. The earliest known human remains in the region, found in the Iwo Eleru rock shelter in what is now southwestern Nigeria, have been dated to around 9000 BCE in the Late Stone Age. Pottery was developed by about 3000 BCE in most areas of the region. Agriculture developed between 4000 and 1000 BCE, depending on the area. Evidence of iron-working and iron tools dates from approximately the seventh century BCE.<ref name=":1">{{Citation\|author=Toyin Falola and Matthew M. Heaton\|year=2008\|title=A History of Nigeria\|title-url=https://archive.org/details/historyofnigeria0000falo\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|isbn=}}</ref> The [[Nok culture]] flourished from the 5th century BCE to the 2nd century CE.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Mark Cartwright\|newspaper=World History Encyclopedia\|title=Nok Culture\|date=2019-03-27\|url=https://www.worldhistory.org/Nok_Culture/}}</ref>

			The foundation of centralized states such as Kanem, Borno, Benin, Ife, Oyo, and the Hausa city states occurred from approximately 1000 to 1500 CE. [[Islam]] was introduced into savanna and Sahel states of northern Nigeria circa 1100 to 1400 CE. The region was engaged in the trans-Saharan trade of various goods across the Sahara desert, this trade reaching a notable "golden age" from 1300-1600. Though this trade continued through the nineteenth century, it became diminished after the rise of coastal trade with Europeans in the 1400s.<ref name=":1" />

	=== Civil War ===		=== Civil War ===
	After independence, the north supported the [[Nigeria People's Congress]], the south supported the [[Action Group (Nigeria)\|Action Group]], and the west supported the [[Council for Nigeria and the Cameroons]]. A group of Igbo colonels led a coup in 1966 before being overthrown by Hausa officers. The southeastern region of [[Biafra]] declared independence in 1966, leading to a civil war that killed a million people. Nigeria quickly reconquered Biafra with [[French Republic\|French]] support.<ref name=":1222">{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Notes\|page=327\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>		After independence in 1960,<ref name=":1" /> the north supported the [[Nigeria People's Congress]], the south supported the [[Action Group (Nigeria)\|Action Group]], and the west supported the [[Council for Nigeria and the Cameroons]]. A group of Igbo colonels led a coup in 1966 before being overthrown by Hausa officers. The southeastern region of [[Biafra]] declared independence in 1966, leading to a civil war that killed a million people. Nigeria quickly reconquered Biafra with [[French Republic\|French]] support.<ref name=":1222">{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Notes\|page=327\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>

	== Economy ==		== Economy ==

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	{{Infobox country\|name=Federal Republic of Nigeria\|native_name=Jamhuriyar Tarayyar Najeriya<br>Ọ̀hàńjíkọ̀ Ọ̀hànézè Naìjíríyà<br>Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìniira Àpapọ̀ Nàìjíríà\|image_flag=Flag of Nigeria.svg\|image_coat=Coat of arms of Nigeria.svg\|capital=Abuja\|largest_city=Lagos\|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]\|image_map=Nigeria map.png\|map_width=290\|official_languages=English\|national_languages=Hausa<br>Igbo<br>Yoruba\|area_km2=923,769\|population_estimate=~~218~~,~~541~~,~~212~~\|population_estimate_year=~~2022~~}}		{{Infobox country\|name=Federal Republic of Nigeria\|native_name=Jamhuriyar Tarayyar Najeriya<br>Ọ̀hàńjíkọ̀ Ọ̀hànézè Naìjíríyà<br>Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìniira Àpapọ̀ Nàìjíríà\|image_flag=Flag of Nigeria.svg\|image_coat=Coat of arms of Nigeria.svg\|capital=Abuja\|largest_city=Lagos\|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]\|government_type=Federal presidential republic\|leader_title1=President\|leader_name1=[[Bola Tinubu]]\|image_map=Nigeria map.png\|map_width=290\|official_languages=English\|national_languages=Hausa<br>Igbo<br>Yoruba\|demonym=Nigerian\|area_km2=923,769\|population_estimate=230,842,743\|population_estimate_year=2023}}

	'''Nigeria''', officially the '''Federal Republic of Nigeria''', is a country in West Africa. Since its independence from the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|British]] in 1960, it has been dominated by [[neocolonialism]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|newspaper=[[The Burning Spear]]\|title=Boko Haram and the explosion of neocolonial rule in Nigeria\|date=2014-07-01\|url=http://www.theburningspear.com/2014/07/boko-haram\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108192227/http://www.theburningspear.com/2014/07/boko-haram\|archive-date=2020-11-08\|retrieved=2022-08-14}}</ref>		'''Nigeria''', officially the '''Federal Republic of Nigeria''', is a country in [[West Africa]] situated south of the [[Sahel]] with a southern coast on the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. Nigeria borders [[Republic of Cameroon\|Cameroon]] to the east, [[Republic of Chad\|Chad]] to the northeast, [[Republic of the Niger\|Niger]] to the north and [[Republic of Benin\|Benin]] to the west. Since its independence from the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|British]] in 1960, it has been dominated by [[neocolonialism]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|newspaper=[[The Burning Spear]]\|title=Boko Haram and the explosion of neocolonial rule in Nigeria\|date=2014-07-01\|url=http://www.theburningspear.com/2014/07/boko-haram\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108192227/http://www.theburningspear.com/2014/07/boko-haram\|archive-date=2020-11-08\|retrieved=2022-08-14}}</ref>

	== History ==		== History ==

	=== Civil War ===		=== Civil War ===
	After independence, the north supported the [[Nigeria People's Congress]], the south supported the [[Action Group (Nigeria)\|Action Group]], and the west supported the [[Council for Nigeria and the Cameroons]]. A group of Igbo colonels led a coup in 1966 before being overthrown by Hausa officers. The southeastern region of [[Biafra]] declared independence in 1966, leading to a ~~cviil~~ war that killed a million people. Nigeria quickly reconquered Biafra with [[French Republic\|French]] support.<ref name=":1222">{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Notes\|page=327\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>		After independence, the north supported the [[Nigeria People's Congress]], the south supported the [[Action Group (Nigeria)\|Action Group]], and the west supported the [[Council for Nigeria and the Cameroons]]. A group of Igbo colonels led a coup in 1966 before being overthrown by Hausa officers. The southeastern region of [[Biafra]] declared independence in 1966, leading to a civil war that killed a million people. Nigeria quickly reconquered Biafra with [[French Republic\|French]] support.<ref name=":1222">{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Notes\|page=327\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>

	== Economy ==		== Economy ==

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	== Demographics ==		== Demographics ==
			[[File:Nigeria linguistic map.png\|thumb\|Linguistic groups of Nigeria]]
	Northern Nigeria is dominated by the Hausa, whereas the Yoruba live in the south and the Igbo in the west.<ref name=":1222" />		Northern Nigeria is dominated by the Hausa, whereas the Yoruba live in the south and the Igbo in the west.<ref name=":1222" />

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	{{Infobox country\|name=Federal Republic of Nigeria\|native_name=Jamhuriyar Tarayyar Najeriya<br>Ọ̀hàńjíkọ̀ Ọ̀hànézè Naìjíríyà<br>Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìniira Àpapọ̀ Nàìjíríà\|capital=Abuja\|largest_city=Lagos\|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]\|image_map=Nigeria map.png\|map_width=290\|official_languages=English\|national_languages=Hausa<br>Igbo<br>Yoruba\|area_km2=923,769\|population_estimate=218,541,212\|population_estimate_year=2022}}		{{Infobox country\|name=Federal Republic of Nigeria\|native_name=Jamhuriyar Tarayyar Najeriya<br>Ọ̀hàńjíkọ̀ Ọ̀hànézè Naìjíríyà<br>Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìniira Àpapọ̀ Nàìjíríà\|image_flag=Flag of Nigeria.svg\|image_coat=Coat of arms of Nigeria.svg\|capital=Abuja\|largest_city=Lagos\|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]\|image_map=Nigeria map.png\|map_width=290\|official_languages=English\|national_languages=Hausa<br>Igbo<br>Yoruba\|area_km2=923,769\|population_estimate=218,541,212\|population_estimate_year=2022}}

	'''Nigeria''', officially the '''Federal Republic of Nigeria''', is a country in West Africa. Since its independence from the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|British]] in 1960, it has been dominated by [[neocolonialism]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|newspaper=[[The Burning Spear]]\|title=Boko Haram and the explosion of neocolonial rule in Nigeria\|date=2014-07-01\|url=http://www.theburningspear.com/2014/07/boko-haram\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108192227/http://www.theburningspear.com/2014/07/boko-haram\|archive-date=2020-11-08\|retrieved=2022-08-14}}</ref>		'''Nigeria''', officially the '''Federal Republic of Nigeria''', is a country in West Africa. Since its independence from the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|British]] in 1960, it has been dominated by [[neocolonialism]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation\|newspaper=[[The Burning Spear]]\|title=Boko Haram and the explosion of neocolonial rule in Nigeria\|date=2014-07-01\|url=http://www.theburningspear.com/2014/07/boko-haram\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108192227/http://www.theburningspear.com/2014/07/boko-haram\|archive-date=2020-11-08\|retrieved=2022-08-14}}</ref>

			== History ==

			=== Civil War ===
			After independence, the north supported the [[Nigeria People's Congress]], the south supported the [[Action Group (Nigeria)\|Action Group]], and the west supported the [[Council for Nigeria and the Cameroons]]. A group of Igbo colonels led a coup in 1966 before being overthrown by Hausa officers. The southeastern region of [[Biafra]] declared independence in 1966, leading to a cviil war that killed a million people. Nigeria quickly reconquered Biafra with [[French Republic\|French]] support.<ref name=":1222">{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Notes\|page=327\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>

	== Economy ==		== Economy ==
	Nigeria's economy relies on oil, which is owned by foreign companies. It sells over two million barrels of oil every day, but is forced to import much of its oil from the imperial core. 80% of the Nigerian population lives on less than $2 per day.<ref name=":0" />		Nigeria's economy relies on oil, which is owned by foreign companies. It sells over two million barrels of oil every day, but is forced to import much of its oil from the imperial core. 80% of the Nigerian population lives on less than $2 per day.<ref name=":0" />

			== Demographics ==
			Northern Nigeria is dominated by the Hausa, whereas the Yoruba live in the south and the Igbo in the west.<ref name=":1222" />

	== References ==		== References ==

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{{Infobox country|name=Federal Republic of Nigeria|native_name=Jamhuriyar Tarayyar Najeriya Ọ̀hàńjíkọ̀ Ọ̀hànézè Naìjíríyà Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìniira Àpapọ̀ Nàìjíríà|capital=Abuja|largest_city=Lagos|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]|image_map=Nigeria map.png|map_width=290|official_languages=English|national_languages=Hausa Igbo Yoruba|area_km2=923,769|population_estimate=218,541,212|population_estimate_year=2022}}

'''Nigeria''', officially the '''Federal Republic of Nigeria''', is a country in West Africa. Since its independence from the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] in 1960, it has been dominated by [[neocolonialism]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|newspaper=[[The Burning Spear]]|title=Boko Haram and the explosion of neocolonial rule in Nigeria|date=2014-07-01|url=http://www.theburningspear.com/2014/07/boko-haram|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108192227/http://www.theburningspear.com/2014/07/boko-haram|archive-date=2020-11-08|retrieved=2022-08-14}}</ref>

== Economy ==
Nigeria's economy relies on oil, which is owned by foreign companies. It sells over two million barrels of oil every day, but is forced to import much of its oil from the imperial core. 80% of the Nigerian population lives on less than $2 per day.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
[[Category:Countries]]
[[Category:African countries]]
[[Category:Global south]]
[[Category:Neocolonialism]]