ANATOMY HISTORY OF NIGERIA

This book focused on History of Nigeria from the death of Mungo Park near Bussa in 1806 to the end of the century to Nigeria Independence. There is continuing interest in Nigeria on the part of British explorers anti-slavery activists missionaries and traders.In 1821 the British government sponsored an expedition south through the Sahara to reach the kingdom of Bornu. Its members became the first Europeans to reach Lake Chad in 1823. One of the groups Hugh Clapperton explores further west through Kano and the Hausa territory to reach Sokoto. Clapperton is only back in England for a few months in 1825 before he sets off again for the Nigerian coast at Lagos. On this expedition with his servant Richard Lander finally the book emphasized on various events in Nigeria history up to the period of independence in 1960.