NIGERIAN CULTURE AFTER BEING COLONIZED

HOW DID NIGERIAS CULTURE CHANGE AFTER BEING BY BRITAIN?

• Britain colonized Nigeria at the end of the 19th century,
• this changed many aspects of Nigerian culture as religion
• economy and education.

RELIGION

• Christian missionaries were sent to Africa to convert the population.
• The majority of the population was Muslim so this created conflict.
• Many tribes had their own indigenous beliefs.
• The British set up schools and taught Christianity.

ECONOMIC

• The British expolited the Nigerians country, by taking raw materials
• and using slave labor. But it was not all negative the British made
• Nigeria a more organized state and improved the lives of the people.

EDUCATION

• The British used school to teach English and
• spread Christianity, they also encouraged literacy.

EFFECTS

• The Nigerians lost their authority in Nigeria,
• they lost their language, their religion ect.
• But what the British did to the Nigerians culture were
• not all negative they made the country more organized,
• and improved the quality of life for many Nigerians.