History of West Africa more states. Early human settlers arrived in West Africa around 12,000 BCE. In the fifth millennium, as the ancestors of modern West Africans began entering the area, the development of sedentary farming began to take place in West Africa. The Iron industry, in both smelting and forging for tools and weapons, appeared in Sub-Saharan Africa by 1200 BCE, and by 400 BCE, contact had been made with the Mediterranean civilizations, and a regular trade included exporting gold, cotton, metal, and leather in exchange for copper, horses, salt, textiles, and beads. Culture developed further with the Nok culture (1000 BCE to
University of Nigeria, Nsukka College of Medicine, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla. Roar Nigeria Hub is one of the full-fledged university embedded ICT Hub in West Africa. Located in University of Nigeria, an institution with a student population of nearly 40,000 and 12 institutions of higher learning within an hour drive from Enugu city. The burning desire of the Vice Chancellor, Professor Benjamin Chukwuma Ozumba to create a smart university led to the hub becoming a private sector driven initiative by two engineering graduates of the university. lion and lioness The Vice-Chancellor is supported by two deputy vice-chancellors. Former and current persons who