Pre-colonial history of Northern Nigeria Pre-colonial history of Northern Nigeria The pre-colonial history of Northern Nigeria encompasses the history of Northern Nigeria before the advent of European explorers and the subsequent pacification of Northern Nigeria by the British Empire. In pre-historical times, the area known as Northern Nigeria was home to the Kwatarkwashi/Nok culture. Elements of human civilisation have also been discovered around the Niger River near Kainji Dam. Around the 7th century the Kabara Nation under the control of the Kabara's emerged in Northern Nigeria. Around the 9th century an upheaval of unexplained origins saw a transference of power from these matriarchal monarchs and
Drug trade in West Africa and the demand for drugs kept rising, countries in West Africa specifically Nigeria, Ghana, and Guinea-Bissau were entrusted with cocaine loads as large as 135 to 145 tonnes (according to the UNODC). Since then West Africa has become an important part of the drug trading world. In 2005 historian Emmanuel Akyeampong called our attention by publishing "African Affairs", in which he states that cannabis products in West Africa existed before mid-twentieth century. In 1934 colonial authorities were still testing the cultivation of the coca plant in Calabar and other places in Nigeria. By the mid 1950’s police were arresting some