Word: skeletonâ
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Dates: during 1968-1968
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...even bounty could not overcome the ethnic facts that have split Nigeria?as distinctly as the steady current of the K-shaped river system that forms its skeleton???into three separate regions. To the north, living on flat grassland that backs up to Sahara sands, dwell the Hausa and Fulani, haughty, devout Moslem peoples governed locally by feudal emirs. The Western Region is the home of the Yoruba, a tribe known for its profusion of gods (more than 400) and its joie de vivre. To the east, where they are now trapped, the ambitious and clever Ibo people thrived. Brought...
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