WAEC History · Section 1

Historiography, Trade, Religions, and Early Contact

Paper 1: West Africa and the Wider World (Earliest Times to 2000)

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Official WAEC History outline · Paper 1: West Africa and the Wider World (Earliest Times to 2000)

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Historiography, sources of history, ICT in historical studies, Trans-Saharan trade, spread of Islam, European contact, and Trans-Atlantic slave trade

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Understand historical methods, sources, and ICT prospects; examine Trans-Saharan trade origins and impacts; analyze the introduction and spread of Islam; evaluate European arrival, trade, and Trans-Atlantic slave trade origins, organization, and suppression.

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