Syllabus content and objectives
Official WAEC History outline · Paper 2: National Histories (Earliest Times to 2000)
Content
Country-specific pre-colonial ethnic origins and centralized/non-centralized states, 19th-century political developments/wars, colonial administration/decolonization, and post-independence political history up to 2000
Objective
Detail pre-colonial social, political, and economic organizations for candidate's home country (The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, or Sierra Leone); analyze 19th-century transformations (jihadist movements, state expansion, missionary work, resistance); evaluate colonial governance (Indirect Rule, Crown Colony), economic developments, decolonization, and post-independence political eras up to 2000.
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