Nigeria is a country located in West Africa that at one point was inhabited mainly by various tribes. It went through invasions from other countries but was soon able to drive out foreigners and become its own country. Nigeria grew drastically from the 1890’s till now. In the early 1800’s, people were constantly being take from the many villages and sold as slaves abroad. The British were able to slow the process though by intercepting ships full of slaves and taking them back to Africa. Nigeria reproduced high amounts of palm oil that was on high demand. Britain noticed this and had an idea to colonize Nigeria. It was considered very risky, so they decided to first setup trade in Lagos. Soon after this became profitable, missionaries arrived
