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The Ogaden war between Ethiopia and Somalia was caused by
A disagreement over trade
B refugee problems
C boundary disputes
D personality clash between their leaders
In post-apartheid South Africa, the main concern of government is to
A punish the people who perpetrated apartheid
B redress the injustices of the apartheid policy
C make the country the giant of Africa
D make the country a permanent member of the UN Security Council
The indirect rule system of administration meant that the colonialists
A ruled through native courts
B barred the educated elite from local politics
C ruled through traditional institutions
D relied mostly on local interpreters
Where was indirect rule practised before it was introduced to Africa?
A India.
B Malaysia.
C Pakistan.
D Indonesia.
Paternalism was a colonial policy adopted
A Britain
B Portugal
C Germany
D France.
The Fashoda incident of 1898 resulted in a rift between
A France and Germany
B Germany and Britain
C France and Italy
D Britain and France.
The Mfecane occured as a result of
A long standing inter-group rivalry
B inter-group struggles for natural resources
C Ndwandwe’s domination of the Zulu
D Shaka’s inordinate military ambition.
The white settlers in Southern Africa were known as
A Bantu
B Boers
C Bushmen
D Hottentots.
An Ethiopian monarch that committed suicide in a battle field was
A Theodore II
B Menelik
C Johannes IV
D Haile Selassie.
In 1887, a plot to depose Kabaka Mwanga was hatched by
A a Muslim group
B Baganda Christians
C Arab slave merchants
D Egyptian mercenaries.
After leaving Oman for East Africa, Sayyid Said established his headquarters in
A Zanzibar
B Pemba
C Mombasa
D Kilwa.
Muhammad Ahmad was easily accepted as the Mahdi in the Sudan because
A the Islamic leaders in the area did not live up to the expectations of the people
B he came at a time the people were expecting to be delivered from the Egyptian rulers
C the national army was not strong enough to defend the country
D he was highly educated in the tenants of the Islamic religion.
Muhammad es Sadek was a 19th century ruler of
A Morocco
B Libya
C Tunisia
D Algeria.
Egypt became the centre of international rivalry because of the
A huge investment in the Suez-canal
B rich soil for cotton and sugar cultivation
C great cities of Cairo and Alexandria
D strategic importance of the country.
The greatest contribution of the Christian Missionary Society in West Africa was in
A establishing trading companies
B stopping the slave trade
C the emergence of educated elite
D the production of cash crop.
A major similarity of the 19th century jihads in West Africa was that
A they were executed at the same time
B the participants were of the same origin
C they had a common objective
D they brought unity between the Hausa and the Fulani.
Samori Toure is often described as the “African Napoleon” because he
A was a great military tactician
B learned a great deal from Napoleon
C employed similar tactics as Napoleon
D had a well trained army.
A major contribution of Nigeria to
A diplomacy
B funding
C military support
D provision of education.
The main aim of the formation of ECOMOG was to
A foster stability in West Africa
B solve boundary disputes among member states
C provide security for the whole of Africa
D tackle the problem of piracy in African seaways.
The political party that controlled the Federal Government during the Second Republic in Nigeria was the
A Great Nigeria Peoples Party
B Nigeria Peoples Party
C Unity Party of Nigeria
D National Party of Nigeria.
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