We are delighted to announce that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the much-anticipated syllabus for the upcoming 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). If you are a student gearing up for this crucial examination, we strongly advise you to familiarize yourself with the history syllabus as it is highly recommended for achieving success in the test.
This comprehensive syllabus serves as a detailed roadmap, encompassing all the essential topics you need to cover in preparation for your JAMB examination. It is a vital resource designed to guide you through the subjects and themes crucial to your success in the upcoming assessment.
For the 2024 examination, the history syllabus is thoughtfully organized into eight major parts, each carefully tailored to provide a structured and comprehensive approach to your preparation. These distinct sections are designed to equip you with the necessary knowledge and understanding required to excel in the history component of the JAMB examination.
SECTION A: THE NIGERIA AREA UP TO 1800
1. Land and Peoples of the Nigeria Area: a. Geographical zones and the
people.
b. The people’s relationship with the
environment
c. Relations and integration among the
people of different zones.
2. Early Centres of Civilization:
a. Nok, Daima, Ife, Benin, Igbo Ukwu, and Iwo Eluru
b. Monuments and shelter systems:
(Kuyambana, Durbin-ta-Kusheyi, city
walls and palaces)
3. Origin and formation of States in the Nigeria Area
a. Central Sudan –Kanuri and Hausa,
states.
b. Niger-Benue Valley – Nupe, Jukun,
Igala, Idoma, Tiv, and Ebira
c. Eastern Forest Belt – Igbo and Ibibio
d. Western Forest Belt – Yoruba and Edo
e. Coastal and Niger–Delta - Efik, Ijo,
Itsekiri and Urhobo
i. Factors influencing their origin
and migration
ii. Social and political
organizations
iii. Inter-State relations, religion
war and peace.
4. Economic Activities and Growth of States:
a. Agriculture – hunting, farming, fishing, animal husbandry, and
horticulture.
b. Industries – pottery, salt-making, iron
smelting, blacksmithing, leather-working,
wood-carving, cloth-making, dyeing and
food processing.
c. Trade and trade routes:- local, regional, long distance, including
trans-Sahara trade.
d. Expansion of states.
5. External Influences:
a. North Africans/Arabs
i. introduction, spread, and impact of Islam;
ii. trans-Saharan trade.
b. Europeans:
i. Early European trade with the
coastal states.
ii. the trans-Atlantic slave trade
(origin, organization and
impact)
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SECTION B: THE NIGERIA AREA 1800 – 1900
1. The Sokoto Caliphate
The Sokoto Jihad – (causes, courses, and
consequences
a. The causes and the process of the jihad b. The establishment and
administration of the caliphate and relations with
neighbors
c. The achievements and impact of the
caliphate.
d. The collapse of the caliphate.
2. Kanem-Borno
a. The collapse of the Saifawa dynasty
b. Borno under the Shehus
c. Borno under Rabeh
3. Yorubaland:
a. The fall of the Old Oyo Empire
b. The Yoruba wars and their impact
c. The peace treaty of 1886 and its aftermath
4. Benin
a. Internal political development
b. Relations with neighbors
c. Relations with the Europeans
5. Nupe
a. Internal political development
b. Relations with neighbors.
6. Igbo
a. Internal political development
b. Relations with neighbors
7. Efik
a. Internal political development
b. Relations with neighbors.
8. European Penetration and Impact:
a. European exploration of the interior.
b. The suppression of the trans-Atlantic
slave trade.
c. The development of commodity trade
and the use of consular authority.
d. Christian missionary activities
e. The activities of the trading companies.
f. Impact of European activities on the
coast and the hinterland.
9. British Conquest of the Nigeria Area: a. Motives for the conquest
b. Methods of the conquest and its result.
c. Resistance to and aftermath of the
conquest.
SECTION C: NIGERIA 1900 – 1960
1. The Establishment of Colonial Rule up to 1914:
a. Administration of the protectorates
2. The Amalgamation of 1914:
a. Reasons
b. Effects
3. Colonial Administration After the
Amalgamation:
a. Central Administration:- Legislative and Executive Councils
b. Indirect Rule – reasons, working, and
effects
c. Local administrative institutions, Native Authorities, Native
Courts, and Native
Treasuries.
d. Resistance to colonial rule – Ekumeku Movement in Asaba hinterland
1898 –
1911, the Satiru uprising 1906, Egba and
the Anti-tax Agitation 1918, and the Aba
WWomen'sMovement in 1929.
4. The Colonial Economy:
a. currency, taxation, and forced labor
b. Infrastructure (transportation, post, and telecommunication)
c. Agriculture
d. Mining
e. Industry
f. Commerce
g. Banking.
5. Social Development under Colonial Rule:
a. Western education
b. Urbanization/social integration
c. Improvement unions
d. Health institutions
6. Nationalism, Constitutional Developments and Independence:
a. The rise of nationalist movements;
b. The 1922 Clifford Constitution and the rise of Nigeria’s first political
party.
c. World War II and the agitation for
independence
d. The Richards Constitution of 1946
e. The Macpherson Constitution of 1951.
f. Party politics – regionalism, federalism, and minority agitations.
g. Lyttleton Constitution of 1954.
h. constitutional conferences in Lagos in 1957 and London in
1958
i. The general elections of 1959 and
independence in 1960.
SECTION D: NIGERIA SINCE
INDEPENDENCE
1. The politics of the First Republic and Military intervention
a. Struggle for the control of the center;
b. Issue of revenue allocation
c. Minority question
d. The 1962/63 census controversies
e. The Action Group crisis and the General Elections of
1964/65.
f. The coup d’etat of January 1966 and the Ironsi Regime
2. The Civil War:
Cause and effects
a. Causes
b. Course
c. Effects
3. The Gowon Regime.
4. Murtala/Obasanjo Regime
5. The Second Republic
6. The Buhari Regime
7. The Babangida Regime
8. The Interim National Government (ING)
9. The Abacha Regime
10. Nigeria in International Organizations;
a. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),
b. African Union (AU)
c. Commonwealth of Nations
d. Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC)
e. United Nations Organization
f. The Role of Nigeria in Conflict
Resolution.
PART II: AFRICA AND THE WIDER WORLD SINCE 1800
SECTION A: WEST AND NORTH AFRICA
1. Islamic Reform Movements and State
Building in West Africa:
a. Relationship between Sokoto and other Jihads.
b. The Jihads of Seku Ahmadu and Al-Hajj Umar
c. The activities of Samori Toure
2. Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Christian Missionary Activities in West
Africa
a. The foundation of Sierra Leone and
Liberia and the spread of Christianity
b. The activities and impact of Christian
missionaries.
3. Egypt under Mohammed Ali and Khedive Ismail:
a. The rise of Mohammad Ali and his reforms
b. Mohammad Ali’s relations with the
Europeans
c. Ismail’s fiscal policies
d. The British Occupation of Egypt
4. The Mahdi and Mahdiyya Movement in the Sudan
a. Causes
b. Course
c. Consequences
SECTION B: EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
1. The Omani Empire
a. The rise of the Omani Empire
b. The empire’s commercial and political relations with the coast and the
hinterland.
c. The Empire’s relations with the Europeans
2. Ethiopia in the 19th century
a. The rise of Theodore II and his attempt at the unification of
Ethiopia
b. Menelik II and Ethiopian independence.
3. The Mfecane:
a. The rise of the Zulu Nation
b. Causes, Course, and Consequences of the Mfecane
4. The Great Trek
a. The frontier wars
b. British intervention in the BBoer-African relations
c. The Great Trek and its consequences.
SECTION C: IMPERIALISM, COLONIALISM, AND PROBLEMS OF NATION
BUILDING
IN AFRICA
1. The New Imperialism and European Occupation of Africa
a. The New Imperialism in Africa
b. European scramble for Africa
c. The Berlin Conference
d. The occupation and resistance by Africans.
2. Patterns of Colonial Rule in Africa:
a. The British
b. The French
c. The Portuguese
d. The Belgians
3. The Politics of Decolonization
a. Colonial policies and African discontent
b. The impact of the two world wars
c. Nationalist activities and the emergence of political parties and
associations
d. Strategies for attaining independence
4. Apartheid in South Africa
a. The origin of apartheid
b. Rise of Afrikaner nationalism
c. Enactment of apartheid laws
d. Internal reaction and the suppression of African nationalist
movements
e. External reaction to apartheid, the
The Frontline States, the Commonwealth of
Nations, OAU, and the UN.
f. The dismantling of apartheid
g. Post-apartheid development
5. Problems of Nation-building in Africa
a. Political and economic challenges and constraints
b. Physical and environmental challenges
c. Ethnic and religious pluralism
d. Military intervention and political
instability.
e. Neo-colonialism and under-development.
f. Boundary disputes and threat to African unity
g. Civil wars and the refugee problem.
These are all the topics in the 2024 JAMB syllabus for history.
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