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Name: Wukari

Type: Polity

Start: 1841 AD

End: 1890 AD

Nation: wukari

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Was a precolonial federation located in modern-day Nigeria. It became a British protectorate in 1890.

Establishment


  • January 1841: The successor state, the Wukari Federation, was established around 1840.
  • Chronology


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    1. Events


  • January 1856: The center of the state of Jukun is moved to Wukari. The State became known as Wukari.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1891: By 1890 the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria was created. At this point most petty Kingdoms of southern Nigeria were already under British rule.
  • Selected Sources


  • Asakitikpi, A. E. / Asakitikp, A. O. (2024): Modern Nigeria, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, p. 36
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