THE JIHADI EXTERNAL INFLUENCE IN NIGERIAN PRECOLONIAL CONFLUENCE AREA, 1809-1900

Events with farreaching consequences made the nineteenth century history of Nigeria quite intriguing. There were struggles for political control or commercial supremacy; Islamic and Christian Missionary movements were common. Some of these events destabilised the erstwhile pre-nineteenth century societies while others effected gradual changes in the people's patterns of life This study examined one of the events, the jihad, which greatly affected the socio-political history of not only the confluence area but the entire Northern Nigeria. Specific attention was given to the socioeffected