Essay On Geography In Nigeria

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DUZE MUHAMMED KAMAL LAWAL GEO 812 GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT INTRODUCTION. Geography as an academic discipline is a recent development in Nigeria compared with the situation in Germany, France, Britain and United States. Before the Second World War, geography was already a popular subject in many Nigerian schools and colleges. Geographic ideals were transmitted to various parts of Nigeria through the text books of some well – known British geographers such as L.D. Stamp and J.H Stembride. However, it was not until after the Second World War that the proper foundations of geographic thought were laid in the country. The base year upon which post – war geography in Nigeria developed was 1948 when the University College of Ibadan was founded and geography was one of the foundational disciplines. As from that year geography as an organization body of ideas became an academic pursuit at the university level (Ojo, 1978:3). Since 1948, geography in Nigeria has experienced rapid growth and changes in terms of its focus and methodology. This term paper which focuses on an overview of the development and the philosophical basis of Nigerian geography will examine five time…show more content…
Recently, Ojo (1978) and Alao (1978) identified three major periods in the development of geography in Nigeria although they differ in their identification of the time boundaries and in their designation of periods. Ojo identified the three phases as: the planning phase (1948 - 1960); the indigenization phase (1961 - 1970) and the consolidation phase (1971 – to date). Also on the other hand, Alao categorized the three phase as (a) pre 1964, (b) 1964 – 1970, and (c) post – 1970. Despite these minor differences, in dating, both are apparently agreed on the main elements of Nigerian geography during each of these

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