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Nigerian Crafts, Facts, and Activities for Kids
Disclaimer: Please keep in mind this website is meant for children, so I do generalize and simplify quite a bit!
Nigeria, a country in the continent of Africa, is known for some of the most diverse cultures, languages, and butterfly species! It is a rich and unique country for children to study for this reason.
Zuma Rock, Niger State, North Central Zone, Nigeria
Photographed by Jeff Attaway; used with permission under C.C. BY 2.0
The official language of Nigeria is English; however, other languages include Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Fulfulde, Ibibio, Kanuri, and Tiv. Nigerian Sign Language (NSL), Hausa Sign Language (HSL), and Bura Sign Language (BSL) are all used in Nigeria, too.
Nigeria is a country found in the Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere of the globe. As of 2021, Nigeria is divided into 6 political divisions (called geopolitical zones): North Central, North East, North West, South East, South South (also known as Niger Delta region), and South West. In the North Central zone, there are 7 states: Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau, and the Federal Capital Territory. In the North East zone, there are 6 states: Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, and Yobe. In the North West zone, there are 7 states: Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara. In the South East zone, there are 5 states: Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo. In the Niger Delta region (South South zone), there are 6 states: Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Rivers, Delta, and Edo. And in the South West zone, there are 6 states, Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Oyo.
Nigeria is bordered to the north by Niger, to the east by Chad and Cameroon, to the south by the Gulf of Guinea of the Atlantic Ocean, and to the west by Benin. Nigeria is not only large in area—larger than the U.S. state of Texas—but also Africa's most populous country.
Capital city: Abuja
Language: English
National Animal/Bird: The Eagle (Accipitridae)
National Flower: Yellow Trumpet (Costus spectabilis)
Currency: Nigerian naira (NGN)
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Africa Crafts for Kids A craft that looks like hourglass shaped talking drums. The real ones can actually be used by skilled performers to make vocal sounds like people! |
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Africa Crafts for Kids Dutsen Habude near the historic town of Birnin Kudu has the most famous rock art in Nigeria |
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Animals from Nigeria Most of the animals mentioned below once lived throughout Nigeria but now are limited to National Parks. The largest of these parks are Gashaka Gumti National Park and Yankari National Park. | |
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Camel Egg Carton Craft |
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Yankari National Park in Nigeria has one of the largest populations of elephants in the world. |
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Famous Landmarks of Nigeria include:
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More Neat Facts about Nigeria
Nigeria's flag is a rectangle - green, white, green- Nigeria has a population of more than 200 million people
- Nollywood is Nigeria's movie industry and is the second biggest in the world. (Bollywood in India is the largest)
- Nigeria is has the largest economy in Africa
- Nigeria is a member of the African Union and the British Commonwealth
- Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. Lagos is the most populated.
- The eagle is the National bird of Nigeria. I don't really have any generic eagle crafts, but you could print a bald eagle craft and just colour in its head.
- The Niger River and the Benue River are the two main rivers in Nigeria.