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Nigeria

Nigeria is located in Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea between Benin and Cameroon. English is the official language. Nigeria’s population of 170,123,740 makes it Africa’s most populous country, and it consists of over 250 ethnic groups. The most populous of those are Hausa and Fulani (29%), Yoruba (21%), and Igbo (Ibo-18%). Natural resources include natural gas, petroleum, tin, iron ore, coal, limestone, niobium, lead, zinc, and arable land. A series of constitutions after World War II granted Nigeria greater autonomy; independence from the UK came in 1960. Following nearly 16 years of military rule, a new constitution was adopted in 1999, and a peaceful transition to civilian government was completed. The general elections of April 2007 marked the first civilian-to-civilian transfer of power in the country's history.

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  Omolade Adunbi

  Assistant Professor, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

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  Stuart Batterman

  Professor, Environmental Health Sciences

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  Monte Del Monte M.D.

  Skillman Professor, Pediatric Ophthalmology
  Professor, Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases

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  David Doris

  Assistant Professor, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies
  Assistant Professor, History of Art

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  Jerome O. Nriagu

  Professor, Environmental Health Sciences

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  Akinlolu Olusean Ojo M.D.

  Professor, Internal Medicine

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  Adedamola Osinulu

  Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

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  Robert B. Payne

  Professor Emeritus of Zoology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  Curator Emeritus of Birds, Museum of Zoology

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  Elisha P. Renne

  Associate Professor, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies
  Associate Professor, Anthropology

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  Howard Stein

  Professor, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies
  Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology