nigeria culture

Nigeria's CulturePresented by: Claire Gui

LiteratureMusic & FilmCuisine Sport

Literature many influential works of post-colonial literature in the E

nglish language best-known writer Wole Soyinka 1st African Nobel Laureate in Literature

Literature Nigeria has the second largest newspaper market in Afr

ica (after Egypt) with an estimated circulation of several million copies daily in 2003.

Music & Film Nigeria has had a huge role in the development of various type

s of African music Many late 20th century musicians combined cultural elements

of various native music with American Jazz to influence Hip hop music.

In 2008, Nigeria's music scene received international attention when the first African music awards show in Abuja (capital city).

Music & Film The Nigerian film industry is known as Nollywood 2nd-largest producer of movies in the world Nigerian cinema is Africa's largest movie industry in ter

ms of both value and the number of movies produced per year.

Cuisine Nigerian cuisine is known for its richness and variety. Many different spices, herbs and flavourings are used in

conjunction with palm oil or groundnut oil to create sauces and soups .

Aromatic market and roadside snacks cooked on barbecues or fried in oil are plentiful and colourful.

Sport Football is largely considered the Nigeria's national. Nigeria's national football team "Super Eagles", has made th

e World Cup on five occasions 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010, and 2014.

They won the gold medal for football in the 1996 Summer Olympics becoming the first African football team to win gold in Olympic Football.