Who+lives+in+Nigeria+and+what+are+their+lives+like?


 * People-**
 * People of Nigeria Are called Nigerians.**
 * Some of the languages are English, Hausa , Yoruba , Igbo and Fulan.**
 * Did you know that there are 36 states in Nigeria? That Nigeria is a democracy and has a president his name is Jonathon Good luck. How ironic know wonder he is president. Muslim, Christian, indigenous African those are the religion in Nigeria.Nigeria is very popular there population is 152millon but there growth rate is 2.0%. The ethnic groups are Hausa-Fulani, Igbo, Yoruba, and Kanuri are the largest. The median age is 19.1 years for females it is 19.2 for males it is 19 years.There death rate is 16.31 years.**


 * Clothes and Jewelery**
 * You might be wondering 'What African Dresses look like?' If so, here is the answer! Their dresses look funky, from the patterns on the dress. The patterns look weird, so that makes the dress look weird. But you might not think so. You might have a different opinion.**
 * You also might be thinking 'What was the early clothing made from?' Here is the answer- early African clothing was made from animal hives, fars, and feathers.**
 * You might of heard there are two popular dyeing techniques. One is called tie and dye, and the other is called resist dye.**
 * This is how the people who make cloths do tie and dye. The design is stitched into cloth, from cotton or raffica threads. That is a really short process, but resist dye is a longer process.**
 * This is how people who make cloths also do resist dye. The dyer starts off by by drawing on the cloth with an impermeable substance. For example, an impermeable substance can be candle wax orpaste from cassava, witch is a tuber. Then the person the fabric into solutions that were made from vegtable dyes. That covers the areas that weren't already covered.**
 * This information can be found on [|www.nigeriaplanet.com/Nigerian-Fashion.htm].**

Nigerian jewelry by Emily Krichevsky There are many different regions in Nigeria and they have many different styles of jewelry. In north Nigeria there is a area called Bida. People in Bida usally make their jewelry out of glass. They use very hot fire to melt the glass before making it in to jewelry. They usally make the glass into large beads and then place them on neclaces. The neclaces are very pretty and have many differents colors. In south Nigeria there is a region called Benin. In Benin there is a lot of ivory and it is used to make jewelry. Ivory is a white rock that is very pretty and can be carved into jewelry. The rich people in Benin wear brass. Brass is a type of medel that is very shiny. The Benin people used to make jewelry out of coral from the sea, but today you are not allowd to make jewelry out of coral any more because we need to protect the sea. Today only the King and Queen are allowd to wear coral jewelry because they are inportant. Another popular piece of Nigerian jewelry is the coconut necklace. This necklace is made from real coconuts. Pieces of coconut shells are put on a chain and it looks very pretty. Nigerian jewelry makers use knifes and tools to cut the shells into different shapes to put on the necklace. Today, coconut necklaces are being made more from plastic then real coconuts because it is easyer to make.




 * Nigerian Art and Myths (Under Construction)**
 * Nigerian Art is mostly based on myths. I personally think it is mystifying, it makes you wonder the story behind it all.**
 * One of the most common kinds of art (except myths) tribes dancing in the moonlight, sunlight or simply just dancing. They date back thousands of years to cave men time. If you did not know cave men had the same concept of art as Nigerian art basically! Most Nigerian art include the following descriptions mystifying, blurry, tribes, myths, leaves you wondering, black, cracks, messy, brown and last but not least BATTLE!**