JAMB History syllabus

The JAMB History syllabus has 27 examinable topics, listed alphabetically in full below. This is the same breakdown Handbook uses to track which topics you have mastered and which are still costing you marks.

All 27 topics on the JAMB History syllabus

1. 01Benin
2. 02British Conquest of the Nigeria Area
3. 03Colonial Administration After the Amalgamation
4. 04Early Centres of Civilization
5. 05Eastern and Southern Africa
6. 06Economic Activities and Growth of States
7. 07Efik
8. 08European Penetration and Impact
9. 09External Influences
10. 10Igbo
11. 11Imperialism, Colonialism and Problems of Nation Building in Africa
12. 12Kanem-Borno
13. 13Land and Peoples of the Nigeria Area
14. 14Nationalism, Constitutional Developments and Independence
15. 15Nigeria in International Organizations
16. 16Nupe
17. 17Origin and formation of States in the Nigeria Area
18. 18Post-Civil War Regimes and Developments
19. 19Social Development under Colonial Rule
20. 20The Amalgamation of 1914
21. 21The Civil War
22. 22The Colonial Economy
23. 23The Establishment of Colonial Rule up to 1914
24. 24The politics of the First Republic and Military intervention
25. 25The Sokoto Caliphate
26. 26West and North Africa
27. 27Yorubaland