HISTORY
PREAMBLE
The syllabus will test candidates’
- knowledge of their national histories from earliest times to 2000 with emphasis on the relationship between the peoples and states;
- intellectual capacity and skills of historical interpretation and analysis;
- ability to use acquired skills in relating the past to the present;
- appreciation of factors that make for national unity and global understanding;
- exposure and appreciation of the similarities and differences in the National, social and political institutions;
- knowledge of the main historical developments in West Africa from earliest times to 2000;
- ability to relate events in their country and West Africa to those of the outside world;
- ability to present clear, relevant and logical arguments.
To achieve these aims, the examination shall consist of two papers, Papers 1 and 2; both of which must be taken.
PAPER 1 will cover West Africa and the Wider World from the earliest times to 2000.
PAPER 2 will be on the national histories of The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone from the earliest times to 2000.
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