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Facts and Figures: 

World Fact Book: Nigeria- A comprehensive list of basic information about Nigeria from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ni.html 

Nigeria: A country study- An online book on Nigeria from the Library of Congress.
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/ngtoc.html 

Languages of Nigeria- An authoritative listing of the spoken living languages of Nigeria by the SIL International’s Ethnologue site: http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=NG

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Articles and Links: 

Lonely Planet: Nigeria – An overview of Nigeria from Lonely Planet’s online magazine.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/africa/nigeria/ 

Encarta on Nigeria –A comprehensive overview of Nigeria and its land, resources, climate, and animal life among other things.
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761557915/Nigeria.html

Nigeria.com – News, politics, sports, and business are among some of the links you can find at Nigeria.com.  http://www.nigeria.com/ 

Energy in Nigeria— The Country Analysis Briefs provide an overview of the energy situation in Nigeria.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/nigeria.html 

Climate, Points of Interest, and Travel in Ethiopia— Information on facts, history and social points from Africanet homepage.
http://www.africanet.com/africanet/country/nigeria/home.htm 

Education in Nigeria—A General Overview of Online Resources in education from the African Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Nigeria.html 

Nigerian News- News article on Nigeria from Nigeria World.http://nigeriaworld.com/

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Oral Narratives from Residents of Greater Mecklenburg County, NC:

Uchendu Eronini shares a familiar fable as part of his story

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Lesson Plans: 

Find lessons on African Art from the University of Utah at http://www.umfa.utah.edu/index.php?id=MTIz 

The Florida Geographic Alliance site presents numerous lessons on art, geography, culture, masks and storytelling in Nigeria http://fga.freac.fsu.edu/academy/k1niger.htm 

Review different versions of the Anansi story: originally from West Africa, it moved to Jamaica, and is beloved all over the world http://www.anansi.org/webwalker/story1.htm

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