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"Nigerian" Quotes from Famous Books

... Considerable progress had been made by June in overrunning this vast territory, half as large again as the German Empire in Europe: the French had occupied Lome from the south, while the British, after some checks on the Nigerian frontier, had advanced to Ngaundere. The rainy season then set in, and operations were suspended until October. The Germans had transferred their capital to Yaunde, which was made the objective of converging attacks ...

— A Short History of the Great War • A.F. Pollard

... found an opportunity in which to tell her, unheard by his parents, that he was practically certain of his Nigerian appointment, and must that night break it to his father and mother. And Diana had listened like a sister, all sympathy and kind looks, promising in the young man's ear, as he said good-bye at the garden gate, that she would come again next day to ...

— The Testing of Diana Mallory • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... and the first two games fell to him and his partner owing to a certain wildness in the returns of Princess Pongo, a Nigerian lady of remarkable agility who has only been playing tennis for the last three months, as, owing to the laws of the Hausa tribe, mixed tennis is strictly forbidden in Nigeria. The Princess was, however, well backed up by her partner, the Baron ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 18, 1914 • Various

Words linked to "Nigerian" : Nigerian capital, Nigeria, Yoruba, Haussa, Nigerien, Igbo, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Edo, African, Niger, Hausa