Forçados is a small town in Burutu LGA of Delta State, Nigeria. It is most noted for the Forcados River, which is a major navigable channel of the Niger...
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from the Forçados River can be found in the British Museum's collection. The majority of the rivers in Niger Delta region including Forçados River, experience...
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A forcado (European Portuguese: [fuɾˈkaðu]) is a member of a group of men that performs the pega de cara or pega de caras ("face catch"), the final event...
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The enclaves of Forcados and Badjibo were two territories close to the river Niger, in modern Nigeria, leased to France by the United Kingdom under the...
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Days at Forcados High School is a 2013 young adult novel by Nigerian author A. H. Mohammed. The narrative follows Jimi Solade, a student at Forcados High...
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and Delta State to the north across the Niger River for 17 km and the Forçados River for 198 km, with the waters of the Atlantic Ocean dominating its...
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important geographical features are the River Niger and its distributary, the Forçados River, which flow along Delta's eastern and southern borders, respectively;...
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continued, but at a lower level. The completion in 1969 of a new terminal at Forçados brought production up from 142,000 barrels/day in 1958 to 540,000 barrels/day...
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[citation needed] In the second stage, called the pega ("holding"), the forcados, a group of eight men, challenge the bull directly without any protection...
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Hoard from Lagos and other mediaeval bronze hoards from Allabia and the Forçados River in southern Nigeria. Included is an Ikom monolith from Cross River...
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