Nigeria is a country in West Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Nigeria produces oil as nation’s major export item. More than half of its people are engaged in agriculture and cacao, s the nation’s representative agricultural product accounts for most of its world output. Soccer is the most popular sport in Nigeria. Though the nation’s national soccer team called ‘Super Eagles’ has been ranked 25th in the FIFA ranking as of July 2007, it was 5th in 1994 and earned the gold medal in 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Nigeria is also a native country for many Novel laureates like Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe and Ben Okri. Fela Kuti (1938-1997) is the nations’ representative musician. He created the African modern music-afro-beat, mixing Yoruban traditional music and jazz. Most Nigerians are proud of him.