During the apartheid era in South Africa , Nigeria was one of the foremost supporters of anti-apartheid movements , including the African National Congress ; the Nigerian government issued more than 300 passports to South Africans seeking to travel abroad . Sonny Okosun , a Nigerian musician , wrote the hit song " Fire in Soweto " in 1977 to commemorate the 1976 Soweto uprising against apartheid in South Africa
1976 Soweto uprising
Soweto uprising
Nigeria–South Africa relations