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ThrowBack Thursday: Nigeria’s Amalgamation and the Marriage of Unwilling Neighbours (1914)
April 19, 2022
After the consolidation of the Southern and Northern Nigeria Protectorates in 1900, the British government, under the administration of the governor, Lord Frederick Lugard, began moves towards linking all of the other territories and protectorates into a single geographical entity named Nigeria. Economic arguments have held that the reason for bringing the old Nigerian protectorates … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday: Nigeria’s Amalgamation and the Marriage of Unwilling Neighbours (1914)
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