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The Naming of Nigeria: An Interrogation of Etymology

April 19, 2022

  When Flora Shaw, the British journalist and eventual spouse of Lord Lugard, coined the name Nigeria, it might have been difficult to pinpoint her motivations, that is, from a social standpoint. Was it dexterous thinking or something more insidious? Read more about History At best, it might have been a romanticization of geography as … Continue reading The Naming of Nigeria: An Interrogation of Etymology

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