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RE: ADSactly History: Emergence Of Nigeria As A Political Entity [Part 1]

in #history5 years ago

Interesting transformation. Was t a peaceful or bloody occupation, that of the British?
Do you think Nigeria would have evolved into a better or worse political entity had, say, the Portuguese or the Spaniards taken control of it?
Here in Venezuela we always wonder what would have happened had we been colonized by the British, instead of the Spaniards. Many attribute our failure as a nation to the very origin of our existence as an colonial territory (for mere exploitation rather than as "a- city- upon- a- hill" sort of project).

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Actually, colonialism has its own downsides. Even not being colonized at all has its own downsides too. Take for example; Liberia was not (completely) colonized by European superpowers, but their economy isn't better than the countries that were colonies of European superpowers. Same with Ethiopia... these are the only two countries in Africa that weren't completely colonized by European superpowers.

Thanks for coming, Henry