We are learning a lot about Venezuela and Nigeria on @adsactly. I wonder - what do these two countries have in common?
I think your statement Nigerians became foreigners (or more like strangers) in their own fatherland. can be said about any of the countries that were victims of colonization, and about those we colonists are still victimizing. As an American, I sure wish my country would stop meddling in other country's affairs.
Excellent work @samminator, as usual. Thank you for helping me learn so much about Nigeria.
Thanks buddy. I think Venezuela was colonized by the Spaniards. Nigeria was colonized by the British, but I'm pretty sure Venezuela has same story with their colonial masters.
Hello, @owasco. Venezuela and Nigeria are countries that, to begin with, belong to different continents. America and Africa. Then, as @saminiator points out, they were colonized by dissimilar powers: Spain and England. The processes have been quite different: the economic-political independence of Venezuela occurred at the beginning of the 19th century, which does not mean that it has been a completely beneficial process. After achieving its definitive democracy in 1958 (before they had been dictatorships of different kinds), Venezuela advanced very well, until a tyrannical communist group was conquered in political power, against which not only the great Venezuelan majority fights, but also a large part of the international community. I don't know if my succinct comment responds to your concern. Greetings.
Thank you for your thoughtful and informative response. As an American, I don't think of Spain and England as dissimilar powers, and if I am not mistaken, the countries were colonized at roughly the same time. Did Nigeria have a few good decades at the same time Venezuela did? I don't think @samminator has brought us up to date yet. I wonder though if the same power hasn't been at work, with different faces, on both continents.