”Contest| Lessons My Country’s History Has Taught the World

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LESSON OF MY COUNTRY HISTORY TO THE WORLD 🌎

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The challenge of Nigeria As a free state In 20th century Africa , there is a need to revive the stature of man in Africa and restore the dignity of man in the world. Nigerians believed passionately in fundamental human rights. We regard all races of the human family as equal. Under no circumstances shall we accept the idea that the black race is inferior to any other race. Then, in 1960, Nigerians got their independence. When Nigeria achieved independence from the British colonial rule on the first of October 1960, the prospect appeared promising, and the expectation for the future of the new country was high.

Boiled largely by the discovery of commercial quantities of petroleum in the southern, the potential of economic growth was great. But in 1970 ,the stability of the country was greatly damaged by a decade of corruption, economic underdevelopment, regionalism, and military coups, cumulating in a two and half year war that saw the death of over millions of people. The British laid the borders of modern days Nigeria in 1914 when the government under SIR,FREDRICK LUGARD amalgamation, the northern Islamic and christianized southern protectorate to form a united colonial state. The people within this border were known to the world as Nigerians. Then, the reason while the colonial system brought some material benefits to the country it also alienated and frustrated. Most people of Nigerians who felt exploited and believed that the government had eroded culture and traditions.

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In the 20s, some of the European educated Nigerians began to push for greater control over their governance. At the forefront was the man called SIR, HERBERT MACAULEY. Then, before 1930, Sir Macauley and his Nigeria national democratic Party dominated the political spectrum in lagos. In 1803, the group of European traders brought over one hundred IGBO'S from a slaves market in the present day in Nigeria. They chained them in a roohm that had no windows. It was stuffy, and they had to pee, poop and eat in it. More than 30 people died from diseases along the way, but they kept watching from an opportunity to escape. One day, it came, and they broke and took control over the ship. They docked it at St, Simons Island, and tried to escape but realised that they were surrounded at the point an IGBO chief whispered something to the person standing next to him , and he passed the information down the line. Suddenly, they all turned around and hands together and walked into the ocean. They made a decision that it was better to drown than to submit to a life of slavery.

This was what our black people passed through in the hands of British colonial rule. I appreciate you al for reading my post.