British Colonialism In Nigeria Essay

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British colonialism was the cause of the Biafra war/ Nigerian civil war from 1967-1970. When the European countries colonised Africa they split it in different territories based on what they wanted and preferred. All they wanted was the country’s rich oil resources. They were not bothered by which tribes they mixed with, instead they drew up political entities and Nigeria happened to be one of them.
The British planned Nigeria and they included areas that were controlled by a variety of different traditional groups. Two of the main ethnic groups whose areas were consolidated together into Nigeria were the Hausa and the Igbo. These two groups had different beliefs. The Hausa were Muslim and had a government that was relatively feudal. Opposite
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Since the two tribes had their differences it led to conflict as to who should rule or lead the country. The conflicts between them eventually led the Igbo’s in the Southeast to disaffiliate from Nigeria and formed a new country that they called Biafra. A war broke out and war was fought to prevent the disaffiliation and to force that region back into the country of Nigeria. The elections of 1965 saw the Nigerian National Alliance of the Muslim north and the conservative elements in the west; face off against the Christians of the East and the progressive elements among the People from the west. The Alliance of North and West won a crushing conquest under Sir Abu-Bakr Tafawa Balewa, inthe thick of the claims of widespread electoral fraud along very well with one another.
The war was successful and Nigeria returned to its previous boundaries. However, the conflicts between the two groups did not come to conclusion. Thus, the cause of the war was the ethnic conflict in Nigeria. The primary outcome was that Nigeria remained a solitary country with the opposite ethnological groups who still do not get.
The military governor of the Igbo-dominated southeast, citing the northern ‘wholesale killing’ and electoral fraud, proclaimed with southern parliament

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