Description
Decades after history was once curiously sidelined from Nigerian school curricula, a whole generation has been cheated out in their country’s collective memory. This book comes just in time to assist quench a desperate and growing thirst for knowledge long denied. Get a peep into the political environment that existed among its more than a few peoples before Nigeria formally came into existence. Be aware how and why the country was once founded in 1914; the more than a few policies deployed by British colonial authorities to stick in power; the upward push of Nigerian nationalism and the march to independence; the circumstances leading to the collapse of the First Republic and the civil war of 1967 – 1970; the major constitutional developments thus far; and the history of brand new Nigerian political parties from inception in 1923.