Today 1st of October, 2023 marks Nigeria's 63rd Year of Independence. 63 years after been freed from colonial rule by Britain, Nigeria is indeed standing strong with a population of over 200 million people and an uninterrupted democracy that's already lasted for 24 years not a lot, but for Nigerians it's a milestone considering the 33 years spent in military rule. Now for most people the fore mentioned information is common but there is a much more popular question ask on every Independence Day celebration- how developed is the country since from 1960- it is also no secret that the answer to this question is much more negative than positive. But today we are not going to talk about the development status of the country but rather the most important and glaring issue the country has faced since 1960, "unity". In 1914 the British colonial administration led by Lord Lugard fused together three regions from Western Africa, the conservative Nothern Nigeria Prote
Nnamdi Azikwe Nationalism in Nigeria was inspired by ethnicity and emerged as a result of the people's love for their land and culture. It first rose in the 1920s with Sir Herbert Macauley at the forefront, who is also known as the father of Nigerian nationalism. British colonialism in Nigeria was mainly based on joining diverse people and regions as one artificial political entity, as a result of this Nigerian nationalism was regionalized. Southern nationalist mainly Yoruba and Igbo spearheaded this new age and ideological inspiration came from a variety of sources, including prominent American-based activist such as Marcus Garvey and W.E.B.Du Bois. Nigerian students abroad joined students from other colonies in Pan-African groups, such as the West Africa Students Union, founded in London 1925. Ethnic and kinship organizations that often took form of tribal unions also emerged in the 1920s. These organizations were primarily urban phenomena t