Nigeria: A Story of Colonialism

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See how John Green explains Imperialism.  

Nigeria gained its Independence in 1960 from the British Empire. For a discussion on the effects of colonialism in Nigeria, Click Here. 

Educational System in Nigeria, Click Here. 

Your nation website's Colonial Times Page should answer the following questions in at least 500 words:

Essential question: Explain the pros and cons of the colonial period of your country.
→Your response must include:

• Who colonized you, when and why were you colonized?
• What was it that motivated them: Money? Power? Land? Religion?
• What natural resources or raw materials does your nation have that the colonizers seeked from your country/people?
• Description of advances brought to your nation by the colonizing country in areas such as transportation, communication, medicine, education, etc.
• Were there any benefits to being colonized: such as improved transportation, communication, medicine?
• Were there any drawbacks to being colonized?

Discover how religion has affected Nigeria during Colonial Times, Here. Also, learn about the role missionaries played in Nigeria, Here.  How about the Igbo Religion? Click Here. Also, what were the effects of colonialism in Achebe's book, Things Fall Apart? Read Here. 

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edQuest Questions: 

1.How has religion affected the people of Nigeria during colonial times? How about the Igbo Religion?

See what John Green has to say about Decolonization.