Between 1900 and 1914 (when Northern and Southern Nigeria were amalgamated) there had been twenty-one British military expeditions into Igboland. In 1928 for the first time in their history, Igbo men were made to pay tax – they were a subject people.       This attempt to take over political control of Igboland met with resistance and…… Continue reading HOW THE IGBO RESISTED COLONIALISM
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Real Immediate Reason Colonialists Deposed Jaja
A Nairalander, OruExpress, has revealed what might be the real reason Jaja of Opobo was dethroned by the British colonial authorities.l Of course, we know resource control was the remote reason. But the immediate reason – the ‘last drop that made the water overflow’, according to OruExpress is Jaja’s attempt to buy British boats. “Do…… Continue reading Real Immediate Reason Colonialists Deposed Jaja