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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