The History of Nigeria (Igbos, Hausas, and Yorubas) - Part One
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It’s a bit of a generalization of course, but the Nigerians I’ve met here in Canada are the finest of people. I don’t just mean good, I mean all-around wonderful people that truly set the bar. ❤
And your a hater
@ConanTheCimmerian Yes, "Atkinson" is definitely a name that sounds like it comes from Nigeria.
@@BasedEngineer
And _BasedEngineer_ is a name that sounds like it comes from ?
@@BasedEngineer so Rowan Atkinson must be Nigerian too
@@BasedEngineer Heheh
Hey Thomas, thanks for this, been following you for a while from Nigeria, so thrilled to see this.
Same
It's Dr. Sowell for you, not the coloquial Thomas. You didn't milk the same cow
"Thomas???" he is your elder and a historical giant in his work. Please put some respect on his name. In the cultures of all African descended peoples we respect our elders with a title to denote their accomplishments in life and just for having survived in this world.
@@RedRiverMannow your just glazing lol, the person who runs the Sowell youtube channel even liked the original comment
Educating and enlightening. Thank you for this. Love from Nigeria
Nigeria is becoming more and more prominent and I'm glad to know more about it.
I feel educated when Dr Sowell presents a topic, knowing his understanding is based on thorough research.
We have always been prominent for the right and wrong reasons.
Prominent in what??? Crime? Refugees? Illegal Migration?? Corruption? Poverty? Lack of modernization despite have abundance of resources? Nigerian are deliberately deluded
Great lecture, looking forward to Part 2
Thank you for your commitment to educating us
Thank you that was really interesting, looking forward to part two
Excellent. Thanks for this.
I enjoy learning about different cultures and countries along with thier history. Im glad i found a great channel to learn from.Thanks Mr. Sowell
Dr. Sowell is a gift to American society. And we'll into his 90s, still publishing content from his great books.
America will always appreciate and love you Dr. Sowell.
Unforunately he is unknown to most black Americans. His books are monuments to research and scholarship.
A gift to the world. I'm English and I don't respect anyone else to the level I respect and admire TS
Being from the Hyam ethnic group of Kaduna State, it saddens me to see generalized historical accounts to this day. While the Hausa and Fulani cultures have had a great influence in Northern Nigeria, there have been so many Nigerians that have been wrongly categorised as "Hausa/Fulani".. if someone takes the time publish the history of people, then proper accounts on heritage should be recorded too.
Its the hangover of British colonial policy and interestingly, that designation was used even for the Maguzawa Hausa people. Besides we still have to deal with the inflated population by the same British colonialists culminating into such desperation as "baby jihads", rigging and massive registration of underaged voters just to meet up to the "quota" given to them by the British.
The said "Hausa-Fulani" is nothing more than the Ummah population of the far North defined only by Islam and Hausa language. Nothing like ethnic identity as we know it in Africa applies to them. The Brits fostered this idea. That term "Hausa-Fulani" does not for example exists in Niger Rep though the social orientation and outlook of far Northerners in Nigeria has spilled over to them
@@raymondmordi7937well spoken. Northern Nigeria is perceived as a monolith but nothing could be farther from the truth. Up on till boko haram menace in borno state, Nigerians down south didn't know there other tribes and mostly Christians as far north as that.
Like you noted this sentiment has been carried over from the colonial era and due to political and religious sentiment has been foisted
So disappointing and reductive.
There is no tribe called Hausa/fulani. It's either Hausa or fulani but not both. That connotation is used politically by some politicians for their selfish gains.
@@raymondmordi7937 Hausa- fulani is not a tribe. It's either Hausa tribe or fulani tribe
10:13 Nice to see a vintage photo of a Cricket team in Nigeria especially since Nigeria now is slowly rising in International Cricket.
Marxism and woke ideology are not the solution to disparity.
Oh shut up, you guys have been using that dog whistle for everything since 2022
@@lilcrust3063 likewise you guys have been calling everything that makes sense a ‘dog whistle’ for the past 20 years 😂
@@seanm8665 literally none of what he said makes sense “woke ideology” is just the latest conservative fear mongering.
@@seanm8665 “ you guys “ who do you mean exactly?
you lost me at woke
Can you do one about sierra Leone
Informative.🎉. Thanks🙏👍
Ty
You realize we have Semitic town & villages names way before colonization
Thank You, Sir !!!
Interesting
Was married to Igbo... Best man ever
Was?
@@MarcustheServant maybe he died
@@wildhonorablerose4249 😢
What happened to him?
Divorced?
Why do I feel like ai is talking on behalf of Sowell?
In the 1950s, Nigeria's founding fathers understood that the only way to turn the huge diversity of Nigeria into an asset rather than a bloody liability was to copy the FEDERAL system of states practiced by the United States. So that each state had significant rights to its resources, security, and societal laws.
Unfortunately, Nigeria's military juntas and several other coup leaders imposed a strange quasi-federal system in Nigeria. This quasi-federal system has been practiced to date. It promoted massive corruption and guaranteed the gradual collapse of Nigeria due to the inevitability of strife that would naturally follow when very diverse peoples are coerced into adopting the way of life of others and forced into abandoning their own. Especially when those sets of laws are promoted by criminal-minded Nigerian rulers who do not respect Nigeria's diversity nor have the interest and survival of Nigeria at heart.
So your leaders are sell our Freemasons you mean to say
Free History class .
Why delete the follow up video: Nigeria's Road to Independence: The Worst Amalgamation In Africa? It clearly described the corruption that plagues all 54 countries in Africa even today.
Sorry about that. It'll be published tomorrow.
@@ThomasSowellTV please don’t forget
Great catch! Yes, living in Nigeria during this time period - I can personally vouch for the accuracy of your follow-up video, Thomas!
Thank you from Mazatlán for the reposting tomorrow, 3 March 2023!
@@ThomasSowellTV Thank you, Thomas! Forgive me if I inadvertently add the honorary title, “Sir” to your name - you are one who for keeping your integrity and history alive and factual, deserve the title as originally created!
@@damisa3392 unfortunately, his history is quite flawed in several areas.
WOW
Disliked only to get your undivided attention. Saved to an appropriate playlist on this account. Thank you for sharing this loving language in truth.
I am Nigerian, and Nigerian census of having 20% of Africans in a small portion of West Africa is questionable. And it is no surprise that Nigeria has controversial elections
225m of 1.3+b = approx 18%
The Sahara is barren, east africa and the namibian desert into Southwestern Africa is also very sparse, this greatly narrows down the African population prospect
@@CoelhoSportsstill 20%
1 in 4 Africans are Nigerian.
So which region does the prince that keep emailing come from? hehe
From the sulga!
This is incredibly accurate for a non Nigerian. More reason to respect Dr. Sowell
He’s AA so his ancestors are most likely Nigerian.
💪🏾
@3.12 they are not British military.
It is impossible to talk precisely about the history of Nigeria before 1960 as the administration in different parts of the country was completely different
Brazil?
Great body of work though.
Was it the coup,of 1966 that brought about the hatred to the Igbo's in Nigerians? Because, all i see here is a people who crave excellence through hard work an persistence.
Jealousy not the coup
It was and the fact most igbos have the audacity to play the victim about it like the response above. They did exactly what the British wanted. The irony today is now the igbos are asking for an independent state when that what was Nigeria had before igbo tried to rule over all.
As far as accomplishments. Igbos aren't any different from the other groups. Yorubas have history been the most educated and Igbos caught up in the last few decades. They also have more influence worldwide. Yoruba is the most spoken African language in the planet.
The only ones competing with other Nigerians are igbos. The rest of us want a black successful nation all our displaced people can be proud to call home. Hausas are excellent warriors and ranchers. They've also been catching up education wise.
@@fightsims1252deceiving ursef
It's crazy how the other tribes achievements are not spoken about here most especially the minorities
Indeed! Especially the indigenous Ijaw tribe in the Niger Delta. They were the first contact Europeans had with African people in Africa.
@@tudormiller887not an achievement
Nigerian History needs over 3 hours to explain
Can you please do Ethiopian as well. I will provide you a true information if need help with it.
I thought Brazil has the largest black population outside Africa.
Another Sowell gem.
I am thinking about changing my last name to a Yoruba name
Good but I disagree with the population census he is quoting to describe the SOUTH & NORTH. It's exagerrated
Why the word cleaness!!! From what I know the definition of poor is different of cleanness!!! Who did shower more or cleaned their environment better before colonization? Europeen or African?
Thomas Sowell great great grandfather was an Ibo who was sold to the British slave runner sir Sowell by the Hausas.😂
So? Most AAs have at least around 15% European.
@@heerarodriguez9563 It's called grape. Look it up.
27th, 2 March 2023
Smokem' Tom !!!!
They can't box with U.
Their arms don't have the range.
It is very good to always make reference to history. From all documents and documentaries we have to respect people's values and culture, when we talk about education, the west makes us believe that western education is all that matters which is the main problem with many Nigerians, for example no matter how smart you may be if you can't speak English an average Nigerian brands you as an uneducated. Well this is where our problem stated from as a people. Arabic education came through the northern Nigeria and they are well accustomed to it, western education came through southern Nigeria through missionaries which they took as the tool for religious and social way of life. Today look around you, how many professors do we have in the north, how many Doctors,how many engineers?
If we duel too much in the past we might not progress as a nation.
Which nation are you referring to...fulani nation?
Some of this is true, but not accurate tbh. Depiction of the igbos isn't accurate. Numbers on the tribes, direction of the British. Cap.
This wasn't education, this was indoctrination, All the different tribes have our own languages written and spoken. We were told we were sub human and had to learn french/english to be considered "civilized".
I don't care for someone else to do the speaking. This is not T. Sowell's Voice!!!
I thought the video would teach more so the pre colonial history of the West African country. This information is primarily based off a European perspective of history.
Sowell is an African American
I love dr Sowell my woman's Igbo so that's why I'm watching this just to understand crap more.
Loaded content from the Great Thomas Sowell.
He is wrong, its Nigeria Ethiopia and Brazil
so what those that change about the video?
@@igbotimehopper64yearsago46 actually Nigeria, Ethiopia, Brazil, DRC. Fact checking that's all
-The census prior to independence was also controversial but it was imposed on the country by the British. It was massively rigged to favor the North and the reason was to ensure the "Caliphate" area of the North would dominate the federal parliament. The reason was because of what I would call "interests" of the the United Kingdom. The South (especially Ibos) apart from being educated were nationalistic and unpredictable. A clear evidence of British infaltion of the North comes from the states of Kano-Jiagwa, Sokoto-Kebbi-Zamfara; Borno-Yobe; and Katsina.
In the 1952 census, Kano-Jigawa jointly had a joint population of 3,397,358 out of 30,403,505 (in Nigeria- see Philip Ostien Univ of Oxford, 2012) which is 11.17 percent of the total. But strangely Kano-Jigawa jointly had in the 2006 census-- 13,762,290 out of 140, 431, 790 or 9.80 percent of the total in Nigeria - eflecting a fall of - 1.37 percent of the total in Nigeria after 54 years! There is no evidence that people in Kano-Jigawa migrated to other parts of Nigeria than other ethnic groups. There is no evidence to suggest that they went through the "genocide" committed against the Igbo. There is no evidence that people from Kano-Jigawa migrated in large numbers to other parts of the world unlike people fom Southern Nigeria. On the contrary, Kano-Jigawa between 1952 to 2006 had been hostng perhaps up to a million people from Southern Nigeria which contributed to the population of 13,762,290 recorded for both states in 2006. In fact, in the book by former Amb to Nigeria Mr John Campbell, "Nigeria on the Brink" , he noted that even Northern elites admit that the North is ca. 40% Christian which the diplomat admitted lies to some extent "migration to the North by Southerners".
I also mentioned Katisna. In the British conducted census of 1952, Katsina lying on the fringe of the Sahara had a population of 1.483,484 out of 30,403,505 which is ca. 4.88 percent of the total in Nigeria. However based on the 2006 census, Katsina had 5.801,584 out of 140,431,790 falling to 4.13 percent of the total. While there is evidence of migration from Katsina State to Kaduna State, it still does not explain why the percentage from Katsina fell just as Kano-Jigawa.
For the Sokoto-Kebbi-Zamfara axis- the three states jointly had a population of 2,805,439 out of 30,403,505 or 9.23 percent of the total foisted on Nigerians by the UK. Well from the 2006 census, Sokoto-Kebbi-Zamfara jointly had a population of 10,238,090 out of 140,431,790 or 7.29 percent. This is yet again a fall of almost 2 percent in the same time frame. In fact what makes it even more bizarre is that these three states had since 1952 received Fulani pastoralists from other African countries now claiming to be Nigerians. This is one reason for the banditry in the state of Zamfara.
Now let us look up at Borno-Yobe. According to the UK, both states had in the 1952 census 1,595,505 or 5.25 percent of the total. But in the 2006 census, the population of Borno-Yobe was 6,492,443 or 4.62 percent. This is a fall of 0.63 percent. This region has suffered terrorism via Boko Haram. But the Boko Haram insurgency began in 2011, so on wonders what is responsible for the fall in population.
Summing up these figures, the far Northern states of Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Borno, Yobe, Jigawa, Zamfara, and Sokoto fell from 30.52 percent in the 1952 census to 25.84 percent in the 2006 census.
The reality was that this part of Nigeria was less than 20 percent of the population of Nigeria in 1952. We can even scale the likely population based on recent figures and compare to what we have in Niger Republic where the people are socio-culturally indistinguishable from those from this part of Northern Nigeria. This had been the problem of Nigeria and laid the foundation of all the problems the country had to suffer to this day. In fact, is likely impossible for Nigerians to evolve and see themselves as a single nation. The desperation by the UK created the problems and millions of Nigerians had been victims of this game of divide and conquer and of course control by the UK. This evidence dismisses any figures relating to ethnic or religious composition in Nigeria. There is a sense of insecurity by these Northern people themselves. They usually unlike other Nigerians return to their home states for Voters registration and even register in perhaps millions people who are far younger than the age of 18. Apart from this fact, there is no doubt a "jihad of the womb" by these people. The population growth of this part of Nigeria along with Niger republic ranks the highest in the World. It seems to be a "race" to meet up with the colonial quota handed over to them by the UK.
In addition, I also need to clarify with what is meant by the "North". In these states, I made some observations. The areas dominated by Non Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri stock seem to have "dramatically grown" in population which again confirms my suspicion that the British apart from designing the "North" to be so large relative to other parts of Nigeria, desired that the said North be dominated by the Hausa-Fulani-Kanuri groups based on inflated figures vis a vis - the minority areas of the "North".
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----The counter-coup was not exclusively Muslim. It comprised both Northern Christians and Muslims.
---- The Igbo were not fully integrated. In the military for example excluded the Igbo from important positions. It took the last president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan who was genuinely interested to heal old wounds to appoint an Igbo as military head. This of course was not acceptable to many interest groups in Nigeria. There are other examples to give. Another was the creation of states and local government areas (counties). It was also deliberately designed to marginalize the Igbo. Until 1991, the Igbo had just two states out of 21 states in Nigeria in spite of having up to 20% of the country's population. There has been little interest by the federal authories to locate federal institutions and investments in the Igbo homeland. This has made many Igbos to migrate even in greater numbers to other parts of the country where they are constantly reminded by the political elites and "natives" of those places that they "migrants" despite paying their taxes and contributing enormously to the such local communties. Igbos are also often targets of Muslim fanatics in the far North (see the states I mentioned). The assumption of course is that killing an Igbo means killing a Christian.
They were given only 95 counties out of 774 in the country which is a far cry of their population. To till day no Igbo has been made Chief Justice in Nigeria while it seems to be a core policy of the corrupt ruling APC to exclude the Igbo from power.
Factual and sound analysis...
Igbo land is more fertile than the desert arid north, why do you keep repeating less fertilie? Propaganda or what, very funny
A bit skewed towards the Ibos, but okay. Interesting! 🤷🏾♀️🇳🇬
He's tribalistic are you happy now😅
@@toochukwuowoh606no he fell for igbo online propaganda. He knows nothing about Nigeria. Not the secession clause proposed by a Yoruba leader Awolowo, and rejected by igbo Nnamdi Azikiwe, the igbos terrorising the North before they retaliated, the igbo nepotism when they tasted power , the igbo coup, the igbo forcing biafra on their neighbours to land grab and the igbos now coming on night buses as refugees to Yorubaland.
It is simply untrue that Igboland was "poorer". In what sense? And there was no effort to be "seen". But the rest is very accurate.
It was poorer at some point in History.
@@charlesakhimienmhonan2175 Based on what. I want to hear your answer.
In early colonial era, the Ibos did not have much arable land, tend be individualistic and resisted colonial rule initially. The economic base of the Europeans were the North and South West. With time , the Ibos had to start moving to other parts of the country and getting Western education , and became much more progressive than most tribes.
@Charles Akhimienmhonan They did not have as much arable land but had mastered cultivation. They also had the largest export of palm oil by far of any region. The royal niger company practically based its business around palm oil export from the igbo hinterland. Next we were individualistic but that word is generally thrown around with little regard. All that meant is one village will have plenty of accomplished men. That actually adds to my point. Whilst it is an argument against centralised structure it actually is in favour of a stronger economy. As per the obvious need to avoid monopolies for healthy competition to drive growth. Also a lot of the Igbo currency was destroyed by the british. It was much hard to replace the old economic system than in other parts.
This is where I think the confusion comes. In reality people in Igboland had their riches stripped from them and as the last to be colonised (ekumeku movement was defeated in 1914) at the beginning of colonial nigeria we were in a place of limbo. People replaced the fact with this false sense that Igbo people and Igboland is naturally poor.
BTW I genuine like how you present your points 👍
I do not mean Igbos were naturally poor. It terms of assessment of natural resources, arable lands and what was immediately available to the British colonial masters to take, they were the poorest region then.
So many Nigerians here in south Africa and they are selling drugs and I don't know what's wrong with them
Most of them have businesses, i watched a documentary and the south african men destroyed nigerian businesses and looted them.
South African men are known for car jackings and home invasions so you should probably not be pointing the finger
Mostly igbo I'm sure
@@fightsims1252deceiving urself
Ur daddy is the the father of drug trafficking
Sowell, America's Finest Historian well into the 21st century.
Thrilling to see the most respected Historian in the United States offering historic presentation on Nigeria.
I'm a Sowell Disciple.
He got so many things wrong in this bogus presentation
You fell for igbo online propaganda, which shows in your bias towards igbo. Your video doesnt match events. You know nothing about Nigeria. Not the secession clause proposed by a Yoruba leader Awolowo, and rejected by igbo Nnamdi Azikiwe, the igbos terrorising the North before they retaliated, the igbo nepotism when they tasted power , the igbo coup, the Aburi accord, the igbo forcing biafra on their neighbours to land grab and get their oil, now the igbos now coming on night buses as refugees to Yorubaland and igbo commiting lots of crimes.
Your statistics i falls . 1 in 5 not true.its impossable
You still fail to mention the true motives of the European colonization of Africa and how they divide the continent along arbitrary lines. This destabilized many of the power structures and economies that were already there thus causing of much of the inter-tribal warfare that you mentioned. The exact same thing happened in The Middle East and we still see the implications of it in Africa and the Middle East to this day. You make the British out to be peacekeeping forces that 'civilized' the people of that country. and you fail to even say how Nigeria got its name.
@@asmirtisdol8914yet you still use European technology
@@thegreatergood8081 and yet you still didn't provide any objective counter arguments relevant to the points being made. Pathetic...
Actually in many cases larger nation building lowered intertribal conflicts not "caused". Nobody dares to address tribalism reality , which is still what hold us back most
for so many reasons, except fixing Nigeria or many other African areas problems, so many people likes to pretend that tribalism , wars and conflicts didn't exist or were just children playing before colonialism 🙄
Colonialism destabilized the systems of trade and power that were there before the colonizers came. When the colonists leave, the native people often try to reestablish what was there before and end up flighting as result. This isn't just an African thing either. It's happened in the Americas, Asia (especially within the Middle East)and Eastern Europe (The Balkans) as well@@elleanna5869
Should be titled the rise of Igbo literary in Nigeria based on the igbo-centric commentary.
Go and produce your own documentary tribalistic Igbo hater
Isn’t it interesting that a racially homogenous country was “troublesome” due to religious differences. Diversity of religions is destabilizing….period. Does anyone think that US is not subject to this destabilization? Now add racial differences to the mix. I find it ironic that it was Abraham Lincoln who said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
Well, that's the thing. You could have one race and one religion but still have a divide, simply because humans make different decisions and react differently to life.
An argument can be made for religion and race amplifying our differences and potentially making those differences the cause for conflict.
You need to have majorities in race, religion, for a stable state but that doesn't mean you attack others. Also, you can have numerous races + ethnicities but one culture.
Racially homogeneous ? All the ethnic groups across Nigeria have different in many ways
@@kyleebrahim8061How many ethnic groups live in Nigeria ? Way more than in Europe that's for sure.
@@tudormiller887zip it.
I don't think calling it a "British Colony" is accurate. USA, Australia, Canada, and NZ, yes, were colonised. The only "European Colony" was South Africa. People from Northern countries would not last unless they interbred with locals.
I remember the story of Scots family. There were 13 sons. Only 1 could inherit local land. The other 12 went all around the commonwealth (mainly India). They all died within a few years. From disease (mostly insect born diseases).
Your point?
People with pale skin can not live nearer the equater. Not just burn. But mosquitos and other insects. Me? Not a bloody chance. I got bitten to death in Majorca, Cairo and others. A couple of my extended family could. Few and far between.
An American invention 'deet' did allow me a short term relief. Especially in Thailand. My favourite country.
What I am saying, We Europeans (especially Northern) and some like me, get eaten. I know mossies like co2. I was with 6 members of my family in Santa Ponza, Majorca. They got 1 sucker on them in 2 weeks. I got 50 an hour. Didn't know about deet then. My late wife did cover me in things. Helped. But 4 days in, she forgot. My back got covered in the alps, everyone seeped pus. Lousy after that. Got better after 6 lousy days and they got me again.
It’s a British colony, I don’t know why you’re saying it shouldn’t be called that. Even Queen Elizabeth frequently comes to Nigeria for common wealth nations tour.
After 1918 was end of British empire. For a hundred years before that it was more engineering. We got it in Scotland. English beautiful people (mostly christian).
Clean water and drainage.
I am a Scot, but the English are the most beautiful people in history. Especially the Victoria's. Prove me wrong, I think.
Not sure if Nigeria being part of the iron age 500BC is supposed to be a good or bad thing. It's several hundred years behind Europe and over 500 years behind the early iron age people. In an iron age context, 500BC is very late to the game.
Its a good thing to independently develop iron mining and smelting when mpdt cultures borrowed it from one source. For good reason as it is a very difficult process. You cant consider them to be "behind".
@@dgk693 the tech was imported, not developed independently.
@@CoelhoSportsI am igbo myself. Lejja is in my land. Tell me precisely who imported iron working into igboland.
I don't know if 500BC is that late in the game I'm from Scandinavia in Northern Europe and around 500BC is when the iron age started here.
@@AnaIvanovic4ever which made you about last in europe, which was behind the near east and central asia, so also late. halstatt (precursors to celts) proliferated iron age culture for the 3 centuries before that.
If you want to talk about Nigerian history, you have to talk about the Benin and Oyo empires, Hausa nation-states, and the Kanem Bornu empire. Yoruba and Igbo are creations of the British
Like u r out of senses to say the oldest tribe in Nigeria Ndigbo are creation of Britain.Ndigbo are older than Jews..we are republican in nature
@@user-ho4be7gn8yShut your mouth una chapepe. Una no dey tire? 😂
@@fightsims1252He is right.
It's really a tragedy that the entire way of life of this region was decimated by the British invasion...And then to listen as the narrator justifies the crimes as necessary for advancement and then to hear that the so-called missionaries softened the will of the people which led to economic and mental subjugation
Yes, the opposite is way better: the nigerians are capturing each other to be sold to the arabs
As a Nigerian woman I can say that Christianity back to Africa where it belonged, is one of the few but real unwilling benefits of colonialism.
I think you are more useless than those you regards as useless because alot of you base your understanding on your personal ideas and thinking but in a case like this one has go by international, unbiased history not by a mere tribalism, religion or sectional sentiment. The north has more educational and civilization advantage than the south even before the colonial masters and that is the actual reason why the north was govern indirectly, the north was more mature in governance by far than the south I urge you to check what lord lugard write up about the north then.more so despite the constant claim of more educational and civilization that the south claim the colonial masters choose the northners to be their secretaries in most of their colonies and that was also as a result of their qualities in governance and education which the south lack at that time despite all your claim. More so the desperity in western education between the north and south was that the northners feel they have attend a level that they decide for themselves as African they don't need western ideas that has a slavery,recism and transformation ideas that set to devided Africans just for their personal gain as what is actually happening now. More educated and civilized Nigerians now prefered those that enslaved, exploit our resources and continued neocolonizing us more than their fellow blacks and Africans which the north was not will never be part of.
Where did you get you history from? The history we learnt in school was that the south, especially south east was more educated before the independence. The north was easier to govern than the south. Even in the military, the senior officers were majorly southerners.
Till this present day, the north is still backward in education and only dominant in power because the British handed power to them because of their disadvantage educationally and economically.
You are talking about western education which was derived from Islamic education,but before the colonials did you have any form of education? the south east then is in total disarray cos there is no form education and leadership but then the north due to their educational and leadership qualities, the colonial let them to rule their self through indirect system. Infact the northerners happens to be the colonial secretaries in their various colonies in the west Africa as the results of their Islamic education which was the bedrock of the present civilization. I urge you to Google Islamic civilization and invention,then check the northern education and civilization before the colonials.
@@ibrahimsule8734 The indirect rule worked in the north because northern system was easy and beneficial to the British. The north have an emirate system where everybody is subject to the emir. The south west also have a similar system where they have Obas who rule over the people. This system was easy for the british. They used the rulers to control the people.
In the south east and south south, contrary to your belief that things were in disarray, they have a different system. They don't have kings or rulers....they are more independent. Every community in the south east is an autonomous community. This made it difficult for indirect rule to succeed.....even till this day an average south easterner is independent minded. That's why it is difficult for them to have someone to lead them. The disadvantage is that it makes it seem as if they are not united, but on the other hand they are more independent minded and not likely to be controlled by anybody.
Taking about education, modern education did not come from Islamic education. The history of modern educational be traced to the roman empire. If the northerners were clerks to the British, it is because they were more willing tools in the hands of the British. Prior to independence, the South occupied major and sensitive positions in the civil service and military.
@@ibrahimsule8734 To the best of my knowledge about Nigeria, the north do not have better leadership qualities. For political gain, the north has always been willing tools in the hands of the British. That is why Nigeria is the mess it is now.
@@risong7117 you need to get enlightenment by seeking knowledge and there are alot of med
This guy has literally zero understanding of nigeria pure nonsense
And you do? Im Nigerian and he’s pretty spot on. Are you even Nigerian? I doubt it
Says a non Nigerian, take your rubbish elsewhere.
Lies. Taught nobody nothing
No one cares.