This might provide some perspective to the ongoing debate about the so-called honors to Nigeria's former colonial rulers: Professor Michael Crowder has written extensively about colonialism in Africa and, of course, Nigeria and Sir (later Lord) Frederick Lugard. Check out this article: Michael Crowder, "Whose Dream was It Anyway? Twenty-Five Years of African Independence," African Affairs, Vol. 86, No. 342 (January 1987): 7-24. Pay particular attention to page 12. Here, he talks about the extremely cruel nature of colonial rule and the latter's atrocities. I quote: "The less known atrocities committed in the suppression of the Satiru revolt in Northern Nigeria by the Sultan of Sokoto's forces acting on commission for the British in 1906 were such that the missionary Walter Miller wrote that 'it would be worth Leopold of Belgium's while to pay ten thousand pounds to get hold of what we know of this,'" He continues: "As Edward Lugard, brother of the British High Commissioner in Northern Nigeria, wrote: 'they killed every living thing before them', Women's breasts had been cut off and the leader spitted on a stake." Professor Crowder's accounts are based on primary sources, mainly correspondence between Edward Lugard and Sir Frederick Lugard (1908) and Walter Miller to Sir Frederick Lugard (1907).
On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 4:59 AM, ugwuanyi Lawrence <ugwuanyiogbo37@yahoo.com> wrote:
Thanks
Noted.
L.O.Ugwuanyi,Ph.D
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UNIABUJAOn Tuesday, February 25, 2014 10:00 AM, FKO <felixkayman@gmail.com> wrote:You can access a copy of the book by clicking on this link: https://ia700402.us.archive.org/34/items/cu31924028741175/cu31924028741175.pdf--
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