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Nation Betrayed, A: Nigeria and the Minorities Commission of 1957

ISBN-13: 9781592217335

Contributor(s): Michael Vickers

Subjects: African Studies (Regional)

Publisher: Africa World Press

Publisher Imprint: Africa World Press

Publication Date: 05-08-2010

Format: Paperback

Availability: In stock

£34.95

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About the book

The 1950s were traumatic years for the British: a mighty Empire was in its death-throes. But for Africans, these were years of immense exhilaration, of great expectations. Independence was within close reach. And in Nigeria, it was accepted that it should come quickly. But there was a problem: Nigeria's minorities profoundly feared for their future under African leaders. This study reveals the remarkable story of how and why the British authorities betrayed the Nigerian people in their treatment of this critical minorities issue, an issue of their own making...

Nation Betrayed, A: Nigeria and the Minorities Commission of 1957

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