POL S 354 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Colonial Nigeria, Samuel Akintola
6 Feb 2017
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Became a colony of great britain jan. 1, 1914. Uk centralized power in the north ignoring the sharp cultural differences. The northern region consists mostly of muslim hausa and fulani. Southern part of the country was christian and split by the yoruba in the south-west and the. Nigeria became an independent commonwealth state in 1960 following an ongoing process attaining self-rule from the uk. Following the elections of 1961 plebiscite, the south cameroon chose to remain and be absorbed into nigeria, increasing the size of the faction. Nnamdi aziwe became the first president in 1963 following constitutional ratification establishing the republic. With redefined borders and historically ethically borders ignored, cultural tension was high. 1959-64 balewa retained led pro-western foreign policy, majority northern cabinet. 1964 elections, parties from western and eastern challenge a fair election. January 15th, 1966- army majors nzeogwu, ifeajuna, onwuatuegwa began military coup. Coup allowed johnson aguiyi-ironsi as pretext to seize power, ending the republic.
