Nationalism and Nationalist Agitation in Africa: The Nigerian Trajectory

The need to reclaim African territory – economically, socially, and politically – from imperialism and colonialism united Africans, especially after the Second World War, in pressing for the independence of African nations from colonialism is imperative. This period marked the emergence of Nationali...

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Black people
Citizenship
Civil war
Colonialism
Cultural groups
Decolonization
Dominance
Economic change
Economic Policy
Economics
Economics and Finance
Ethnicity
Federalism
Governance
Idealism
Imperialism
Independence
Meaning
Nationalism
Nationalist movements
Political Science
Post World War II period
Postcolonialism
Postwar history
Poverty
Religious leaders
Self determination
Sociology
State
Transformation
World War II
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