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Sunday 24 March 2019

The White Man's Burden

This historical account sheds some light into the involvement and rise of the white man into the Northern part of Nigeria and slave trading . Copy and paste below link for more on this very intriguing dive into the archives.

https://www.historians.org/teaching-and-learning/teaching-resources-for-historians/teaching-and-learning-in-the-digital-age/through-the-lens-of-history-biafra-nigeria-the-west-and-the-world/the-colonial-and-pre-colonial-eras-in-nigeria/the-white-mans-burden

This reading calls for the further support for Britain's involvement in Northern Nigeria.  The document is especially noteworthy for its description of life in the region, the self-concept of the English, and the way in which the author argues his case for increased intervention.  Readers should critique this document not as a source of "objective truth" but as a statement of perspective from a promoter of imperialism, colonialism and indirect rule.

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