Formal diplomatic relations were established with the opening of the American Embassy in Lagos and of the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, both on 1 October 1960, the same day which Nigeria acquired its independence from British rule. By the eighteenth century, evidence of Christianity had disappeared. . A constabulary force was raised and used to pacify the coastal area. As a protectorate, it did not have the status of a colony, so its officials were appointed by the Foreign Office and not by the Colonial Office. The High Commissioner will be guided by all the usual laws of succession and the wishes of the people and chief but will set them aside if he desires for good cause to do so. In February 1961, a plebiscite was conducted to determine the disposition of the Southern Cameroons and Northern Cameroons, which were administered by Britain as United Nations Trust Territories. This line was extended to Oshogbo, 100 kilometres (62mi) away, in 19051907, and to Zungeru and Minna in 19081911. The Action Group was thus the heir of a generation of flourishing cultural consciousness among the Yoruba and also had valuable connections with commercial interests that were representative of the comparative economic advancement of the Western Region. The political parties jockeyed for positions of power in anticipation of the independence of Nigeria. In these territories, violent resistance brought colonial rule to a close. In 1958 exportation of Nigerian oil was initiated at facilities constructed at Port Harcourt. Although the Muslim emirs eventually collaborated with the British to establish such rule in Northern Nigeria, the absence of similar authority structures in the South led to more direct colonial rule. The election of the House of Representatives after the adoption of the 1954 constitution gave the NPC a total of seventy-nine seats, all from the Northern Region. Native institutions were utilized and interference with local customs kept to a minimum, although the British did not always understand the local customs. These were the Agent-General, the Senior Judicial Officer, and the Commandant of the Constabulary. Taxes became a source of discontent in the south, however, and contributed to disturbances protesting British policy. Joining the Royal Niger Company in 1894, Lugard was sent to Borgu to counter inroads made by the French, and in 1897 he was made responsible for raising the Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF) from local levies to serve under British officers. Focusing on Britain and Africa, this looks at the growth of anti-colonial resistance and opposition to racism in the prelude to the post-colonial era. [73] The spread of the disease was quick and deadly, with an estimated 1.5% of the population of Lagos falling victim. The Women's War of 1929, known among Igbo women as Ogu Umunwanyi, occurred from November 23 to January 10, 1930. In all three regions, minority parties represented the special interests of ethnic groups, especially as they were affected by the majority. For example, many people in Ibadan opposed Awolowo on personal grounds because of his identification with the Ijebu Yoruba. The most important of these was a near fetish with indirect rule that was supposed to facilitate a cheap and effective ruling strategy. [46] Lugard was slow to describe these excursions to the Colonial Office, which apparently learned of preparations to attack Kano from the newspapers in December 1902. While each generated considerable political controversy, they moved the country toward greater internal autonomy, with an increasing role for the political parties. The council was promoted as a device for allowing the expression of opinions that could instruct the Governor-General. Play off ethnic and social divisions . To establish settled government in the newly won districts; To improve and extend native footpaths throughout the country; To construct properly graded roads in the more populated districts; To clear the numerous rivers in the country and make them suitable for launch and canoe traffic; and. Author. 19, no. The seven men who governed Northern Nigeria, Southern Nigeria and Lagos through 1914 were Henry McCallum, William MacGregor, Walter Egerton, Ralph Moor, Percy Girouard, Hesketh Bell and Frederick Lugard. WORKING PAPER: Passive and Active Resistance to Openness - 4 can also resist fulfilling the spirit of FOIAs in a more passive or subtle manner. Lagos became a major slave port in the late 1700s and into the 1850s. "The agents performed similar but more expansive roles as their Company counterparts. Lost land and independence died of diseases that euro bring In pursuance of the above general principles the chief civil officers of the provinces are to be called Residents which implies one who carries on diplomatic relations rather than Commissioners or Administrators. [51], Guidelines for running the Nigerian colony were established in 1898 by the Niger Committee, chaired by the Earl of Selborne, in 1898. [11] In 1891, the African Banking Corporation founded the Bank of British West Africa in Lagos.[33]. During World War II, Awolowo reorganized it as a predominantly Yoruba political party, the Action Group. In the meantime, public sector spending increased even more dramatically than export earnings. In the immediate post-World War II period, Nigeria benefited from a favourable trade balance. In addition to their economic grievances, they also called for the end of the reform of the native courts. An extensive immigrant population of southerners, especially Igbo, already were living in the north; they dominated clerical positions and were active in many trades. Each region had a governor, premier, cabinet, legislature, and civil service, with the significantly weaker federal government represented in Lagos by a governor-general, bureaucracy, House of Representatives, and Senate. Bello wanted to protect northern social and political institutions from southern influence. With this victory, the British went on to conquer the rest of Yorubaland, which had also been weakened by sixteen years of civil war. In the 1700s, the British Empire and other European powers had settlements and forts in West Africa but had not yet established the full-scale plantation colonies which existed in the Americas. The Macpherson constitution, promulgated in 1951, provided for a central House of Representatives, but friction between the central and regional legislatures, related to the question of where supreme party authority lay, soon caused a breakdown. [38][39], In 1892 the British Armed Forces set out to fight the Ijebu Kingdom, which had resisted missionaries and foreign traders. Its program reflected greater planning and was more ideologically oriented than that of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons. Hon. The introduction of the federal principle, with deliberative authority devolved on the regions, signalled recognition of the country's diversity. The principal figure in the political activity that ensued was Herbert Macauley, often referred to as the father of Nigerian nationalism. Britain subsequently lobbied other European powers to stop the slave trade as well. At the same time, British scientists were interested in exploring the course and related settlements along the Niger River. Economic competition among these "houses" was so fierce that trade often erupted into an armed battle between the crews of the large canoes. In 1946 a new constitution was approved by the British Parliament at Westminster and promulgated in Nigeria. [74] The disease first found its home among the many trading ports along the West African coast. To some extent, competition amongst these companies undermined their collective position vis--vis, local merchants. Nigeria's potential in the Post-Colonial Era. The goal of activists initially was not self-determination, but increased participation on a regional level in the governmental process. Economic Impact The [] Afeadie, "The Hidden Hand of Overrule" (1996), p. 1213. Contemporary photograph of the same building, now housing the, Developments in colonial policy under Clifford, Emergence of Southern Nigerian nationalism, Constitutional conferences in the UK (195758), All of this section to this point is from. The officers of the RWAFF were British. The present attempt is to inquire into the educational policy of colonial Nigeria, the aim, the nature and process of educational development and how it affected women in Nigeria. 1960-1966: Early diplomatic relations. The Governor-General, in turn, was responsible for appointing the prime minister and for choosing a candidate from among contending leaders when there was no parliamentary majority. Although he reported on the eastward flow of the Niger, he was forced to turn back when his equipment was lost to Muslim Arab slave traders. refusing to pay. The NPC was called on to form a government, but the NCNC received six of the ten ministerial posts. Lugard's governmental model for Nigeria was unique and there was apparently not much planning for its future development. [74] But with the advancement and efficiency of colonial transportation networks, it was only a matter of time before the disease began to spread into the interior. The NPC captured 142 seats in the new legislature. opposed early self-rule for colonial Nigeria on the ground of perceived domination by the southerners. The Portuguese sold slaves as a way to "obtain spices and weapons in other areas" (Alme). Beginning in the 1920s, a number of Nigerians joined other Blacks in various parts of the world to embark on the wider project of Pan-Africanism, which sought to liberate Black people from racism and European domination. Nigeria Lugard and Indirect Rule. African resistance to colonial rule began with A) The arrival of the Europeans on the continent in the late 19th century B) The end of World War II C) . The war years brought a polarization between the older, more parochial leaders inclined toward gradualism and the younger intellectuals, who thought in more immediate terms. The Nigerian Legislative Council was established in 1914 and was given limited jurisdiction; it was replaced in 1922 by a larger one that included elected members from Lagos and Calabar, although its powers also were limited and the northern provinces remained outside its control. Decolonization Resource Collection (National History Center) Less Scrambling, more Reflecting: Teaching about colonialism in Africa from the perspective of resistance by Bram Hubbel, February 9, 2019. European interpretations of Christian orthodoxy in some cases refused to allow the incorporation of local customs and practices, although the various mission denominations interpreted Christianity in different ways. By the mid-1940s, the major ethnic groups had formed such associations as the Igbo Federal Union and the Egbe Omo Oduduwa (Society of the Descendants of Oduduwa), a Yoruba cultural movement, in which Awolowo played a leading role. Maji-Maji Uprising (Tanganyika) 4. [65], Half of all taxes went to the colonial government and half went to the Native Treasury. After 1900, Europe began to introduce changes to colonial rule in an effort to increase revenues from the colonies. Antrobus, Fiddes and Strachey in the Colonial Office promoted amalgamation, along with Lugard. [61], The task of unification was achieved on the eve of World War I. European colonialists had managed to quell the efforts by Africans to resist the establishment of colonial rule with one exception. Hausa was recognised as an official language in the north, and knowledge of it was expected of colonial officers serving there. Under the Political Department of the Civil Service were Residents and District Officers, responsible for overseeing operations in each region. The Action Group consistently supported minority-group demands for autonomous states within a federal structure, as well as the severance of a midwest state from the Western Region. Nigeria officially became a democracy on its independence from Britain in October 1960. Colonization of Nigeria. He definitely laid the basis for British claims. We also understand that the said National African Company (limited) have full power to mine, farm, and build in any portion of our territory. Its residents were employed in official capacities and were active in business. British expansion accelerated in the last decades of the nineteenth century. In: The Journal of African History: (1990 . [29] His servant, Richard Lander, and Lander's brother John were the ones to demonstrate that the Niger flowed into the sea. Nigeria did not come into being until 1914, when the consort of a colonial Governor-General, Flora Shaw and her man, the fascist Lord Lugard willed and named Nigeria into being, with the dubious . [12] Trade was also conducted through a mechanism of barter and credit. Adam Smith wrote in 1776 that the African societies were better established and more populous than those of the Americas, thus creating a more formidable barrier to European expansion. [73] The colonial government would enact new legislation in reaction to the pandemic including, travel passes for individuals in the colony, increased usage of sanitary practices, and door to door checks on indigenous Nigerian households. The war also made the British reappraise Nigeria's political future. Lugard informed the leaders of conquered Sokoto: The Fulani in old times [] conquered this country. Retrieved October 11, 2014 from. colonizers and passive resistance by refusing to collaborate with the colonizers e .g. RESISTANCE. They, in turn, have by defeat lost their rule which has come into the hands of the British. Acephalous . Frederick Lugard, who assumed the position of high commissioner of the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria in 1900, often has been regarded as the model British colonial administrator. According to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Voyage Database, 308,800 were sold across the Atlantic from Lagos in 17761850. Although colonial rule appeared secure in the first two decades of the 20th century, the British struggled to keep control of their Nigerian colony and continued to do so until Nigeria became independent in 1960. A "house" included the extended family of the trader, including retainers and slaves. At the same time it is feasible by degrees to bring them gradually into approximation with our ideas of justice and humanity. [49], Concrete plans for transition to Crown ruledirect control by the British Governmentapparently began in 1897. Missionary forces demanded prohibition of liquor, which proved highly unpopular. Introduction. Herbert Richmond Palmer developed details of this model from 1906 to 1911 as the Governor of Northern Nigeria after Lugard.[66]. Several churches were built to serve the Edo community and a small number of African converts. [78], After establishing political control of the country, the British implemented a system of taxation in order to force the indigenous Africans to shift from subsistence farming to wage labour. The operations of this force are still not fully known due to a policy of strict secrecy mandated by the British Government. Independence was achieved on 1 October 1960. Agents also collected intelligence for the colonial officials; they gathered information on public opinion and the military resources of the local polities; they also spied on rival colonial forces in foreign territories. Falola, Toyin, Ann Genova, and Matthew M. Heaton. The Native Administration was headed by the traditional rulersmostly emirs in the north and often obas in the southand their District Heads, who oversaw a larger number of Village Heads. The policy of indirect rule used in Northern Nigeria became a model for British colonies elsewhere in Africa. The delta masked the mouth of the great river, and for centuries Nigerians chose not to tell Europeans the secrets of the interior. European traders in Nigeria initially made widespread use of the cowrie, which was already valued locally. They wanted self-government, charging that only colonial rule prevented the unshackling of progressive forces in Nigeria and other states. Nigerian units also contributed to two divisions serving with British forces in Palestine, Morocco, Sicily and Burma, where they won many honours. His government guided the country for the next three years, operating with almost complete autonomy in internal affairs. British business interests wanted to use this to create a monopoly over the industry, but Prime Minister H. H. Asquith's Liberal government and subsequent war coalition favored allowing international free trade. However, decolonization also brought regionalization and a hardening of ethnic identities. In an era of globalization, leaders of "recognized" nations often discuss the development of indigenous resources without inviting aboriginal leaders to the table. They had obtained the assent of the emirs to form a political party to counterbalance the activities of the southern-based parties. [45], A campaign against the Sokoto Caliphate began in 1900 with the creation of the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria, under the direction of Governor Lugard. Colonial official A. J. Harding commented in 1913: Sir F. Lugard's proposal contemplates a state which it is impossible to classify. The conditions that led African peoples to resist colonial rule often emerged from longstanding grievances against colonial labor exploitation taxation racist and paternalist practices arbitrary violence and political illegitimacy. At that time many scholars believed that Nigeria was able to develop into a stable and fast-growing state due to its huge potential. They caused major transformations in traditional society as they eroded the religious institutions such as human sacrifice, infanticide and secret societies, which had formerly played a role in political authority and community life.[26]. Slaves formerly had been traded for European goods, especially guns and gunpowder, but now the British encouraged trade in palm oil in the Niger delta states, ostensibly to replace the trade in slaves. The first missions were opened by the Church of England's Church Missionary Society (CMS). Battle of Adowa (Ethiopia) 5. [16] Starting in 1740, the British were the primary European slave trafficker from this area. While this system had built-in contradictions, over the years the Nigerian system developed into a sophisticated form of local government, especially in the emirates and under the banner of native administration, which became the hallmark of British colonial rule in Africa. Instead, acts of resistance were usually prompted by some new colonial policy - like taking away land, or forcing people to pay a tax, or forcing them to work for free on roads or railways. "John Beecroft, 17901854: Her Brittanic Majesty's Consul to the Bights of Benin and Biafra 18491854". European slave trading from West Africa began before 1650, with people taken at a rate of about 3,000 per year. The preparation of a new federal constitution for an independent Nigeria was carried out at conferences held at Lancaster House in London in 1957 and 1958, which were presided over by The Rt. [35] However, the company did accept that local kings could act as partners in governance and trade. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1991. Out of reverence for traditional kingship, for instance, the Oba of Benin, whose office was closely identified with Edo religion, was accepted as the sponsor of a Yoruba political movement. [21], Whether British conquest of Nigeria resulted from a benevolent motive to end slavery or more instrumental motives of wealth and power, remains a topic of dispute between African and European historians. In 1960, the country attained independence from British rule. [67], The Colonial Office, where Lugard was still held in high regard, accepted that changes might be due in the south, but it forbade fundamental alteration of procedures in the north. The NPC federal parliamentary leader, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, was appointed Prime Minister of Nigeria. These courts contained majorities British members and represented a new level of presumptive British sovereignty in the Bight of Biafra. In the north, the emirs intended to maintain firm control on economic and political change. Macaulay was despised by the British, but he came to be regarded as the father of modern Nigerian nationalism.. Native Administration was responsible for police, hospitals, public works and local courts. Quiz. Among the other major parties, the NCNC took fifty-six seats, winning a majority in both the Eastern and the Western regions, while the Action Group captured only twenty-seven seats. Like in other countries under imperialist rule, colonialism in Nigeria resulted in numerous positive and negative impacts. Other European powers acknowledged Britain's dominance over the area in the 1885 Berlin Conference. [58], Some of these public work projects were accomplished with the help of forced labour from native black Africans, referred to as "Political Labour". PhD dissertation accepted at the Graduate Programme in History, York University, Ontario. Lugard bequeathed to his successor a prosperous colony when his term as Governor-General expired. Despite his somewhat successful efforts to enlist non-Yoruba support, the regionalist sentiment that had stimulated the party initially continued. Early on in colonial rule, for example, Nigerians protested the manner in which water rates and head taxes were collected. Nigeria became an independent state on the October 1, 1960 after being a British colony for over 40 years. resistance to British invasion and colonial rule so as to close that vacuum created by the 'majority syndrome' approach. Every Sultan and Emir and the principal officers of state will be appointed by the high Commissioner throughout all this country. A lack of interest in extending the NPC beyond the Northern Region corresponded to this strictly regional orientation. Initially, most palm oil (and later kernels) came from Igboland, where palm trees formed a canopy over the densely inhabited areas of the Ngwa, Nri Kingdom, Awka and other Igbo peoples. By the 1820s, the British had made connections . In 1851 deposed king Akintoye of Lagos sought British help in restoring him to the throne. The large companies that subsequently opened depots in the delta cities and in Lagos were as ruthlessly competitive as the delta towns themselves and frequently used force to compel potential suppliers to agree to contracts and to meet their demands. Bolivian indigenous activist Ivan Ignacio, one of many indigenous activists at the second People's Summit in Qubec . In the 1850s, quinine had been found to combat malaria, and aided by the medicine, a Liverpool merchant, Macgregor Laird, opened the river. The British, like other newcomers to the slave trade, found . [43][44] The British forces began annual pacification missions to convince the locals of British supremacy. Ajay. Oil income was still marginal, but the prospects for continued economic expansion appeared bright and accentuated political rivalries on the eve of independence. Although the capital was not moved, Lugard's bias in favour of the Muslim north was clear at the time. In 1920, portions of former German Cameroon were mandated to Britain by the League of Nations and were administered as part of Nigeria. From 1815 to 1840, palm oil exports increased by a factor of 25, from 800 to 20,000 tons per year. Definition of Colonialism Colonialism means a system which the Europeans adopted in ruling the colonies of Africa to their own benefits. . The company negotiated treaties with Sokoto, Gwandu and Nupe that were interpreted as guaranteeing exclusive access to trade in return for the payment of annual tribute. Consequently, in 1849, John Beecroft was accredited as consul for the bights of Benin and Biafra, a jurisdiction stretching from Dahomey to Cameroon. The NPC platform emphasized the integrity of the north, its traditions, religion and social order. The Deputy Governor served as political administrator for company territory and appointed three officials in Nigeria to carry out the work of administration. Colonial Nigeria was the area of West Africa that became the modern day Nigeria, during the time of British rule in the 19th and 20th centuries. [19][41], In 18961897 the forces of the Niger Coast Protectorate fought with the remnants of the Edo Empire. Political activists in the southern areas spoke of self-government in terms of educational opportunities and economic development. Alan Lennox-Boyd, M.P., the British Secretary of State for the Colonies. The proliferation of labour organisations fragmented the movement, and potential leaders lacked the experience and skill to draw workers together. The Colony was ultimately governed by the British Colonial Office in London. Britain annexed Lagos in 1861 and established the Oil River Protectorate in 1884. He was prepared to introduce educational and economic changes to strengthen the north. The traders suffered from the risks of their position and believed they were at the mercy of the coastal rulers, whom they considered unpredictable. During his six-year tenure as High Commissioner, Sir Frederick Lugard (as he became in 1901) was occupied with transforming the commercial sphere of influence inherited from the Royal Niger Company into a viable territorial unit under effective British political control. Published August 7, 2020. Alienated by the anonymity of the urban environment and drawn together by ties to their ethnic homelandsas well as by the need for mutual aidthe new city dwellers formed local clubs that later expanded into federations covering whole regions. A . It made anti-slavery treaties with West African powers, which it enforced militarily with the blockade of Africa. Portuguese Roman Catholic priests who accompanied traders and officials to the West African coast introduced Christianity to the Edo Empire in the fifteenth century. His mission failed, but Park and his party covered more than 1,500 kilometres (930mi), passing through the western portions of the Sokoto Caliphate, before drowning when their boats overturned in rapids near Bussa. Local leaders, cognizant of the situation in the West Indies, India, and elsewhere, recognised the risks of British expansion. The central government, presided over by the governor-general and accountable to the secretary for the colonies in London, was more powerful but distant from the people. It was suspended in 1950 against a call for greater autonomy, which resulted in an inter-parliamentary conference at Ibadan in 1950. The government was responsible to a Parliament composed of the popularly elected 312-member House of Representatives and the 44-member Senate, chosen by the regional legislatures. It is not a unitary state with local government areas but with one Central Executive and one Legislature. Lugard, replacing Egerton as Governor, aborted the project in May 1913. Before 1898, the scramble for Africa by European countries led to the partition of Africa after the Berlin conference of 1884-85. Ouidah (now part of Benin) and Lagos were the major ports on the coast. The NPC, entering candidates only in the Northern Region, confined campaigning largely to local issues but opposed the addition of new regimes. They took the right to rule over it, to levy taxes, to depose kings and to create kings. At the urging of Governor Frederick Lugard, the two territories were amalgamated as the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, while maintaining considerable regional autonomy among the three major regions (Northern protectorate, Southern protectorate and the Colony of Lagos). He was aware that the Muslim north would present problems, but he had hopes for progress along the lines which he laid down in the south, where he anticipated "general emancipation" leading to a more representative form of government. The Colonial Civil Service used intermediaries, as the Royal Niger Company had, in an expanded role which included diplomacy, propaganda and espionage. Please let us discuss the brave roles of this groups and peoples. . In the 1870s, therefore, George Taubman Goldie began amalgamating companies into the United African Company, soon renamed the National African Company. Colonial Lagos was a busy, cosmopolitan port. Following Lugards success in the north, he set out the principles of the administrative system subsequently institutionalized as indirect rule. Essentially, local government was to be left in the hands of the traditional chiefs, subject to the guidance of European officers. [82], Oil exploration began in 1906 under John Simon Bergheim's Nigeria Bitumen Corporation, to which the Colonial Office granted exclusive rights. The search for oil, begun in 1908 and abandoned a few years later, was revived in 1937 by Shell and British Petroleum. European colonialists had managed to quell the efforts by Africans to resist the establishment of colonial rule. Early nationalists tended to ignore Nigeria as the focus of patriotism. 22. Unification meant only the loose affiliation of three distinct regional administrations into which Nigeria was subdividedNorthern, Western and Eastern regions. resistance and successfully imposed colonial rule should attest to the point that African military resistance was ineffectual. [63], The Protectorate was centrally administered by the Colonial Civil Service, staffed by Britons and Africans called the British Native Staffmany of whom originated from outside the territory. September 1996. The Southern Protectorate financed itself from the outset, with revenue increasing from 361,815 to 1,933,235 over the same period. Total revenues of central and regional governments nearly doubled in relation to the gross domestic product during the decade. Locally this involved the immediate invasion of the German-held Kamerun (Cameroon) by Nigerian forces, followed by a costly campaign that lasted until 1916. 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