Workshop

Nigeria as we know today emanated from a colonial structure which saw the amalgamation of several diverse tribes and entities - a concortion of culture, they say. However, whether or not this historical trajectory left some colonial vestiges, our aim in this piece is not to pontificate on such story, but to interrogate decisively why the country is still very much underdeveloped even after many years of independence, and where in history Nigeria got it wrong. For the sake of those who are not familiar with the term colonialism , we start by attempting a short definition of the concept. Colonialism is defined as a socio-political and economic phenomenon where stronger nations with advance technological and military capacity; explore, conquer, settle and exploit weaker Nations. Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Gambia et al are products of this categorization as they have one time in past been governed as colonial entities. Talks about independence began in most African countries...