Finding Our Nationhood I had stated that we live in a country in search of a common character. The absence of the common character is at the base of our problems as a nation. When the British arrived these parts, they met, and dealt separately, with the various communities that now form the Republic of Nigeria. These communities, though aware of the existence of one another, each developed it's own civilisation independently and retained absolute autonomy in all spheres of human activity. When ... the colonial authority decided to consolidate it's gains and later amalgamate the administration of the entire area, it did not attempt to amalgamate the communities. ...As Nigeria approached independence, deliberate efforts were made to keep the country polarised. An impossible federation was created in...
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