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Africa in Context
Nigeria's story set beside its neighbours', because independence, coups and colonial rule never happened to one country alone.
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The Congo Crisis: Independence, the Cold War, and a Murdered Prime Minister
How Belgium's rushed 1960 handover led to the Congo Crisis and Lumumba's murder, and what it reveals by contrast about Nigeria's path to independence.
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Why Ghana Got There First: Independence in 1957 vs 1960
Ghana independence 1957 came three years before Nigeria's 1960. Why Ghana got there first, and what the gap reveals about Nigeria's own path to self-rule.
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