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→Colonial Nigeria: as it was post 1801 it was the United Kingdom
==Colonial Nigeria==
==Colonial Nigeria==
Nigeria was the most populous [[colony]] in [[Africa]] and one of the most prosperous, and it won its independence from [[Great Britain]] in 1960. Tensions between ethnic groups - in part a legacy of the [[indirect rule]] model of [[imperialism]] - led to [[civil war]] between the [[Muslim]] [[Hausa-Fulani]] and the [[Christian]] (and [[animist]]) [[Ibo]] and [[Yoruba]]. There was tension even within the Christian groups, as Igbo preferred a [[democracy|democratic]] society while the Yoruba preferred a [[monarchy]].
Nigeria was the most populous [[colony]] in [[Africa]] and one of the most prosperous, and it won its independence the [[United Kingdom]] in 1960. Tensions between ethnic groups - in part a legacy of the [[indirect rule]] model of [[imperialism]] - led to [[civil war]] between the [[Muslim]] [[Hausa-Fulani]] and the [[Christian]] (and [[animist]]) [[Ibo]] and [[Yoruba]]. There was tension even within the Christian groups, as Igbo preferred a [[democracy|democratic]] society while the Yoruba preferred a [[monarchy]].
==Modern Nigeria==
==Modern Nigeria==