Impacts of the British Rule in Nigeria

Abstract

The work is around the socio-political and economic impacts of the British colonization in Nigeria. This foreign rule aimed for the underdevelopment of Nigeria and other African colonies. Socially speaking, the British made great efforts for the disarticulation of the Nigerian society by creating ethnicity among the Nigerians as well as the social classes, which blocks the government‟s programs of development in today‟s Nigeria. Economically speaking, Nigeria was rich and Britain wanted to extract all its raw materials and use them for its manufactured goods. The long years of colonial exploitation made the Nigerians major consumers of British products. The aim of this research is to shed light on the British strategies to control Nigeria especially from the socio-political and economic sides. It is also a work conducted to understand that the crisis that Nigeria lives today is attributed to the impact of colonialism. Nigeria is still suffering, from the aftermath of British imperialism, and its obstacles of development have a historical background linked to the colonial times