How Britain bought Nigeria for £865,000 | The Shocking Origin Story of an African Giant

In this brief analysis of over 200 years of Nigerian history, we ask: can a political entity that was purpose-built for resource exploitation grow to become anything more?
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[@xulupopo9288]

Is there any other way one can donate apart from through Paypal?

[@eminiyen4756]

U sure that this is your narrative? I mean with the obas & all. I was taught this in elementary school while also being forbidden to speak Yoruba on school premises. The educational system @the time that I attended school was strictly British based. It's disgusting though how we (black folks) continually do ourselves in, all for that "money", from entertainment to politics to commerce, etc. Just a really really bad spell that we're under. In the prophetic words of Honorable Olufela Anikulapo-Kuti "one day go be one day".

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[@IamGodSon]

Abeg you, do a concise history of the Cameroons and later one on the french exploitation- and involvement in Africa.

[@savant2012]

The best 12 mins Infographics of what Nigeria is I have ever encountered. Thank you so much

[@NewAfrica]

Thank you for watching Yusuf!

[@kingsleyolaleyereubenwriter]

Truly👏

[@pape5602]

Sénégal and every other West African country, including the continent at large, needs a strong and stable Nigeria for us to be prosperous too. If you're a hater you won't understand this.

[@crazydudevlog6580]

You can also watch my video it shows what Nigeria is all about

[@King-is3td]

Check out the New Story of Nigeria by Jide Olarenwaju also

[@LeeGreenldgphotos]

Great video, My step was Yoruba and came to the UK in the '50s. He told how his country was forced to be pushed together and how to get an education he had to pretend to be Christian. He went back in the '80s and we as a family were to follow but it was difficult for him to adapt when he saw what the country had become. So he came home. I later worked in Lagos, I took the job firstly to see where my stepdad came from and I will be honest for the money, when I got there and saw the poverty, left my job and came home. I miss my stepdad, he taught me lots and was a good man. RIP Mr Adewale

[@knockhello2604]

Life is a bitch

[@favourite51]

What a moving story. RIP to your step

[@IamGodSon]

Great story. Please enjoin your politicians to stop looting nigeria and africa in general.

[@tyronelorenzovalentio3414]

@@IamGodSon😂😂😂

[@Brucemcleod2345]

Don’t confuse Christianity with following the Lord Jesus Christ. Lots of people pretend to be Christians. Half the clergy aren’t even Christian themselves. Jesus says You must be born again

[@seanpeterson7502]

Nigeria is not a nation, it’s a company

[@user-iy4eb8ic8l]

Can you please expand?

[@cbenji07]

Like the US

[@britopia1341]

It never has been a nation. It’s still made up of tribes.

[@seanpeterson7502]

@@user-iy4eb8ic8l too much to say

[@joemufferaw7748]

same as canada we where also set up as a corporation

[@1djricky]

Why they don't teach this in schools baffles me

[@AllPro777]

Why would the mechanisms of keeping you oppressed baffle you? It's what they do.

[@subscribeplease4875]

Hold the Ministry of Education responsible

[@AllPro777]

@@subscribeplease4875 That's one place to look, but it's even deeper than that.

[@touchnot7334]

Dj Ricky they thought me in school before it was removed by the likes of Obasanjo and co.

[@brainboxdash2408]

Dj Ricky they don’t want u to know. Knowledge is power

[@joeyek7574]

Best concise history lesson of Nigeria's creation I've heard so far.

[@bong2020able]

True Bru

[@eloisecole3579]

But it is almost all incorrect.

[@eduardocajias5626]

@@eloisecole3579 Why do you think so?! It seems correct for a foreigner man like me!

[@ak4j247]

@@eduardocajias5626 in sure Eloise will provide that elusive alternative history soon. Maybe not 🙄🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@Kudejo]

This is the greatest video I have ever watched about Nigeria. Much love from a fellow patriotic Nigerian who will never abandon his country no matter how bad things get

[@MrSoulofaRebel]

Story never changes...while we blame the oppressor for our oppression...we never hold eachother accountable for selling us out in the first place...

[@Cng215]

A Nigerians biggest enemy is not thy mzungu but thy Akata LMAOOOOO

[@jstreet2852]

MrSoulRebel Do you really think that if the African kings had said no deal, the Europeans would have said ok and turned around, got back on the ship and sailed back across the seas. Remember from the very beginning, it was guns against spears. Mzungus always find a way to take the guilt off of them and biame someone else, the victim.

[@cytkl]

@@jstreet2852 demons in human form

[@thecountysfinest]

@@jstreet2852 do you really believe the Africans weren’t capturing and enslaving eachother before the Europeans arrived?? They revolutionised the business but we created the industry. An at this point it’s pretty clear that blaming the white man for all our problems is helping anything.

[@faithoni6520]

@@Cng215 are you Kenyan

[@AAde-or3qz]

I let the Ads play to the end. So you can get the maximum reward from monetization. The least I can do to say thank you for your incredibly insightful and educational content. Arise my compatriots!!

[@temidayoakinshola8243]

wow.. I never knew this. Learnt something new today, thanks.

[@blackhokage1744]

@@temidayoakinshola8243 it's TRUE, that's how they earn

[@blayze995]

gonna go unpause that last two seconds up there now

[@freemanbako1586]

Well said Bro...Naija and Africa is waking up fast. We the younger generation have to do something too.one love from Abuja ,.Nigeria

[@ifehansson2254]

As a Nigerian I am completely ashamed of how willingly we participated in the slave trade. We have never repented of it either.

[@kevindurant1934]

It’s ashame but it’s not as straight forward as that

[@j4genius961]

"We" participated in the slave trade in the same way that "we" participate in neo-colonialism which is not at all...Our leaders are and have always been traitors, that's it

[@morolong7733]

😳 $80 000 salary a month !!! This is just madness.

[@904alexthegreat]

Zie Lesabe nira dollar

[@leftfield00]

@@904alexthegreat it's 80,000 USD.. there is nothing like Naira dollar. I am a Nigerian..

[@jwouter]

Yep and that’s just their salary ...........the make millions upon millions on side deals and contract to their own company’s ..... basically their complete state budget is like heir personal money to spent with no accountability whatsoever.................

[@ASLUHLUHCE]

UK politicians only get that in one year lol

[@MrAnonymousRandom]

Bet that doesn't include the money from bribes.

[@noellinimoh]

My second time watching this amazing history. As a writer I’m strongly thinking of studying Nigeria in depth next year.

[@femininelounge9240]

oi tried that last year. it brought up deep depression for me. just too heavy!

[@chuksben8175]

After a year, how has your research been?

[@chuksben8175]

​@@femininelounge9240 Why do you say so?

[@UnathiGX]

I wanna cry! Love from South Africa!

[@badmuskaybee5111]

From?????

[@UnathiGX]

@@badmuskaybee5111 Africa

[@onioluwole7359]

@@badmuskaybee5111 😂 😂 😂

[@thebridge5483]

I feel same way when I think of the whole entire africa it’s very painful ✊🏿🇭🇹 it’s time we act as one 500 years is too long this new wave of Africans must act now!!

[@thebridge5483]

Badmus Kaybee stop it

[@AshishSingh-wk8in]

This is the type of content I pay my internet bills for !! 😃 Love and support from India. ❤️

[@ogomegbunamude254]

Best thing is to dismantle that british market called nigeria.

[@okuomose1]

What do you think the Berlin conference was about?

[@kikikiki3216]

@Dami what a wow 😲

[@ikeman9784]

@@mortalzeus6519 He has a point let's dismantle that zoo and then renegotiate the terms of our collective existence and if we can't reach an agreement then we all go our own way. Look at all the country that use to make up the USSR they've all gone their own way and everybody is developing at their own pace. Look at Quebec they've had referendums and decided to stay with Canada. It's the way modern societies succeed these days not maintaining that zoo republic that's threaghtening to consume us all..

[@elmarshall50]

@@ikeman9784 the only problem is you will start another 6 to 10 decades of a new project, which will still have the same problems that you break away from. Our hope is the new non-ethnocentric youths, who hopefully will see a bigger picture and recreate Nigeria into what it ought to be. One love and One nation and One Nigeria. Much love!!

[@blackhokage1744]

@@elmarshall50 let the decade pass, it's for a better 2moro, if those ruling in the 60s as divide and rebuilt by now 6 decades will have pass and we will be enjoying the results

[@francismendy1398]

I've been saying this for a while now, the African post-colonial borders need to be re-drawn. Glad someone else agrees.

[@MrSoulofaRebel]

Who's here because they heard the song Another Story on Burna Boy's Album African Giant!!!

[@kelvinbrown8754]

This guy should get an award for such a great commentary. I think this explains a lot of countries in Africa today. They were created by a bunch of Europeans and not the Africans themselves and it makes sense that this new generation of Africans are born into the entities and that is how they see themselves other than the tribe they are affiliated with. I think this will help tremendously in the development of the new Africa. God bless Africa and all those that live there. I know you will have a brighter future despite the hardships you are experiencing now!

[@Shnufulduful]

This channel is absolutely brilliant! Love your work. Unbiased, factual, and very informative about areas of history that I knew nothing about. I cannot thank you enough for your work!

[@lichi1244eva]

This was a great highly informative video. I commend you for keeping a level soothing voice the whole time. My father was one of those who fought for Biafran independence. He in his late 70s now and lives here in the US. 50+ years later, talking about the war remains a very VERY sore subject.

[@benafrem]

Your voice and videos are amazing as always. Love from Ghana hoping to see Nigeria improve 👊👊👊

[@Sunny-on4yv]

WACKY GH prove of what

[@Sunny-on4yv]

WACKY GH improve of what . ghana also was slave port

[@benafrem]

@@Sunny-on4yv 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ I'm not saying we're better I'm just saying I would love to see Nigeria improve

[@queenofsheba9275]

Sunny 3 there’s ALWAYS room for improvement no matter how good u r!!! She’s wishing the best for Nigerians!!!

[@benafrem]

@@queenofsheba9275 I'm a boy 😁😂 but still I support what you're saying 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

[@grimgoreironhide9985]

As a non African this is eye opening. Can't believe the same company used for enslaving Nigeria still exists as part of Unilever. Corporations have the real economic power of the world.

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

Nigeria was enslaved before that company took over. It amounted to little more than a change of ownership. And when it was sold to Britain that was just another corporate takeover. Let’s face it, both Africans AND Europeans have been in the thrall of big business and rich landowners for centuries, and continue to be.

[@HardlinersParadise]

Isn't Unilever Jewish??

[@addiadeyemi4527]

@@sirrathersplendid4825 that is one side of the story. Need to hear the other side.

[@ebonymaw8457]

@@HardlinersParadise Why you bring that up 😐

[@jacanewkirk6511]

@@HardlinersParadise yes it is

[@trevorchikambure3628]

How does your voice stay so calm through the whole damn thing??!!!

[@trevorchikambure3628]

@@atomirong4829 there would have been some high-pitched swearing if I had done it...

[@thebridge5483]

Trevor Chikambure same I’m trying to get like this

[@4chukwuebuka]

Why does nigerian protectorate flag have an isreali star of david at 5:54

[@samuelikonallaholokpo9063]

Na rich man pikin wey go beta school, but still get oil for heart. Their voice no dey hungry. E no dey hurry.

[@kwacou4279]

Tempered, calm thinking people become the successes of the future. This man has leadership qualities, you can hear it in his voice. Without knowing this individual, I can determine he's logical in his approach in solving problems. Hyper emotional people, never create and leave behind anything valuable. I wish Black people were more logical rather than emotional. Being around logical people makes your life so much more pleasurable. Trust me, I'm from Jamaica and emotional morons I have to deal with everyday.

[@nmagain24]

Im ADOS, and THIS is the kind of education I need. Very enlightening, I appreciate this

[@asemahlemakwedini6152]

"Can a political-entity purposely built for resource exploitation grow to be anything more?". I say yes it can even though i am yet to watch the whole video. I'm a firm believer in nothing is impossible. As a South African look at the history of how Cape Town came into being. It went from being only a pit stop for ships travelling from another side of the world to India and back and from there grew into a few neighbouring farms to aid these ships with food, then a town, neighbouring towns, a small city, city, metropolis then boom a great nation was born South Africa. So nothing is impossible.

[@okekeandrew4501]

So South Africans are free today, thank God oo

[@Laitalafraise]

Brilliant! I loved this documentary! Thank you for your hard work!

[@zhajjar4793]

Great video brother. Keep them coming please

[@waynenelson9444]

Brilliant, absolutely amazing. I am from Jamaica and we are facing the same problem with a government that was evolved into rather than creating from scratch to the liking of its citizens. The African nation shall forever unsavored to taste of its citizens, until the citizens cook up the government of there liking.

[@rosemaryoni3829]

God bless you my brother, Nigeria youths need to stand up and fight with anything they have, they need to fight those evil politicians

[@rudeonestar]

@@rosemaryoni3829 you spelt bankers wrong

[@mortalman28]

"What an elderly person can see sitting down a young person can't see standing up" this is the thing they've tattooed on their essence. This new generation are being lead by blind elderly people.

[@Nooroodin84]

I'll give this a million likes if I can. This right here hits deep bruh hits deep.

[@SVSXXVW]

As a Ghanaian I can say I HAVE LEARNT SO MUCH.. WOW! 👏

[@NewAfrica]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@jonathanprime1507]

Our elders always complain about our generation saying how they worked hard and many other stuff when there the ones who ruined this world

[@gfox5237]

I think your channel has amazing potential. And deserves far more subs! One day we'll all get along With love from Canada. :)

[@totalfitnessNG]

This Needs To Be Shared On All Social Media Platforms. It’s Just The Insight We Need To Today’s Problems. Well Done 😊💪🏾

[@robertcoulter7592]

Wow. Thank you SO MUCH for this portrait of Nigeria. You should be a teacher. This should be taught in every school in the world ❤️

[@therandoomdude3161]

I watched this video because I will write my final exam about this topic. We learn this in our schools in Germany so we know what went wrong and we learn how we can prevent such things happening again.

[@BOXINGBLOCKCENTRE]

At first I was very sceptical when I saw the title, but after watching the whole video, I must say you nailed it, even though I am a very proud to be a Nigerian, Born in the great Benin Empire, but I must confess our leaders have sold us so many times and they continue to do so, the youths must rise up, but the youths are too scared to do so for now, so we can only hope for things to get better someday, and you have yourself a new subscriber.. (BOXING BLOCK CENTRE) 🥊

[@NewAfrica]

Thank you for your support @BOXING BLOCK CENTRE !

[@4chukwuebuka]

@@NewAfrica Why does nigerian protectorate flag have an isreali star of david at 5:54

[@thepresence2095]

@@4chukwuebuka why are you so bothered about an extinct flag?

[@4chukwuebuka]

@@thepresence2095 dont you wanna know why it exist in thw first place? Can you tell mr why a black african nation has the isreali star of david on its flag?

[@chizobaani4037]

Proud to be a Nigerian? British destroyed the great Benin empire that already had embassy in some places like Lisbon even before they set foot in Africa, stole their artifacts and reduce the empire to a mere ceremonial kingdom without any jurisdictional authority. And yet you're proud to be a Nigerian that has rubbed you of your great identity and pride.

[@estherb2901]

Thanks for educating us👏🏾

[@globedoc]

One of the most important videos on KZbin. Need to share this far and wide.

[@TheMillennialPlantDad]

Amazing amazing content. Please keep this up

[@Searchforuhuru]

Great video, keep them coming

[@NewAfrica]

Thanks bro! love your content

[@Searchforuhuru]

@@NewAfrica ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

[@Searchforuhuru]

@@NewAfrica hit me up [e-mail]

[@faroukharoun3001]

This is so apt.Thank you @NewAfrica.

[@FNFIHOCTW]

Very Informative, thank you for bringing understanding.

[@AffluentBlacks]

Very eye opening. Hoping that the next generation sees this video and come up with a strategy to evolve the current form of government into something much more equitable for way more Nigerians. Much love from the US

[@executivprincess]

The emerging movie industry needs to tell these stories and share it on an international stage. Enlightenment has to come to the whole world!

[@amerlad]

im so glad i discovered this channel, im not even african i was just really interested in the geopolitics of african countries but there arent many channels that bring light to them. please keep this up you dont even realize how much this information is needed.

[@godswill_ezeonyeka]

Thanks for this video

[@Babyfwesh]

I was talking to a friend yesterday about how Nigeria was never a country, but a business agreement

[@efemzyekun900]

Its the same almost everywhere in Africa...none of the suckers on the Berlin table, came to liberate your asses, they all came to suck and exploit your natural resources. Stop singling out Nigeria.

[@adedoyin3336]

Yup governments official are just puppets with their Medicare overseas .

[@4chukwuebuka]

Why does nigerian protectorate flag have an isreali star of david at 5:54

[@4chukwuebuka]

@@efemzyekun900 Why does nigerian protectorate flag have an isreali star of david at 5:54

[@efemzyekun900]

@@4chukwuebuka Nigerian flag is Green White Green🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬. Is there a British union Jack in this? This shows how ignorant you are. The one you saw was probably the flag before Independence in 1960 and as soon as we got rid of the union Jack, we started our own things. In the 1970's, Nigeria indigenized all foreign companies and that is why today, over 90% of businesses in Nigeria and owned by Nigerians. Go and do your research.

[@ifzstarvlogs3860]

Amazing breakdown! This video should never be deleted. This information needs to be passed on to fellow Nigerians and future generations. Us as the next generation need to do better than these misleading leaders. The importance of ethics is everything! Keep up the great work you do! I'm glad I found your channel, Subcribed!

[@BalogunTafatafa]

An excellent analysis of Nigeria in just over 12 minutes, I subscribed.

[@phillipinek1856]

This was an amazing video. Many thanks!!

[@sekaiii]

Nice video... kudos 🙌🏿 watching from Cameroon

[@davidagal8694]

Am not Nigerian but after I finished watching this documentary I feel like to mobilize thousands strong men and armed them with guns just to liberate Nigeria from those corrupt politicians and assassinate them all.. It is very sad indeed😡😠..much love to you brothers and sisters in Nigeria this is your brother from South Sudan🇸🇸🖤

[@louisebegbulem3023]

Amazing work brother. This is what is most important for us right now!!!. We need to adequately understand our past on a factly basis. Thank you and please please continue this work.

[@christiantoglia8334]

I hope Nigeria gets better and less corrupt. Your videos are amazing and so informative! Sending love from the USA

[@edidyable]

Correction, not all the kings and chiefs engaged in slavery, some fought against it. This is a Eurocentric view. Some kings actually fought against slavery. Clans, villages, towns and their leaders fought against slavery. You need to make this correction else you will be justifying Eurocentric and racists views on why the Africans should continue to be disrespected world wide.

[@elitecaosuk3141]

He never said all kings and chiefs engaged in slavery, you read into what he said.

[@tapelogoodwill851]

No no no men. All kings fought the invader, but they were very armed. How could the king started trade with no commucation standards. Don't get robbed. It takes time , long time to learn someone language in thoses situations. Africans were kidnapped by stanger. During the fight, they use to kill those invader and take their goods to the kings.

[@tapelogoodwill851]

Courtie Shay Nope they did not. Dont you listen to the fake slavevery history.

[@jstreet2852]

@Courtie Shay You need to stop believing all the lies or does it make you feel better. Spears vs. Guns. Did they really have a choice.

[@oluwasegunoriola9834]

@Courtie Shay there were no Africans. There were tribes. Let me guess, all black people look alike?

[@stylebiabi]

burna boy another story ft m.anifest should've been the soundtrack to this video 😞😞

[@isadore9793]

wow that's interested❤

[@favouremma7429]

Yh... Nor be lie.... I hear am for d beginning of d song

[@christaclemons1455]

That’s where I first heard this information regarding the origins of Nigeria 🇳🇬.

[@10908070605040302]

Man this is great work you are doing , I feel momentum building for Africa , Love to Africa , from Ireland

[@regaljohnston3001]

absolutely love you channel, very concise and comprehensive. binging and sharing, valuable knowledge!

[@logangarcia]

Thank you ❤️

[@jamesfranksontettey2677]

A good article, and it touches the heart of the Nigerian question: THE ETHNIC ISSUE AS THE REASON FOR UNDERDEVELOPMENT.

[@StephenLee529]

Thanks for sharing this. It answers a lot of my questions.

[@delacruz-assefa5856]

That was well worth my time. Great work!

[@AgyeiwaaAfrica]

Keep fighting for your people and what you deserve Nigeria, love and Respect from a Ghanaian Sister.

[@rosemaryoni3829]

My sister Nigeria don't have any problem, if they even have problems is the youths need to fight those evils politicians with anything they have, Nigeria youths afraid they done want to die, look at many countries today they fault war before everything be came normal, Nigeria youths need to stand up and fight those evils and useless politicians without that Nigeria will remain like that forever before christ come

[@fortuneasuoma7073]

We have one last shot come 2023... If we mess it up I will give up.... I will leave this hell hole legal or illegally

[@MaixPeriyon]

I really really really love your videos

[@Matthew-my6ry]

This is my new favorite channel, super informative. With an honest measured approach!

[@henryboot4218]

Great video and very concise!! Keep up the high quality videos

[@alooosh900]

This so sad 😞

[@fd.2011]

A movie needs to be made about this, it'll rack up numerous awards for sure. To think I was never taught this in school is terribly sad to say the least

[@John_code]

Great having an understanding of our Africans brothers struggles and well being . Keep up the great and well put documentaries!

[@ikechicoreralation]

Another amazing vid!! 🔥🔥

[@kaiimms5357]

I'm British and this is so interesting

[@divinest]

Till date your country is supplying northern Nigeria with amoured tanks and warship to kill the south eastern people. This is what they also did in civil war 60 years ago

[@heyah1447]

Your country ruined us, all we’ll never forgive you

[@babangidanzegwu1476]

Lmao it's not that deep bro.

[@cathaloconnell8005]

He didn’t ask you to

[@cozecoze1]

@@heyah1447 :D dont cry

[@Killinemkid]

An American Descendant of Yoruba slaves. I hope my descendants never forget to pay homage to the culture of those who suffered being used to create the world that we all hellishly inhabit today, due to the greed of leaders across the world. It appears the entire world will forever be a British Colony culturally.

[@tdoge]

Sooo.... Britain won a cultural victory?

[@thebridge5483]

ShroudedPanda pretty much but we are neck and neck with them things are changing, we have just as much influence as them culturally but don’t use it as well as them

[@joblakelisbon]

@Stanley Dougé Most people in Britain are working class or middle class and have no relationship to the exploitation of Africa or other countries. The 'them' you're talking about probably consists of less than a hundred land owners, industrialists and bankers - not the people of Britain in general.

[@MrFosite]

@@joblakelisbon This! Every one always likes to act like all Europeans had a say in slavery and colonization, truth is it where a handful of wealthy and powerful people and they also have been the main benefactors of those profits. That it helped some European countries become more developed and richer is true but its not the sole reason, and most working class people in those days certainly didn't benefit from it. Majority was worked to death for a hunger wage, and than you aren't even that unlucky, imagine being shanghaied and forced to work on those ships, or pressed to work in one of those forts in Africa, average life expectancy of this men wasn't very high and the pay was shit, and the actual labor conditions physically damaging. Those current leaders of Nigeria might be corrupt self serving egotistical a**holes just like those that profited from slavery and colonization back in the day, but it isn't race that is the factor, it is that some humans just don't give a flying sh^^ about others and given the opportunity will exploit their fellow humans for own profits even if they hurt millions of others trough this actions. Skin color or bone structure has F^^^ all to do with it we are all of the human race, and unfortunately many of us are very flawed and our current systems and those in the past, have a tendency to let sh*t float to the top.

[@Raven-qj8xk]

@@joblakelisbon words of truth and wisdom my friend

[@flavourofafrica656]

Thanks very much for the video

[@philipjooste9075]

This is really impressive stuff - well done! You provide a very honest and sober view on your country and answered a lot of questions I had.

[@BlueHawkPictures17]

Underappreciated youtube channel

[@loueekaba7056]

The time is here and now. Watch this generation, they will get it done.

[@jamesfranksontettey2677]

You are deceiving yourself. Black Africa is heading to DISASTER. No autonomous tribal nations within the colonial African states, NO FUTURE

[@ikeokey9354]

@@jamesfranksontettey2677 all we do as Africans are to hallucinate. I'm even more afraid of the coming generations. For instance in which black African nation has there mass revolt against a despotic government?

[@samsonadeyemi2134]

Godbless you unlimitedly, first I heard that speaks HOPE

[@jamesfranksontettey2677]

@Charles brown WRONG. James Frankson Tettey is Black man from Ghana, Accra precisely. I am always weeping for the Black race because we are too emotional, indiscipline, spiritually blind, shallow in our analysis of how the world works, we don't go after the most important things in life. Africans sell gold, diamond etc to white nations without asking them what they use them for.

[@amazingdiych.5651]

@@jamesfranksontettey2677 see yourself as one with no future because my generation unlike my father's generation will surely get it right by taking our future into our own hands and the time is now, it will surely come either by unity or division.

[@PeoplesofNaija]

This is gold! thank you K.B

[@SuperOluwatoyin]

Very good thank you, got the work!

[@matamba6774]

I wanna see a united Africa, from Angola ❤️🖤💚

[@onioluwole7359]

@Homunkulus don't mind the idiot 😂 😂 😂

[@adeyemovictor]

I feel so sad about Nigeria.

[@adeyemovictor]

@Aaron9 I’m sorry... if your leaders are traveling to advance nations and owning assets there and cannot replicate what they see due to selfishness, then I don’t know how to reply you.

[@favourite51]

I’m so glad I discovered this channel. So informative. Keep up the good work

[@seggade7491]

This brought me to tears, it is really heart breaking... Thanks for the video

[@NewAfrica]

Thank you for watching

[@TheWeedOperation]

This is more the story of Africa then just Nigeria. Most Africans live in profit repatriation enterprises rather than actual countries that the populace are interested and loyal to. Yet at the same time these enterprises we call nations are our biggest and only hope for a truly better life.

[@ericbenson1610]

Am afraid , I beg to disagree with you to a point, but you surely has some points. However as you correctly mentioned, forceful integration of the different nationalities has only breed distrust and hatred among the various nationalities that finds themselves within the same border. To put it briefly, loyalty to the state is impossible. Remember, that a small or medium sized kingdom that was once self-rule and independent is now forcefully submerged into a pool of bigger national groups, with one result, oppression and suppression of the smaller nations that were not privy to the plans to put them together. If these artificial states are our only hope, Africa has no hope at all. Nobody wants to be the sacrificial lamp of a forceful integration.

[@TheWeedOperation]

@@ericbenson1610 True, nobody ever wants to be the sacrificial lamb of forceful integration. However, if we look back into history before creation of the United nations, and modern high devastation weaponry; most nations expanded by forceful integration or extermination of people from different states. The primary propellant of which as the fortunacy of the conquering state to have sat on a resource hot spot. Rome was built on the abundance of wheat, and the ease of agriculture on the Mediterranean. Primarily the ease of agriculture of the Italian peninsula. Other advantages included the military accessibility of the peninsula; which tended to funnel attackers to entering the peninsula from a single direction. As Rome grew it forceful integrated people into Rome, be it by denying them equal citizenry and rights to be true Romans. Through this they forced people of the respective nations to unite against a common force. The Romans. Most of the nation in Europe were formed as a result of the confrontation and dispute with Rome. France was formed by what the Romans called the Gauls, Germany by the Barbarian tribes, and Britain by the challenge brought forth by the Romans in their continuous expansion and conquest strategy. African countries as a result, benefit greatly from their perceived forceful integration. It increase the potential of a lot of people to sit on resource hotspots which could potentially lead to the growth and empowerment of our nations. Without this mass of territory owned by our new nations, we are doomed to the wreck and turmoil associated to the infighting that results in empire creation. We will still fight amongst each other and be easily conquerable by strong, large and more resource rich nations.

[@ericbenson1610]

@@TheWeedOperation Your attempt to justify, compare and equate the forceful integration of the various African nations together is ludicrous, shortsighted and misses the point entirely. It will require an entire lesson in European history to point out the fallacy of your reasoning. But due to time factor, l shall make it as short as possible. I am flabbergasted by your comparisons, and to be frank, your point of view is manifestly flawed and almost cruel and borne of greed. To start with the Europeans: The Germanic tribes often referred to as barbarians finally reacted to the numerous attempts made by Rome to conquer them, by going to conquer Rome, but the Roman empire was already too weak and it crumbled from within. But the Barbarians returned to their territories and never ruled or conquered Rome. And the Romans withdrew from all their territories including far flung England. The Franks or the Gauls, are the people that formed modern day France, and they were from that region, not from another place. The people who formed England were from that region, not from another place. The Vikings invaded the Isles many times, but never stayed, they always withdrew. This developments allowed the indigenous people to form their own countries. Otto Bismark was the father of modern day Germany by forming one centralize entity from many small ones who all spoke one language before the amalgamation, not after. So people from the same cultural background and languages often formed their own countries. Now Africa: There where many fully fledged Kingdoms with their rulers before the Europeans came to their shores. I am not claiming that everything was perfect, but most of these people already had a strong sense of their own identities, languages and cultures . And the separating boundaries were well defined. Now outsiders with no knowledge of the divisions that existed there came in to draw artificial borders with no regard for the indigenous people, with some borders drawn separating the same people, while others were forcefully merged together, the results from this is tragic as we can see today. Smaller ones that were once independent, lost their freedom. And if they have resources in their region, it was taken away from them by the bigger ones in the name of ONE NATION, even when all could have developed their own resources, they went for the easiest ones like the Oil and Gases etc. We don't speak the same language, as that is not possible. We speak the languages of the Colonial powers. The areas conquered by Rome don't speak ITALIAN, but their own languages. You have very tiny states in Europe and even the Middle East. But none in Africa since countries are defined according to whims of the colonizers. Africans can only be GROUPED together as it pleases their masters. To make matter worst some countries have both Christians and Islamic populations, merged together, another line of division imposed on us. This is a curse on us. It is a shame that you are seeing things only from the resources hotspots perspectives but not from the humanistic perspective. And as such the animosity between us shall remain as long as this injustice remain. It takes people to develop resources , right? Let see how this is achieved without solving the problems

[@JazzNO-bf2hf]

@@ericbenson1610 very insightful. Thanks. You seem to have a good background in history.

[@TheWeedOperation]

@@ericbenson1610 I think you are missing the point here. As you said, When the Germanic tribes pushed into Rome, Rome was already weak and falling apart. But nonetheless the unity gained from having a unifying enemy ensured a number of tribes worked together to achieve a larger common goal. Once the unifying enemy fell, there was no need to tolerate neighbours that they did not directly agree with. And there was no potentially of loss if they persisted in such small minded pursuit, as nobody was going to take advantage of their in fighting. Furthermore, the fall of Rome initiated the beginning of the medieval age, or as some historians consider the dark ages. Under which social, economic, technological, and human advancement stagnated. During this time, most of human suffering remained the same. People died of the same disease as in the Roman empire if not worse. Scientific progress slowed as states continued to degrade and infight into smaller feudal states. Generally nothing about the human experience improved until the renaissance and later western expansion/exploration of the Americas. That literally changed everything and marked a new era of growing prosperity for humanity. What I'm trying to get across here, is that continuous division into smaller states literally will only lead to stagnation and increased loss for us Africans. History shows us that continuously looking inward reclusively seeking comfort from those we agree with only, is a guaranteed recipe for our own loss and distraction. These micro states will always find it difficult to exploit their resources to the best of their ability because resource always need more resource to maximise their exploitation. You can always extract out more coal with an excavator then a shovel. And rarely will a small country find itself sitting on all the resource required to make both an excavator and mine coal well at the same time. We must work, collaborate, and coexist with our fellow man. Whilst the new African states are not ideal, there is one advantage we gain from them. The hard work of converting our previous multitudes of states into a singular unified states, has already been done. We can choose to progress from this point and see greater prosperity, or retrograde and experience years of infighting and stagnant progress before we gather the understanding that we need unity to see true security and prosperity. And all this as the rest of the world continues to seek larger unified states that allow greater prosperity for their constituents. But to further get my point across I would like to pose a couple of critical questions: If the myriad of african states pre colonisation were so beneficial and productive, why couldn't they protect Africans from foreign conquest? What makes our modern day superpowers such as America and China so capable of bullying and bashing around other countries despite their sovereignty, with limited interference from the international community? And why is Europe working so hard to grow and expand the concept of the European union despite the lack of comrodery by some states towards others in the union? What has been done to Africans has been done. We cannot expect to turn back time and get recompensated for our trials, injustices, and mishandlings. We can only choose to take account of the past, note the positives of our present state, and chart a future path that will ensure greater security and prosperity for all.

[@ronaldkaweesi3990]

This Lugard Chap was also in Nigeria? After fighting with the Buganda Kingdom in Uganda, Sudan and other countries he moved to Nigeria! He must have had some good mileage.

[@ninaokike1247]

bro this is painful but funny AF! These colonizers really did a number on us.

[@tvs9978]

Most of the British Governors in Africa did "tours of duty" in multiple colonies. Fact is not many were willing to come to Africa (they preferred India and the East) so they often had to recycle experienced officers

[@MGustave]

Thanks NewAfrica, I'm glad I stumbled on this channel.

[@RealUlrichLeland]

Great video

[@TheOne-yq6qk]

Support #Oduduwarepublic. Let's make yoruba land great again.

[@rosemaryoni3829]

Yoruba is one of the big problem Nigeria have today

[@dre245]

@@rosemaryoni3829 so are Igbos and hausas

[@dougkisabaka3164]

Thanks for this video! The story is eerily similar to DR Congo's where the Level brothers (of Unilever) established the "Huileries du Congo Belge", a company setup to extract palm oil in a huge swathe of central Africa. Like Nigeria, Congo has some 200+ ethnic groups speaking 120 to 200 languages, having different customs and only being united by the 1885 Berlin conference through force and exploitation.

[@ivanglamuzina4810]

Fantastic video, truly a great lecture on an economic powerhouse.

[@sopriyebeverly5947]

You have a new subscriber. Thank you so much for this content!!! Will commit to letting ads play till the end

[@alib180]

I watched this video because of Burna Boy's song called "Another Story" I am a Jamaican and so I think it is my duty to learn about my homeland and where I originally came from! Thank you

[@worshipchioma9503]

If the Akitoye bloodline sold Lagos to the British in exchange for power, then Nigerians have to stop blaming the British for their misfortunes. Sad!! Sad!! Sad!!.

[@GracedVille]

This video while well meaning conveys a lot of historical errors of fact. The Lagos port at Badagry was a port that served the western coast. The calabar port served the south-south and the south-east. So its a 100% per cent misconception to say that Nigeria was sold because of Lagos. You must understand that there was no Nigeria then and after Lagos became a British colony, it was not part of Southern Nigeria but was an independent colony. Another point you've got to understand is that the slaves from yoruba land fell due largely to the fulani incursion first and the over one century yoruba kiriji wars. There was no such thing as Igbo slaves in yoruba land. The Igbo slaves fell largely due to kidnaps by Igbo foot soldiers and they were shipped via calabar port. Many of the Igbo slaves also fell victim via the Arochukwu saga.

[@life_of_terver]

Thank you alot for this masterpiece, I honestly feel like crying

[@lontongstroong]

This is very insightful. Lots of love from Indonesia.

[@ehisstanley3254]

What I came to understand is that corruption has long since been there.

[@beholific]

Burna Boy put me on game. Love to all Africans and everyone that has love for all

[@adamsabdulmajid9543]

Really good analysis

[@omar15020]

Great video, very detailed. Thanks.