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Abstract. British colonialism in India was prolonged and deep. By contrast, British rule in Africa, including in Nigeria, was relatively short and superficial. This chapter analyzes the motives, mechanisms, and impact of British colonialism by comparing these two experiences.
- Ostensibly Similar British Colonial Legacies
- Crucial Differences Between Colonial Experiences
- Political and Economic Policies
- Paths to Independence
Another key similarity between the two nations is a colonial legacy of British rule, specifically one that intentionally used a "divideandrule" strategy to highlight and reinforce each nation's preexisting cleavages and diffuse nationalism among the native population.13The use of the "divide-and-rule" tactic via direct rule has to be qualified in t...
Drawing Boundaries Predating independence, a major difference in the way each nation's national boundaries were initially formed has had lasting implications on their relative successes in creating politically stable nation-states. Unlike Nigeria, India had a stronger foundation for a national consciousness due to the existence of a common civiliza...
Specific political and economic policies implemented in each nation prior to independence have also had lasting implications on present political relations and stabilities. For example, prior to British influence in the region, the Mogul Empire (15261750s) set up a "federal" system of tribute in India. This federal system served to set up a central...
Nigeria and India similarly experienced peaceful transfers of power from British colonial rule to independence and both adopted Western-style constitutions and established parliamentary governments upon gaining independence. However, the fact that India struggled through an independence movement to gain this independence, while Nigeria was simply g...
- Caroline Cohn
- 2013
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Aug 29, 2020 · Hindu nationalist forces, always present but politically marginal until the 1980s, became more prominent as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a party seeking to rebrand India as a Hindu nation, gained power first at the state level, and then for a short time in 1997 at the national level.
Nigeria is one of many in the ranks of those countries suffering from a "resource curse"— for Nigeria, it is primarily oil, referred to as "the curse of black gold". 35 Indeed, Nigeria possesses over six times the oil reserves that India possesses (U.S. EIA). In relative terms, Nigeria's sizeable oil resources are even more marked considering ...
- Caroline Cohn
- 2013
Apr 12, 2024 · Evidence of human occupation in Nigeria dates back thousands of years. The oldest fossil remains found by archaeologists in the southwestern area of Iwo Eleru, near Akure, have been dated to about 9000 bce. There are isolated collections of ancient tools and artifacts of different periods of the Stone Age, but the oldest recognizable evidence ...
(India became independent just 22 months after the Second World War.) The exchange of ideas with the Indians striving for independence almost certainly contributed to the fact that Nigerian soldiers returned home from Burma in January 1946 with completely new ideas about an independent Nigeria, but with less patience.
Jun 29, 2022 · Nigeria officially became a democracy on its independence from Britain in October 1960. But the history of Nigerian demands for greater representation go back to the 1920s. A new constitution was created in 1922 under British colonial rule, largely due to Nigerian calls for reform.
