Nigeria

= __The British Colony of Nigeria __  Nigeria was one of the areas in Africa that was colonized by Britain.The British decided to use indirect rule, a form of Imperialism. With indirect rule, the British put local leaders in charge of the area's government, but still ultimately controlled every aspect of the native's lives. The British desired Nigeria as a colony because of the new market opportunities, the goods they would have control over, and the amount of potential slaves in the country. Britain greatly desired palm oil to carry out the Niger Trade Route because it had become very profitable. = = While they were there, the British greatly improved transportation and education by building railroads and schools. British colonization had a great number of negative effects too, including many different coups to overthrow the government and a great deal of government corruption that caused the economy to plummet. Imperialism even caused a civil war between the mid-west and the rest of the country. Nigeria won the civil war and the country stayed together but the corruption and general disunity still exists to this day. = = =

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