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Lagos - the heart but not the capital of Nigeria

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Lagos - the heart but not the capital of Nigeria

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Lagos (Nigerian English: /ˈleɪɡɒs/) is the most populous city in Nigeria and the second-largest city in Africa after Kinshasa, DRC, having a population of 14.8 million as of 2021 within the city proper. The Lagos metropolitan area has a total population of 21.3 million, making it the second-largest metropolitan area in Africa, after Cairo.[10][11] Lagos is a major African financial centre and is the economic hub of Lagos State and Nigeria at large. The megacity has the fourth-highest GDP ( = Bruttoinlandsprodukt) in Africa[12][2] and houses one of the largest and busiest seaports on the continent.[13][14][15] It is one of the fastest growing cities in the world.[23]

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The culture of Nigeria is shaped by Nigeria's multiple ethnic groups. The country has 527 languages, seven of which are extinct. Nigeria also has over 1150 dialects and ethnic groups. The three largest ethnic groups are the Hausas that are predominantly in the north, the Yorubas who predominate in the southwest, and the Igbos (pronounced Ibo) in the southeast. There are many other ethnic groups with sizeable populations across the different parts of the country and they also differ in their religions.
Between the different groups there have been and still are fights about who gets to rule the country. A civil war started when the Igbos tried to solve the conflict by attempting to create their own state in the north of Nigeria - they wanted to call this new state "Biafra" and become independent of the rest of Nigeria. Watch the video about the Biafran war to learn more.

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What is Nollywood?

Nollywood is the film industry in Nigeria, and is in fact the second largest movie industry globally - in terms of output, producing about 2,500 films in a year. This number surpasses Hollywood, and is second only to India’s Bollywood. A New York Times journalist, Norimitsu Onishi helped coin the term in 2002, when he began to notice a ton of filmmaking activity happening in Lagos, Nigeria. While Nollywood doesn’t bring in as much money yearly as Hollywood or Bollywood, it is known for its prolificness under much more limiting circumstances.

Early Nollywood is characterized by a kind of home video production quality. More recently, however, the Nigerian movie industry is improving their craft. Known for comedies and dramas, Nollywood is now producing more genres like horror, period pieces, musicals, animations, and even nolly-noir at industry standard picture and sound quality.

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Read about the British colonialists in Nigeria.

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Colonialism means a system which the Europeans adopted in ruling the colonies of Africa to their own benefits. It also means foreign rule on foreign lands. The impact of colonialism in Nigeria could be discussed under political, economic, social, educational and religious aspects.

Effects/Impact of Colonialism on Nigeria
1. Economic Impact
The British colonial authorities encouraged Nigerians to be involved in agriculture for the production of certain crops such as coffee, cotton, cocoa, rubber, groundnut, palm produce and hides & skin. With the production of these agricultural crops, new cash crops were introduced so that the inhabitants would no longer rely on food crops but also on export crops. More so, raw materials were evacuated from the hinterland for onward transportation to the industries of the colonizers and this led to the development of transport system thus, linking roads and railways, were constructed by the colonial masters to enhance the evacuation of these agricultural products.

Post office and telecommunication facilities were also built. They also helped to introduce the use of money to Nigeria as a medium of exchange. The effect of colonialism also established industries and commercial ventures for easy exploitation and extraction of raw materials from Nigeria. On the other hand, British colonial administration was a coven. This is because all the European economic policies were intended to exploit and plunder the resources of Nigeria and never geared towards the development of Nigeria. It was basically for the service of the colonial needs.

The greatest problem of this economic impact of colonialism on Nigeria was that the cash crops were bought at a very cheap price by the colonizers and sold at exorbitant prices to the natives
2. Political Impact
It is worthy to note that the indirect rule by the Europeans helped to groom the traditional rulers through their participation in the administration of their respective societies which eventually help in preparation of self rule. More so, the training received from the colonial masters by the ex-service men helped in the preparation for the self rule. Furthermore, the political structures such as the legislative, the judiciary and the executive, as well as the concepts such as democracy, federalism, rule of law and fundamental human rights, helped Nigeria become one political entity.

On the other hand, politically, colonialism had helped to sow the seed of disunity, acrimony, rancour, corruption, discrimination, mediocrity, sectionalism and absence of patriotism. The British officials did not have nationalistic political interest of Nigeria at heart, instead, "a divide and rule policy" was adopted without considering the ethnic differences. That is why till today, Nigeria stills experiences political disharmony.
3. Social Impact
Socially, the colonial masters alongside with the Christian missionaries brought education to us in 1842. The curriculum of alien education was based on 3Rs which means reading, writing and arithmetic. The introduction of formal education helped Nigerians to be more literate, that is being able to read and write. It was a result of education that Nigerians became exposed to the injustice of colonialism and realized the need to struggle to be free from colonial domination.

Education brought by the colonial masters brought together Nigerians of different backgrounds and cultures. For instance, nationalists such as H.O Davies and Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe were co-students at both primary and secondary school levels in Lagos. It also brought English language, (Lingua Franca), as an official language in Nigeria served as a medium of communication among various ethnic groups with different cultures and this brought mutual understanding toward nation building.

On the other hand, western education by the colonial masters was a sort of cover in that led to the imbalance in education in Nigeria between the South and the North due to the different educational policies in the two areas. It also created the problem of inequality between urban cities, such as Lagos, Enugu, Port-Harcourt and rural areas. This gave some tribes advantage in occupying major political positions in the country and relegated others as the minority

Abdulwali Yahaya is a professional blogger, programmer and a writer on Nigerian Infopedia

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Colonialism: Impact of Colonialism on Nigeria by the British

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Definition of Colonialism Colonialism means a system which the Europeans adopted in ruling the colonies of Africa to their own benefits. It also means foreign rule on foreign lands. The impact of colonialism in Nigeria could be discussed under political, economic, social, educational and religious aspects. Effects/Impact of Colonialism on Nigeria 1.

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