The nationalist movement in Nigeria during the post-war period was primarily led by
Businessmen
The intelligentsia
Students
Local chiefs
Correct answer is B
The movement was led by mostly educated elite that had returned from Europe and those who took part in the Second World War.
Which of the following was one of the demands of the National Congress of British West Africa?
Establishment of a university in each of the colonies
Expulsion of all Syrians and Lebanese from the colonies
Election of Africans into each colony’s council
Restriction of the activities of Christian missionaries in the colonies
Correct answer is C
The congress wanted a legislative council established for each British Colonial territory with majority of the members being Africans.
The French colonial policy of assimilation failed in Africa because
African culture was deeply rooted
The African elite were opposed to it
It was not consistently implemented
It was expensive to implement
Correct answer is A
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
One feature of European diplomacy in the scramble for Africa was
Exchanging of ambassadors among them
Holding Africans hostage for negotiations
Negotiating with African leaders for territories
Reconciling differences over territorial claims
Correct answer is D
European powers held conferences in which they signed treaties among themselves to settle disagreements among them over rival claims laid to African territories.
A major consequence of the Great Trek was the
Restriction of movement of the whites in South Africa
Agitation for black-white equality in South Africa
Annexation of white communities by the Africans
The expansion of white communities in South Africa
Correct answer is D
No explanation has been provided for this answer.