British colonial rule in Nigeria lasted for decades, shaping the country’s political, economic, and social structures. Today, several places across Nigeria still bear the marks of this era, from ...

Under British rule, Indians were pushed to produce crops ... This inspired several other countries across Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and elsewhere to push for their own freedom.

Nkrumah's party won a landslide victory. It was the beginning of the end of British rule in Africa. In 1957, the people of the Gold Coast became the first black Africans to achieve complete freedom.

A century ago, Germany, France and Britain claimed Cameroon at different times. The scars are seen in conflicts today.

Speeches, prayers, and hymns followed, and finally "Rule, Britannia ... of equatorial western Africa, but he left anyway, joining the main column of the British force on December 27, 1895.