• Most of the oil resources of
Nigeria are in the South Eastern
region. The Igbos think that they
should get the maximum share of
oil profits. They object to oil
wealth being used for development
of the North. What do you think
will be the proper and just solution
to this problem?
their land’s oil resources. This unrest initially
started as peaceful activist organisations that
united their members on the basis of ethnicity.
However, in 1990 an eminent human rights
activist and environmentalist Ken Saro Wiwa
was executed by the military government
despite international protests. Since then the
situation has been tense.
Thus you can see that Nigeria is still
making efforts to come together as a nation,
work out a stable democratic system and gain
control over its material resources.
Keywords
Landreforms
Landlordism
New Democracy
Chemical arms
Forced labour
Pan - Africanism
Improve your learning
1. Match the following (AS1
)
o Sun Yat-sen Militarised the nation
o Chiang Kaishek Environmental movement
o Mao Zedong Nationalism Democracy and Socialism
o Ken Saro Wiwa Peasant revolution
Trace the changes in the role of women seen in China over the decades. Why is it
similar or different from that of USSR and Germany? (AS1
)
After the overthrow of monarchy, China had two different types of regimes. How
were they similar or different? (AS1
)
Countries discussed in the chapter were all mostly dependent on agriculture. What
were the measures taken in these countries to change these practices? (AS1
)
Who owned industries in countries discussed above and what policies were brought
in to change the systems? Make a table to compare them. (AS1
)
Compare the national movement in India and Nigeria - can you explain why it was
stronger in India? (AS1
)
What are the challenges faced by the independent Nigerian nation? In what ways is it
similar or different from the challenges faced by independent India? (AS1
)
Unlike Vietnam or India, Nigeria did not have to struggle so hard for freedom. Can
you find some explanations for this? (AS1
)
What role did schooling play in national movement of the countries discussed above? (AS6
)
Freedom struggle in these countries involved wars against the rulers. Briefly describe
its impact. (AS1
)
Read page 193 the first five lines of the para under the title ‘the civilizing mission’
and say, how do you agree with it? Why? (AS2
)