Nigeria

__**Colonization of Nigeria**__  By the year 1914, Great Britain had taken total control of Nigeria. The British used treaties to gain control for local rulers who agreed to sign them. For the people who rebelled against this idea of treating, Great Britain used force or military means to colonize this region. In order to gain control over the northern part of Nigeria, Britain had to gain control over the Royal Niger Company which then took control over the "palm-oil" trade along the Niger river. Before the "palm-oil" trade was completely under British rule, the Berlin Conference sealed the deal by giving a protectorate over the Niger River delta. About 250 different ethnic groups lived in Nigeria and was the most diverse area of ethnicity in Africa. Since Britain didn't have enough troops to govern the area under British rule, they would command local officials to rule indirectly. This method worked well with the Hausa-Fulani but failed to work well with the Igbo and Yoruba peoples. The local chiefs didn't approve of their power being limited by Great Britain. The Africans resisted British rule as much as possible and but often did not succeed. The British were often more advanced and had superior technology which was an unfair advantage. All resistance attempts had failed except for the resistance of Ethiopia. 

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