In 1954, Sir John Verity lost his job because he won an argument. It was in his ninth year in office as chief justice of colonial Nigeria. Sir John arrived in Nigeria in October 1945 from British ...

Though long forgotten, Brockway was one of the few British politicians who openly championed African self-rule. His ...

Each protectorate was made up of provinces — which are mostly states today — and native authorities — which we now call ...

His vision for education converged with that of the Africans fighting for political liberation from colonial domination.