A British colony in Nigeria

Britain’s rule in Nigeria shows the ways European Imperialist used to gain control over an area and it also shows the ways they used to manage and continue to control economic and political life in that area.
The British gained control over Nigeria. In a good way, because some of the local leaders agreed to sign treaties of protection with the British and to accept British colonists in Nigeria and in the hard way, because even though the local leaders signed a treaty with the British, others didn’t accept the interference from the British and rebelled against the intervention, therefore Britain used military force to put the rebels down. Since the Nigeria was such a complex area with three large groups (the Hausa-Fulani, the Yoruba, and the Igbo), they decided to manage the area indirectly with local leaders from the three groups. This indirect management of the groups worked out well in the Hausa-Fulani, but it wasn’t so efficient in the other two groups.