"Okay, gentlemen, it's time to do our business. Given her age, she must have a husband." Ellen Wilson clapped her hands to the assistants and drew their attention back. Now that they have been sent to the place, It's time to do the right thing.

Joan Bennett does have a husband, and Alan Wilson intended to make his husband happy. There are not too many requirements. As for this trip to Africa, it is entirely out of mutual help between friends, and there is absolutely no other intention.

The Nigerian colony belongs to British West Africa, which also includes parts of Sierra Leone, Togo and Cameroon, as well as the British Gold Coast. However, in terms of area, British West Africa cannot be compared with British East Africa. Nigeria occupies most of the area.

Britain's traditional strategy for colonies was to merge, not divide. Nigeria is naturally merged! Even the process isn't over yet. Under normal circumstances, the United Kingdom will merge the surrounding small colonies into the largest colony before independence.

There is only British India, because the area is too large, and the pacifists really don't want to be in the same country as the Hindus. In the end, division was adopted. Most of the border conflicts in the British colonies had nothing to do with Britain itself. In fact, the colonies ruled by the United Kingdom are much larger than before the colonies.

But in colonization, good deeds are not remembered, and bad deeds are recorded in diaries. Take Indonesia as an example. Indonesia, a regime that has long ruled Java Island, wants the entire Dutch East Indies.

What Vietnam wants is the French colonies of Laos and Cambodia. The legacy of the colonization wants to be taken over, and the responsibility for colonization belongs to the sovereign country. How can there be such a good thing.

Since British India, after the two major sects had to separate, Britain finally experienced the joy of partition at the end of the colonial era. As Alan Wilson vigorously promoted the benefits of partition, London also began to think that the former move of merging the colonies, It also doesn't seem to be quite true in some cases.

The situation in Nigeria is more complicated. If the local elites in Nigeria can settle down for a few years to give Britain time not to cause trouble, Alan Wilson does not want to break up the colony.

The fundamental reason is that Nigeria is surrounded by French West Africa and French Central Africa, all surrounded by French colonies. Once Nigeria is broken up and turned into a separate small country, it will not play an important role in isolating the two large French colonies.

This role is like the whole world of Peace Religion, extending from North Africa to Southeast Asia, and India needs to be isolated in the middle, and it is good for everyone to become two parts that are not connected to each other.

The basic situation of British Nigeria is such a colony composed of two major religions and three ethnic groups. Among them, Christians and pacifists can be said to be evenly matched, and pacifists have a slight advantage.

Three main ethnic groups, one is mostly pacifist, one is mostly Christian, and the other is half and half.

Arriving at the Lagos Administrative Office, looking at the ceiling fan that is almost the same as that of the British India Governor's Office, Alan Wilson very much misses the products of the same generation.

"Ingram, it's been a few months again. I don't think I did!" Alan Wilson gave the Nigerian Commissioner a friendly hug, without concealing his purpose, "The native has been called for autonomy, let me come over this time. To talk about it, I hope to have a candid conversation with these autonomous voices without too much delay, because my tour is not limited to Nigeria, there are other places and there is not enough time."

"Oh, Alan, aren't you going back to Kuala Lumpur?" Ingram said in surprise, "I think you understand how time-consuming this trip is."

"Understanding is very clear, but the overall interests of our overseas civil servants force me to understand. Fortunately, I am here, Ingram, you know, I am our person."

Alan Wilson did not regard the Nigerian Commissioner as an outsider, and directly asked the current situation, which part should be independent.

When it comes to independence, there must be a leader, usually the largest group, that wants to drive the British away from power.

But following Ingram's words, Alan Wilson was a little surprised. The voice of autonomy was that among the three major ethnic groups, the Igbo people, who had the smallest number of people and controlled the least land, were a little surprised.

Through Ingram's introduction, Alan Wilson had a general impression of Nigeria. Currently, Nigeria is divided into four general regions. One city is Lagos, where he is now, which is the capital of the colony.

In the northern area, Nigeria accounts for more than 70% of the area and more than half of the population. The vast majority are pacifists, of which the "Hausa-Fulani" is the largest ethnic group. The Hausa people have a relatively high degree of civilization in history. The "Seven Hausa States" and "The Seven States of Concubines" are well-known, but they have never formed a unified country. The Fulani are originally nomads because they took the lead in launching the Hausa Jihad.

The jihad first overthrew the Hausa nobles in the city-states, eliminated the primitive religious remnants of the Hausa, established the Sokoto caliphate, and then fought against the Western colonists to unify the Hausa states, so it was deeply integrated with the Hausa.

Eastern District, located in the southeastern part of the Nigerian colony, in the Niger Delta region. The climate in this area is hot and humid, and the swamps are full of swamps. Before the British came, the society was backward. But also because it is relatively backward, there is no pressure to accept British culture. The largest local ethnic group, the Igbo people, learns from the UK in all aspects.

In the western region, Yoruba are the main people. Yoruba are a famous commercial ethnic group in Africa. They are active in doing things. They are about half and half religiously and peacefully Christians. The city of Lagos, the capital of Allen Wilson's colony, is where the Yoruba are.

The Yoruba people are mostly engaged in business, and the local officials in the current colony are mainly Igbo people. Therefore, there are also many Igbo people in Lagos City. In general, this is the general situation in Nigeria.

"It's really surprising. A nation has a small number of people and occupies a small area. How can they keep their current interests if they are independent?" Alan Wilson couldn't help laughing after hearing this, "This is equivalent to, Ali Jinnah must be independent and want to rule all of British India."

This is simply being carried away by the interests of independence, Alan Wilson can only comment on this. In fact, compared with the historical background, the Hausa-Fulani people in the north obviously have the upper hand, and their national cohesion is played out. If the Igbo people had not been colonized by the British in Nigeria and stayed for hundreds of years, they would have belonged to the group that was properly wiped out.

The consequences are equivalent to China's Baiyue and Vietnam's Champaign. It would be nice to mention it in the history books. When are there days when you can show off your power?

"Igbo people want to be independent, right? I first saw the leaders of the Hausa people." Alan Wilson said coldly, "Give us a few years to spend in peace, and it's good for everyone. If it really doesn't work, then there's nothing. There's a way. If they make us uncomfortable, we'll let them die."

Azikwe is the Igbo leader who is most looking forward to self-government. He knew right away when the group arrived in London, but after two days of silence, Azikwe inquired and was told, Alan Wilson is negotiating with the leader of the Northern People's Congress Party.

It was a Hausa-dominated party, and Azikwe couldn't sit still when he knew that representatives from London would look for the Hausa first.

Dedicating himself to meet Alan Wilson, Azikwe was born into an Igbo family in Zongairu, northern Nigeria. Like many independent leaders of the colony, he was born in the home of the colony's elite local officials.

His father served in the command of Sir Luigi, Commander of the Wing and High Commissioner of the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria.

Alan Wilson is also investigating the leader who has been calling for autonomy, and knowing that Azikwe has a strong pan-African mindset is disgusting.

Pan-Africanist ideas are spreading widely across the African continent. To establish a united African nation in Africa as the homeland of all blacks. The idea of ​​Pan-Africanism had a great influence on the emergence of Azikwe's national consciousness.

Although this idea is too ideal, the success rate is almost zero, and Alan Wilson does not want to see leaders of similar ideas, because such leaders themselves are very ideal, ideal opponents, and it is not easy to negotiate.

But Alan Wilson still met with Azikwe in the administrative office. Allen Wilson has always been blind to black people~lightnovelpub.net~ and will not think that Azikwe has a pair of eyes because he has a pair of eyes. Skill points to the wisdom attribute.

The meeting was purely polite, and when Azikwe sat down, Alan Wilson was still reading through the materials prepared by the Administrative Office, thinking about what to say to different local leaders.

"Hello, Mr. Wilson." Azikwe raised his eyes and said actively, "I heard that you are a representative sent from London to convey the voice of Nigeria's autonomy. It's a pleasure to meet you."

"I'm very happy too!" Alan Wilson extended his hand equally friendly, he remembered that Azikwe was the founding father of Nigeria, and expressed his friendship, "Mr. Azikwe, as people say, is A person full of wisdom, I heard that you have been to the United States to study, I think you should not have learned from the United States, how can you oppose the United Kingdom?"

Azikwe was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, "How could Commissioner Wilson have such an idea? Do you think it's wrong for Nigeria to strive for autonomy?"

"Whether Nigeria is fighting for autonomy, or whether the Igbo people have exposed their ambitions, this is a matter worth studying." Alan Wilson chuckled, "You should be aware that in the current colonial government, the proportion of Igbo people is abnormal. This allows me to see the trend of inequality, maybe we can balance the proportion of officials according to ethnic distribution.”