Question 9
Highlight any five external factors that increased nationalists’ demand for independence after 1945.
Observation
This was a popular question. The candidates, who answered it performed well and showered adequate mastery of the subject matter. The candidates were expected to provide the following answers to the question.
(i) The experience of returnee Nigerian ex-service men after The Second
World War heightened the demand for independence.
(ii) Anti-colonial posture of the United Nations Organization.
(iii) British Labour Party’s condemnation of colonialism in Nigeria.
(iv) Influence of the Pan-African Congress.
(v) Loss of British prestige during the Second World War.
(vi) The granting of independence to India and Pakistan by Britain.