Comments by "" (@orboakin8074) on "Colonisation Good Actually" video.

  1. As a Nigerian, my opinion on colonialism will be more nuanced than that of most westerners. On one hand, it was brutal in some ways but on the other it did play a huge role in bringing much of Africa into the modern age via introduction of modern tech, medicine, western education, and nation building. Also, one major good it did was abolish slavery. I cannot be more thankful for the British using their naval power and economic might to suppress the slave trade in Africa. Oh, I know they partook in it for a time, themselves, but it existed here long before whites ever came to Africa. Even my own ancestors of the Edo kingdom were slavers. What makes the British different is that unlike other regional African and Arab powers, they had the cultural & religious framework, wisdom, humanity and courage to actually stop the evil of slavery even at huge cost to their economy. God bless them.
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  2.  @ashnazgthrakatulukii1165  that is why I specifically mention the British on my comment. Also, considering Cote D'Ivoire and Senegal and other Francophone countries are not as desolate or poorly run as Niger, that makes it clear that Niger's issues are not solely due to the French.
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