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  1. This story makes me appreciate my situation as a Nigerian and respect the British more. 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. My country literally wouldn't exist without the British. For all the issues we face, most of us wouldn't ever dream of not having a country of our own. 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.
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  2.  @CollinKillian  Thanks so much for these words, friend. Apprecite.And I'm glad my people have given you a good impression of us over there in the USA. While we have many issues here, we are doing a lot to improve (socially, culturally, politically and economically). Insecurity is getting less here. Our economy is the largest in Africa and industrialization is happening. There is still corruption but not as bad as it used to be. All we need to do is get back on track politically and the rest will improve. Plus, one thing I am happy with is that we are not becoming unstable like Ethiopia, Sudan or South Africa.
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  3.  @shadowbanned4149  um, okay? And slavery didn't exist here before them? Is that what you're saying? Also, who do you think ended slavery here? African tribes? What about the modernity, technology and economic systems and stuff like democracy that they gave us? Finally, they have been returning many of these artifacts, unlike say the Arabs who also colonized much of Africa.
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