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We are not a conquered people. We are not, and have never been a conquered people. True, there are portions within that geographical space known as Nigeria that have fallen under the yoke of conquest by alien, imperial forces, as well as areas that have known conquest from aggressive and expansionist sections from within that same geographical space now known as Nigeria. This is all within the normal run’ of a people’s history. A form of entity, a common identity has resulted from these various political vicissitudes however, one that we refer to, today, for better or worse as Nigerian. This is the shared nation entity to which I refer when I insist that we are not a conquered people. No force has yet attempted to, or succeeded in conquering the people that we identify today as Nigerians.
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- “Hymn to the Nile” Year: ca. 1990–1950 BCE
- Nebmare-nakht: A Scribal Schoolbook Year: ca. 1550–1069 BCE
- Herodotus: “On Libya” Year: ca. 450–420 BCE
- Aristotle: Constitution of Carthage Year: ca. 320s BCE
- Inscription of Ezana Year: ca. 350
- Ibn Battuta: Travels in Asia and Africa Year: 1325–1354
- Nzinga Mbemba: Appeal to the King of Portugal Year: 1526
- Leo Africanus: The History and Description of Africa Year: 1526
- Alexander Falconbridge: An Account of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa Year: 1788
- The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African Year: 1789
- Proposal for the Establishment of a Native Army Year: 1830
- Moshweshewe, Chief of the Basutos: Letter to Sir George Grey Year: 1858
- Constitution of the Fante Confederacy Year: 1871
- Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness Year: 1899
- Edmund Dene (E.D.) Morel: The Black Man’s Burden Year: 1920
- Resolutions of the National Congress of British West Africa Year: 1920
- A. B. Xuma: “Bridging the Gap between White and Black in South Africa”
- Jomo Kenyatta: “The Kenya Africa Union Is Not the Mau Mau” Year: 1952
- A. L. Geyer: “The Case for Apartheid” Year: 1953
- Proclamation of the Algerian National Liberation Front Year: 1954
- Freedom Charter of South Africa Year: 1955
- Patrice Lumumba: Speech at the Proclamation of Congolese Independence Year: 1960
- Kwame Nkrumah: I Speak of Freedom Year: 1961
- Arusha Declaration Year: 1967
- Yoruba Praise Poem to Sango Year: ca. 1970
- Steve Biko: “Black Consciousness and the Quest for a True Humanity” Year: 1973
- Desmond Tutu: “The Question of South Africa” Year: 1984
- Nelson Mandela: “We Have Waited Too Long for Our Freedom” Year: 1990
- Constitution of Rwanda Year: 1991
- Nelson Mandela: Inaugural Address Year: 1994
- Wole Soyinka: “Towards a Sustainable Vision of Nigeria”a Year: 1996
- UN Human Rights Report on Zaire Year: 1996
- Constitutive Act of the African Union Year: 2000