A Tropical Dependency
An Outline Of The Ancient History Of The Western Sudan With An Account Of The Modern Settlement Of Northern Nigeria (1905)
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When Lady Lugard sat down to write A Tropical Dependency, it was not her intention to inspire generations of Africans to regain the independence of their countries. Lugard writes of slavery as though it was a God-given right of Europeans to own Africans as slaves. Ironically, her text on Africa's place in history reaffirms the belief that "If Africa did it once, Africa can do it again!"