October 2021

Happy Decolonisation Day, Nigeria

We want to wish you Happy Decolonisation Day. Our use of the word “Decolonisation” today is deliberate. Every year, Nigeria celebrates October 1st as Independence Day to commemorate the commencement of self-rule from the British. The word independence however means freedom and self-sufficiency. Nigeria has celebrated Independence every October 1st since 1960, but can Nigeria and Nigerians truly say we have been free? For the majority of Nigerians, the decolonisation of Nigeria in 1960 only marked the transfer of oppressors from white...