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Kano riot after self-government crisis

Debates over the timetable for self-government escalated into regional and ethnic tension, including violence in Kano.

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1953

Kano riot after self-government crisis

Debates over the timetable for self-government escalated into regional and ethnic tension, including violence in Kano.

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Debates over the timetable for self-government escalated into regional and ethnic tension, including violence in Kano. This event matters because it revealed how quickly constitutional disagreement could become street-level communal violence.

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