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Lagos legislative council gains limited nominated African voices

Late nineteenth-century Lagos politics included appointed African members and elite petitioning within colonial councils.

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1881

Lagos legislative council gains limited nominated African voices

Late nineteenth-century Lagos politics included appointed African members and elite petitioning within colonial councils.

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Late nineteenth-century Lagos politics included appointed African members and elite petitioning within colonial councils. These channels were narrow but gave educated Lagosians experience in constitutional argument.

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