1914Event
Nigeria is folded into the First World War
Nigeria's colonial administration and troops were drawn into Britain's war effort, including the campaign against German Kamerun.
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1914
Nigeria is folded into the First World War
Nigeria's colonial administration and troops were drawn into Britain's war effort, including the campaign against German Kamerun.
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What happened
Nigeria's colonial administration and troops were drawn into Britain's war effort, including the campaign against German Kamerun. The war mattered because it expanded colonial extraction while connecting Nigerian soldiers and labor to imperial conflict.