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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.

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