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West African Pilot launches in Lagos

Azikiwe founded the West African Pilot, which became a major nationalist newspaper.

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1937

West African Pilot launches in Lagos

Azikiwe founded the West African Pilot, which became a major nationalist newspaper.

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Azikiwe founded the West African Pilot, which became a major nationalist newspaper. Its popular journalism challenged colonial rule and older Lagos political dominance.

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