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1. A general feeling of
allegiance, attachments or
loyalty to one's primordial
group to the detriments of
others in African politics is
called …….
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2. The concept of Ujaama
(familihood) was
propounded by one of the
following African political
leaders
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3. Standardized taxation was
introduced in Africa by
colonial masters to replace
…………… hitherto
collected by African
Traditional Rulers
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4. One of these political
parties secured
independence for Gold
Coast, later renamed
Ghana in 1957
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5. The colonial history of Libya
could be linked to
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6. The title "Mwalimu" used by
a Tanzanian President
means The Great
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7. Nigerians rejected the
Structural Adjustment
Programme (SAP) because
it was seen as an IMF
instrument to control the
Nigerian
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8. Until October 1, 1960,
Nigeria was one of the
colonial territories of
……………….
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9. The Ghanaian popular
military revolution in the late
70s was led by John James
_Rawlings
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10. The followings but one of
the African countries were
independent by the eve of
World War II
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11. Most post-independence
African leaders embraced
one-party system in line
with their belief in concept
of African
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12. The Traditional elites were
initiated into politics by the
British when
were created each in both
the Northern and Western
Regions of Nigeria
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13. The Nigeria's June 12,
1993 election was annulled
by the military
administration of
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14. In Sierra-Leone, the
colonial policy distinguished
between the Aborigines and
the ……………….
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15. According to Nkrumah
(1976:9), the name
Rhodesia was coined from
Cecil Rhodes, the founder
of the ……………….
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16. The first military coup took
place in Nigeria on
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17. Due to arbitrary
partitionning of Africa, the
Yoruba and Hausa were
divided between
………………………. and
British territories
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One of these African countries has not witnessed a military coup
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19. The first epoch of African
encounter with the
Europeans was the period
of
_Trade
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20. In a democracy, the Fourth
Estate of the realm is
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21. The African leader known
as "Mwalimu" was
Nyerere
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22. One of the Nigeria's
neighbouring country that is
not a member of ECOWAS
is
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23. The British first got African
Traditional Rulers involved
in administration through
the policy of
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24. In 1925, ……………………
was formed by Ladipo
Solanke to fight colonial
policies in West Africa
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25. In 1965, TANU was
legalized as the sole
political party in
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26. One of the features of
African politics is
………………
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27. The ………………………
movement provided training
grounds for new African
political leadership in the
post-independece era
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28. Regional integration by
African countries is difficult
because of
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29. President
got U.S. Congress approval
for Arican Growth and
Opportunity Act (AGOA)
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30. Sir James Wilson
_(15th June, 1955 - 16th
November, 1960) was the
last Nigeria's colonial
Governor-General
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31. The Ashantehene was a
pre-colonial ruler in
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32. The book written by Walter
Rotney is titled “How
Europe Underdeveloped
_
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33. The Arab Spring that led to
the overthrow some sit-tight
North African leaders
started in
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34. The two groups that formed
the OAU belonged to two
different ideological divides:
Conservative and
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35. In Ghana, the ruling party
under Kwameh Nkruma
was
(CPP)
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36. The 'West African Pilot' was
founded by…………….. as
an instrument against
colonialism
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37. The first political party in
Nigeria was formed in
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38. One of these former military
rulers in Nigeria was
‘nominated’ as sole
presidential candidate by
the five registered political
parties in 1998
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39. Inordinate ambition by
young military officers has
been identified as one of
the factors for political
in some developing
countries
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40. The attacks by the
……………… against the
evils of colonialism also
aided the decolonization
process in Africa
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41. The firstpolitical party to be
formed in Nigeria
was………………….
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42. Stability, rapid economic
development and unity, are
some of the reasons
advanced by some African
leaders to justify
Party system
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43. In most African countries,
the process of imperialism
and colonialism started with
slave trade and missionary
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44. The 'Affirmative Action'
provides that ……………….
of appointive positions
should be reserved for
women
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45. The first black African
Secretary General of the
United Nations (UNO) is
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46. Under Gen. Murtala Ramat
Mohammed's
administration,
became the centre-piece of
Nigeria's foreign policy
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47. One of these is not a
feature of a military
government
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48. A country is
_only if there is no any form
of foreign interference in
her domestic affairs
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49. According to Peter Ekeh, “
to problems demand
context and sometimes
models"
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50. President
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51. Until 1946, while the
Northern Nigeria was ruled
directly by the colonial
Governor-General, the
Southern Nigeria was ruled
by the
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52. At the early stage of
colonialism, present Ghana
was known as
_coast
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53. Fredrick de Klerk was
President up to the year
1989
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54. The popular saying "seek
first the kingdom of politics,
every ohters shall be added
ujnto it" is credited to a panAfricanist called
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55. One of these scholars is not
associated with
Radical/Political Economy
model of analysis
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56. Legitimate Trade is an
offshoot of
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57. The idea of One Party
System was promoted in
Africa in the immediate
post-independence era for
the following reasons,
except
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58. The Acronym CIA means
Central
Agency
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59. The Beijing Declaration on
Gender Equality, popularly
known as the
Action was proclaimed in
China in 1995
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60. United Nation was
established in the year
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61. The first black African
colony to attain political
independence was
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62. One of these nationalists
was a member of the
Patriotic Front who worked
with Robert Mugabe to
secure independence for
Zimbabwe in 1980
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63. One of these African
countries did not practice
One Party System in the
1960s
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64. The first African country to
experience military coup is
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65. The major policy of colonial
rule could be summarized
as …………...
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66. Most African countries were
colonised either by
conquest or by
………………………
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67. South Africa and a group of
countries in that region are
called
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68. The year popularly referred
to as the African Year of
Independence was
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69. The 1775 industrial
revolution in the
turned African countries to
mere producers of raw
materials
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70. One of these African
leaders is not guilty of
tenacity of office
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71. The eight point Millennium
Development Goals
(MDGS) was launched by
the
in year 2000
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72. In the Nigeria’s First
Republic (1960-1966), the
system of government
practiced was
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73. The USA
enacted a Comprehensive
Anti Apartheid Act (CAA)
against the then South
African government in the
year 1986
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74. According to Mengisteab
(2003), pre-colonial African
societies have a rich
tradition of political
economic and
…………………….
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75. Most African countries were
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76. The military outfit known as
ECOMOG was established
as the military wing of
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77. In 1979, Nigeria
nationalized the assests of
Petroleum to prevent
Nigerian oil from getting to
the apartheid regime
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78. Gamal Abdul-Nasir was the
post-independe
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79. Evangelism and
imperialism were
precursors to
__in Africa
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80. "Democratic Centralism"
was a version of African
Socialism promoted by
former President
Toure of Guinea
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81. The acronyms (A.P.R.M)
means African
Review Mecanism
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82. The official Opposition
Leader in Nigeria during the
First Republic was
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83. The Gambia Independence
Act of
_, was an Act of Parliament
of the United Kingdom
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84. Prior to the World War II,
Togoland and Cameroon
were colonies of
…………………..
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85. The civil war in one of theseAfrican countries wasaccompanied by genocidein 1994
85. The civil war in one of these
African countries was
accompanied by genocide
in 1994
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86. Rober Mitchel's theory of
Iron Law of Oligarchy better
explains the dominance of
………… in African politics
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87. The campaign for the
extension of the tenure of
President Olusegun
Obasanjo of Nigeria was
killed by the
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88. The policies of Association
and Assimilation were used
in Africa by
…………………………..
and …………………………
respectively
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89. One of these institutions is
not directly involved in the
impeachment process
under the Nigerian
constitution
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90. According to Richard
Joseph (2006),
……………………… is a
situtation where an
individual seeks a patron
and leans on him/her in
order to benefit from the
privileges of the upper class
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91. African definition and
conceptualization of
democracy are based on
Western
_and orientation
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92. Nigeria was not a Republic
until
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93. In Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah
was popularly called
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94. The meaning of the popular
title "Osagyefo" given to
Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana
means
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95. The meaning of the political
doctrine known as
"Ujaamah", conied by
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96. Nigeria belonged to the
group, which joined with the
radical bloc to form the
OAU in 1963
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97. The 1995 Beijing
Declaration demanded for
_percent women
representation in
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98. Nigeria became a
_State, in recognition of her
role against colonialism and
apartheid regime in the
Southern Africa
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99. The second bombardment
of Lagos in 1861, leading to
the annexation that
changed Lagos territory to
become
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100. A political system in which
a country is binded to
another powerful foreign
country with the primary
objective of promoting the
economic interest of the
metropole is called …..
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101. The first post-apartheid
South African President
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102. One of the factors that
affected the spread of
western education in the
Northern part of Nigeria
was the restriction on
activities
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103. Under the bi-polar global
system, the 'cold war' was
between the United States
of America and the defunct
Union of
_Socialist Republics
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104. Scholars regard the postindependence relationship
between African countries
and their former imperial
powers as
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105. The meeting to reconcile
Ojukwu and Gowon before
the outbreak of civil war in
Nigeria took place in------
Ghana
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106. Nigeria joined the United
Nations as 99th member on
October 7,
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107. The 'Warrant Chief' in the
southeasern part of Nigeria
was a creation of …………
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108. The followings except one,
could be described as
benefits from the colonial
origin of African politics
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109. Esprit de corps' is a
palance commonly used by
and security agencies
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110. In consistent with the
dictataes of colonialism,
………………………….
policy was introduced in
many African colonies
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111. One of the followings was
not a traditional African
nationalist
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112. By 1922, a political party
was formed in the British
Nigeria but no political party
was formed in any French
colonies until ………..
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113. The West African Pilot was
a popular anti-colonial
newspaper in
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114. The idea of “Democratic
Centralism” was
popularized by one of these
first generation African
political leaders
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115. One of the following is a
programme of the African
Union (AU)
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116. The first Nigeria's generally
acclaimed 'free and fair'
election was won by Chief
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117. "Mau Mau" uprising was a
rebellion against White
domination and denial of
Blacks the right to land in
……………..
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118. What is popularly known as
the ”Mandela option”
suggests
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119. The attacks by the
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120. The vestiges of 'sit-tight
syndrom' is more prevailent
in …………………….
politics
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121. One of the two major blocs
that led to the formation of
the Organization of African
Unity (now AU), was the
_groups
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122. Williams
sponsored the Anti-Slave
Trade Bill in the British
parliament
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123. The chater establishing the
ECOMOG gave it the
mandate only for
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124. One of the last generation
of African sit-tight Leaders
is ……………….
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125. The followings but one, are
the features of African
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126. Liberia and
were the only African
countries never colonized
by any European power
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127. One of the challenges of
socio-political and
economic integration in
post-colonial African
countries was the
………………… imposed by
the colonial masters
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128. All the following Nigerian
Governors except one,
were removed from office
through impeachment
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129. Hellen Sirleaf Johnson of
……………. was the first
African woman to be
elected President
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130. The Casablanca bloc,
which emerged in 1961 was
known as
Group
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131. The first agitation against
imposition of taxes during
the colonial period in
Western Nigeria was
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132. Operations of the
ECOMOG is limited to
_member states
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133. The former Rhodesia is
now known as
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134. Ghana achieved
………………….. from
Britain in 1957
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135. In 1893 New Zealand
recognized the right of
women to
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136. The three fundamental
doctrines of imerialism:
Exploitation; Trusteeship;
and Assimilation, which
were espoused in a book
titled "Toward Colonial
Freedom (1947)" and was
written by ……...
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137. Some measures taken by
African leaders to eradicate
the vestiges of colonialism
from African continent is
Process
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138. One of the internal factors
that ignited the spirit of
nationalism in Africa was
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139. The major palyer in the
ECOMOG activities is
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140. One of the major obstacles
to women political
participation in Northern
Nigeria is
Culture
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According to Bade Onimode (1981:96), the dual economic system created by colonial masters were essentially to serve subsistent needs of the local paople and
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142. The type of democracy that
was practiced in Precolonial Africa was called
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143. The 1884 conference
where African countries
were pertitioned took place
in ……………..
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144. Loans, monetary aids or
technical assistance, are
some of
_instruments to control
African economies
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145. The first African country to
have elected female
President is
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