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1. Inordinate ambition by

young military officers has

been identified as one of

the factors for political

in some developing

countries

2. The attacks by the

……………… against the

evils of colonialism also

aided the decolonization

process in Africa

3. Nigeria became a

_State, in recognition of her

role against colonialism and

apartheid regime in the

Southern Africa

4. The followings but one, are

the features of African

politics

5. One of the challenges of

socio-political and

economic integration in

post-colonial African

countries was the

………………… imposed by

the colonial masters

6. One of these nationalists

was a member of the

Patriotic Front who worked

with Robert Mugabe to

secure independence for

Zimbabwe in 1980

7. Until 1946, while the

Northern Nigeria was ruled

directly by the colonial

Governor-General, the

Southern Nigeria was ruled

by the

8. In 1925, ……………………

was formed by Ladipo

Solanke to fight colonial

policies in West Africa

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

10. The followings but one of

the African countries were

independent by the eve of

World War II

11. The first agitation against

imposition of taxes during

the colonial period in

Western Nigeria was

12. One of these African

countries did not practice

One Party System in the

1960s

13. Legitimate Trade is an

offshoot of

14. The African leader known

as "Mwalimu" was

Nyerere

15. In Ghana, the ruling party

under Kwameh Nkruma

was

(CPP)

16. At the early stage of

colonialism, present Ghana

was known as

_coast

17. The year popularly referred

to as the African Year of

Independence was

18. According to Mengisteab

(2003), pre-colonial African

societies have a rich

tradition of political

economic and

…………………….

19. The Traditional elites were

initiated into politics by the

British when

were created each in both

the Northern and Western

Regions of Nigeria

20. Loans, monetary aids or

technical assistance, are

some of

_instruments to control

African economies

21. "Democratic Centralism"

was a version of African

Socialism promoted by

former President

Toure of Guinea

22. The Ghanaian popular

military revolution in the late

70s was led by John James

_Rawlings

23. The followings except one,

could be described as

benefits from the colonial

origin of African politics

24. Prior to the World War II,

Togoland and Cameroon

were colonies of

…………………..

25. 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 ……...

26. The 'West African Pilot' was

founded by…………….. as

an instrument against

colonialism

27. The first political party in

Nigeria was formed in

28. Evangelism and

imperialism were

precursors to

__in Africa

29. In 1965, TANU was

legalized as the sole

political party in

30. In 1979, Nigeria

nationalized the assests of

Petroleum to prevent

Nigerian oil from getting to

the apartheid regime

31. One of the features of

African politics is

………………

32. Scholars regard the post￾independence relationship

between African countries

and their former imperial

powers as

33. Esprit de corps' is a

palance commonly used by

the

and security agencies

34. The British first got African

Traditional Rulers involved

in administration through

the policy of

35. The first epoch of African

encounter with the

Europeans was the period

of

_Trade

36. 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

37. The meaning of the political

doctrine known as

"Ujaamah", conied by

38. Stability, rapid economic

development and unity, are

some of the reasons

advanced by some African

leaders to justify

Party system

39. Due to arbitrary

partitionning of Africa, the

Yoruba and Hausa were

divided between

………………………. and

British territories

40. Liberia and

were the only African

countries never colonized

by any European power

41. One of these institutions is

not directly involved in the

impeachment process

under the Nigerian

constitution

42. The official Opposition

Leader in Nigeria during the

First Republic was

43. The vestiges of 'sit-tight

syndrom' is more prevailent

in …………………….

politics

44. The USA

enacted a Comprehensive

Anti Apartheid Act (CAA)

against the then South

African government in the

year 1986

45. The concept of Ujaama

(familihood) was

propounded by one of the

following African political

leaders

46. In consistent with the

dictataes of colonialism,

………………………….

policy was introduced in

many African colonies

47. The major palyer in the

ECOMOG activities is

48. Most African countries were

colonised either by

conquest or by

………………………

49. In Sierra-Leone, the

colonial policy distinguished

between the Aborigines and

the ……………….

50. The 'Affirmative Action'

provides that ……………….

of appointive positions

should be reserved for

women