Country Quote by Ayobami Adebayo

I'd always been interested in Nigeria's past.

— Ayobami Adebayo

Nigeria shed the last of a succession of brutal military dictatorships in 1997 and adopted a democratic form of government only in 1999. Our…

— Uzodinma Iweala

When we went in the late 1990s, Nigeria was still in a dictatorship. So we didn't go with a mission. It started really with…

— Rem Koolhaas

“Foreign workers, attracted to Nigeria from other African countries during boom times, were deeply resented during hard times-and were brutally expelled en masse, largely…

— Thomas Sowell

We must acknowledge that we made a huge error in satisfying the lowest common denominator of the available human potential in Nigeria and we…

— Wole Soyinka

Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that part of our story extensively.

— Chinua Achebe

The process of decolonisation in Nigeria was a very untidy one. The British, when they were leaving finally and knew exactly who they wanted…

— Wole Soyinka

The U.S. government understands the importance of Nigeria in Africa and the world at large.

— Muhammadu Buhari

The British inclined more towards the feudal mentality, the feudal structures rather than the more radical progressive elements who would re-shape society and institute…

— Wole Soyinka

“An enlightened and empowered generation is the key to our development in Nigeria and indeed in Africa”

— Fela Durotoye

The cultural differences between Germany and Nigeria were extreme. The way they dress, the way they carry themselves, their religion. For two years I…

— Nneka

“Eventually, this black leadership pressured and negotiated independence for Nigeria, beginning in 1960.”

— Thomas Sowell