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NABTEB Government 2023 Objective — Question 39

Question 39 of 50 from the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) Government 2023 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

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Newspapers served as a major channel through which nationalists in colonial West Africa (a) organized armed rebellion (b) collected colonial taxes (c) agitated for inclusion in government and later independence (d) established trade unions only

  • A. organized armed rebellion
  • B. collected colonial taxes
  • C. agitated for inclusion in government and later independenceCorrect
  • D. established trade unions only

Explanation

Newspapers served as a major channel through which nationalists spread their message and agitated for inclusion in government and later independence, e.g. the Lagos Daily by Herbert Macaulay (1925) and the West African Pilot by Nnamdi Azikiwe (1937).

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