Theory question 108
Nationalism(a) Highlight two methods used by nationalist leaders in their opposition to British rule in West Africa.
(b) Outline four external factors that led to increased nationalist demands after the Second World War in West Africa.
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(a) Any two: use of newspapers (e.g. West African Pilot); formation of political parties; strikes and protests (e.g. 1945 general strike); petitions and delegations to London; constitutional conferences; boycotts; seminars and rallies.
(b) Any four: the Atlantic Charter (1941) on self-determination; experience of ex-servicemen who fought in the war; independence of India and Pakistan (1947); formation of the UN and its support for decolonisation; Pan-Africanism and the 1945 Manchester Pan-African Congress; influence of the USA and USSR (anti-colonial stance); the Labour Party government in Britain; activities of WASU and Africans educated abroad.
Part (b) asks for external factors only.