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    Alternate Atomic Africa

    That’s probably a good pod as three years after the Biafra conflict the oil boom started and the Nigerian government was very flush with cash. They had the money but how to get the will.
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    Alternate Atomic Africa

    A Nigerian nuclear weapon would be interesting but what for?
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    Good Hope

    They fell head first into the DAs trap.
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    Good Hope

    Something to read sounds like the discord occasionally
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    Singapore stays in Malaysia

    I was doing some reading and wondered if it was possible for Singapore to stay in the Malaysian federation and what the effects would be
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    Africa During the Scramble: Guns of the Sotho

    The utter ability of bartle frere. To ruin things. I’m half tempted to write to Haileybury asking for his. Name to be removed from one of the house there a prime candidate for that
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    Africa During the Scramble: The Spider in the Web

    19th century Southern Africa is such an interesting place so many things in flux
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    Africa During the Scramble: The Years without Food

    Yes
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    Africa During the Scramble: The Years without Food

    yes but illorin was in the grey area between the forest and the savannah. which is why it was a battleground between sahelian and forest empires
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    Africa During the Scramble: The Years without Food

    yes its one of those countries that cant seem to catch a break same with chad
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    Africa During the Scramble: The Years without Food

    • I always thought that the tsete flies existed pre 19th century as south of niger cattle and horses had a very hard time surviving. ( thats why the oyo empire kept its calvary in peace time illorin rather than further south.) I didn't realise it actually expanded the reach . Also i didn't...
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    Africa During the Scramble: A French India

    Hilarious. I think the Gabon and case would be have been diffrent with the earlier discovery of or a slightly different french regime same applies to Cabinda and Lourenço Marques If Portugal expanded slower
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    Africa During the Scramble: The not so Free Towns

    very interesting how the freetown /sierra leone situation also applied to Lagos vs the rest of Nigeria together with Cape Coast /Gold coast. they were basically footholds to advance into the hinterland. The Gambia was the failed one due to the French interests there. Lovely to see you back...
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    Africa During the Scramble: The Settler's Republic

    Yes but by the 40 -50s the Afro Brazilians had mostly integrated into the local culture as a small subgroup with some characteristics like frejon for Easter
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    Africa During the Scramble: The Settler's Republic

    An interesting wi is if Garvey succeeded or if the Liberians integrated with hinterland. Liberia is one place that is always a sad history it could have been very different
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