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Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by KINGBEN1(m): 12:13am On Feb 22 |
Nigeria was to be named Goldesia after Sir George Taubman Goldie (the British imperialist who sold Nigeria to Britain for £865,000 in 1899), but he 'tastefully declined' the offer. Flora Shaw, who would later become the wife of Lord Frederick Lugard, then popularised the name "Nigeria" and successfully campaigned for the adoption of the name via the publication of five separate articles in 1897. #HistoryVille 15 Likes 5 Shares
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Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by Bridget95(f): 12:28am On Feb 22 |
So the country is a property of a Christian country, yet people are behaving like its a gift from their god because Britain allowed them to have power for its interest. 203 Likes 16 Shares |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by Penguin2: 1:16am On Feb 22 |
Poor Nigeria is still British property. We be market wey dem buy🤦 That’s why they keep dictating who becomes what in Nigeria and continue to select buffoons while at it. But someday, just like the Americans, the Chinese and the Arabs broke free, Nigeria, nay Africa, will break free from these vultures. 157 Likes 10 Shares |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by makemoneywbsite: 5:39am On Feb 22 |
Africans and stupidity. Imagine perpetuating what a few white men designed for their selfish benefit. Imagine if it was Asians or Europeans that some race sat at a table and shared like cake. Even Arab tribe won't permit it. It can only be the black race tolerating rubbish. None would have the boldness to ask why. 48 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by thesicilian: 7:06am On Feb 22 |
Good news is they're all dead now and rotting in hell. Bad news is we're still suffering the consequences of their actions generations down the line. 49 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by seunlayi(m): 7:12am On Feb 22 |
Nigeria at 63 still failing. 4 Likes |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by slaawomirr: 9:22am On Feb 22 |
Damnnn niggar Goldesia That sounds like a prosperous name though 82 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by Aesthetical: 9:22am On Feb 22 |
robinso01:You didn’t know Till now Nigeria is still a property of these blood sucking demons Until we wise up. They will keep dictating what happens in our country 13 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by cutecommend: 9:23am On Feb 22 |
(1) What is the spiritual meaning of Nigeria? (2) Why was Nigeria not like a mistake when the whites were ruling? (3) Why do some feel Nigeria is a mistake when Nigerians started ruling? (4) Why were Igbos, Yorubas and Hausas not in deep war when the whites were ruling? (5) Why was there war 7 years after independence? (6) Don't you think Nigerians should study the progress of Igbos after they lost millions to death in civil war and lost a lot during the civil war? (7) Where they religious crisis when the whites were ruling? ( Don't you think Nigeria's problem is a black man's problem? (9) Don't you think Nigeria would have been like Europe if independence was gotten in 1995. (10) Do you regret being a Nigerian? 20 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by Anguldi(m): 9:23am On Feb 22 |
Na lover wey name Nigeria Lord lugard was simping to please his girlfriend. The MF must be on ogogoro 27 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by Parydelegate: 9:23am On Feb 22 |
Goldesia should have been better...maybe our currency would have been Gold which has more value than Naira. Besides the main problem was the amalgamation of Nigeria and tribalism. Na him we dy suffer now. 21 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by jamesversion: 9:24am On Feb 22 |
Ok 1 Like |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by BOSSkesh(m): 9:24am On Feb 22 |
Nigeria our home 7 Likes |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by robinso01(m): 9:24am On Feb 22 |
A whole country being sold by a single man who is not even a native of the country ? Nigeria don suffer for long ooo 84 Likes 7 Shares |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by ImpregnaTor(m): 9:24am On Feb 22 |
Nigeria should be divided into 2 or 3 countries for any hope to happen. Currently the country is heading nowhere 7 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by SoNature(m): 9:24am On Feb 22 |
Imagine! The man even sold Nigeria to the British government. Thank God that Buhari didn't sell Nigeria to China because the way his government kept borrowing money from them, he nearly did 8 Likes |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by diabeticdeals: 9:25am On Feb 22 |
That name get as e be. 1 Like |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by MagicalConcepts: 9:25am On Feb 22 |
Hm. Hope we can just be better as a country. To become envy of Britain. |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by lexy2014: 9:25am On Feb 22 |
Penguin2: have Africans broken free from themselves and their wicked leaders that they will now break free from the British? 4 Likes |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by Adinije(f): 9:25am On Feb 22 |
Imagine |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by Godfullsam(m): 9:25am On Feb 22 |
Goldesia I love the name E make sense. 6 Likes |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by omenka1: 9:25am On Feb 22 |
6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by BigBlackPreek(m): 9:25am On Feb 22 |
Nigeria My Country! |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by babamoha(m): 9:25am On Feb 22 |
Its high time we all sit down and change the name of Nigeria to something meaningful. 2 Likes |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by Sonnobax15(m): 9:26am On Feb 22 |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by Sunnyski: 9:26am On Feb 22 |
What a useless country! What a shame to be a Nigerian 😢 3 Likes |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by MMempire(m): 9:26am On Feb 22 |
British giving names to African countries is .............. |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by datola: 9:26am On Feb 22 |
T |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by Ekehwinz: 9:26am On Feb 22 |
Thunder fire them all 2 Likes |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by Basiljoe: 9:26am On Feb 22 |
Africans are too tolerant. Divide the country. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Goldesia: The Name Earlier Proposed For Nigeria by adecz: 9:26am On Feb 22 |
Many African countries have changed their colonial given names, I wonder why Nigeria has not opened discussion on this. After all, we even changed our colonial, though better national anthem.. A common practice by the Europeans when they first began making contact with the West African peoples was to name the various areas in accordance with what product was readily available from the coastal areas in question. Therefore, the area now called Ghana was a great source of gold, while ivory which was another valued commodity was abundant in the area still bearing Ivory Coast today.. Interestingly, the area that became Nigeria, especially the now South- South region being the biggest source of slaves and was initially called 'Slave Coast' with the Igbos ( "Eboes" making up a sizeable population of those sold into slavery from West Africa. A few Examples countries that changed their colonial names after independence.. 👉Benin Republic was "Dahomey" 👉Burkina Faso was "Upper Volts" 👉Ghana Was was "Gold Coast" 👉Niger Republic was "French Sudan' 👉Zimbabwe was Southern Rhodesia And many more. Below is a US advert for sales of "Eboe" slaves, just arriving from Bonny. Igbo slaves were valued as very hardworking 15 Likes 3 Shares
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