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  • Опубликовано: 14 авг 2024
  • This is the first of four videos leading to the Nigerian Civil war that almost led to the destruction of Nigeria. In this video, we take a look at how Nigeria - the giant of Africa - became extremely corrupt.
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    Prologue - 00:00
    Part 1: The Beginning 01:21
    Part 2: Call for Independence 04:57
    Part 3: Trouble in the West 09:06
    Part 4: The 1962 Census 10:30
    Part 5: The 1964 Elections 11:34
    Part 6: Western Regional Elections of 1965 13:54

Комментарии • 744

  • @bisimedia
    @bisimedia  2 года назад +64

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    • @Dzikkyful
      @Dzikkyful 2 года назад

      Work on ur map sir. But other info were mostly accurate

    • @KnowThyself47
      @KnowThyself47 2 года назад +2

      Free BIAFRA

    • @robinhood2439
      @robinhood2439 2 года назад

      @@Dzikkyful you mean the North being too large ? What’s specifically was wrong with the map ?

    • @Dzikkyful
      @Dzikkyful 2 года назад +1

      @@robinhood2439 yeah. Cos if you check languages and tribes there is disparity in the map shown. If you also check religion based on invasion of usman dan fodio, there is also disparity cos he didn't conquer benue.
      Also note that ilorin is Yoruba not hausa. Small issues, but makes big difference

    • @robinhood2439
      @robinhood2439 2 года назад +1

      @@Dzikkyful true dat. Pardon my ignorance but wasn’t Usman was before the British arrived . In any case from what I have read up and down this thread we should be able to come up with something closer to the truth

  • @awejohnoluwaseyi6841
    @awejohnoluwaseyi6841 2 года назад +82

    This is arguably the most concise documentary of Nigerian history I've interacted with

  • @demaru4276
    @demaru4276 2 года назад +119

    Nigeria Will only make progress as a nation when justice and fairness to all are prioritized over tribalism, regionalism, and other such shallow ideologies.

    • @GordonBeckles
      @GordonBeckles 2 года назад +6

      AAAAAMEN!
      👍🏾🙏🏾♥️🔥👊🏾

    • @swankyangelo8527
      @swankyangelo8527 2 года назад +9

      It’s not shallow, it’s centuries old. This country Stuff is brand new when you’re talking about the continent. The continent had tribes, nations, regions that were governed independently. You’re looking at this through the lens of the white man. Nigeria was not meant to be a country but a nation. You cannot blame the people for not wanting to assimilate. You should be proud! The one is to blame is the white man.

    • @tompcd1189
      @tompcd1189 2 года назад

      ​@@swankyangelo8527 blame it all on the white man lol its so much easier right

    • @BasicLib
      @BasicLib 2 года назад +10

      @@swankyangelo8527 you mean the British empire. I dont think broadly referring to "the white man" is any less repugnant as referring to "the black man" or "the yellow man" and I say this as a Nigerian

    • @Koloviv48i
      @Koloviv48i 2 года назад +2

      Same applies to Ghana as
      Well where tribalism is the order of the day particularly the Twi speaking people.

  • @kevinkimiti7558
    @kevinkimiti7558 2 года назад +22

    I'm a Kenyan. I've learnt more about Nigerian history from this guy than anywhere else. Wish someone could narrate the MauMau struggle like this

    • @ppassman7439
      @ppassman7439 Год назад +1

      RUclips is awash with uncountable narrations of the MauMau struggle!

    • @kevinkimiti7558
      @kevinkimiti7558 Год назад +1

      @@ppassman7439 ...but not with detailed military tactics and attacks by generals such as China and Mathenge. Most Kenyans don't even know the Maasai had generals, who lost whole battalions in the struggle. You'll find the stories in books. Haven't seen one described like this.

  • @charlesdaltons8061
    @charlesdaltons8061 2 года назад +102

    Contents like this should be taught in schools. From Nursery to Graduate level. That's why we are so backward! I love this channel, I love history ! Nice video. Keep them coming. Most of our so called founding fathers where all thieves that's why Nigeria can't stand. We were built on a bad foundation

    • @afrojuju1786
      @afrojuju1786 2 года назад +4

      They are not fighting for independence because the alliance is favorable to them; not because they want it. They don't want the alliance. They want the oil. They want the revenue that crude oil provides. Take away the oil and we will not be having this conversation.

    • @philshongwe8835
      @philshongwe8835 2 года назад +2

      yes African history should be taught at schools, not this Julius Ceasar nonsense

    • @nickeni3050
      @nickeni3050 Год назад

      @@philshongwe8835 Exactly, I've noticed that this is a trend in many colonised countries where they hide the true history of the colonizer people from them so that they don't know the truth

    • @nickeni3050
      @nickeni3050 Год назад

      @Dark Stories it wasn't when I graduated 3yrs ago

    • @nickeni3050
      @nickeni3050 Год назад +1

      @Dark Stories Then that means it's a very recent thing, like one or two years otherwise so many Nigerians wouldn't be so oblivious about said topic... The things they used to teach in government studies when I was in secondary school were on the history and achievements of Nigerian nationalists, the military coups and a few other things.. they never dived any further into the past on things like slavery, colonialism etc
      Only like 60% of what's in the video was being taught in government studies in school

  • @masehoart7569
    @masehoart7569 2 года назад +68

    Learning so much here … usually, what happened between the 1930‘s - until the late 1960‘s in African countries is skipped- we are all to accept governmental corruption is just a „natural“ characteristic of African states… without being given any essential background info or analysis… keep up the good work

  • @senkaletemitope1915
    @senkaletemitope1915 2 года назад +143

    I'm watching the first 4mins of this documentary and I didn't hear the name of a SINGLE northerner, fighting for independence. Tells a lot about why the British favored them over the Southerners. They didn't have an ideology of freedom but of power. Isn't that what's going on today?

    • @simp1eone
      @simp1eone 2 года назад +1

      They are always the last and bottom of class exam in academics, the Yoruba and igbo are the Most intellectually smart and business oriented. The f.ooolanies are good at corruption that's why the British used therm do they can steal the natural resources. But that's all coming to an end whether these f.ooolanies like it or not Nigeria is going to break up Yoruba Nation and igbo nation. They can delay it but never stop it.

    • @_adeniyi_
      @_adeniyi_ 2 года назад +28

      Why we need to go our separate ways. We are not one, we've never been. The Yoruba's have lost a lot to the British project Nigeria.

    • @ayoadeoriola34
      @ayoadeoriola34 2 года назад +27

      Have you checked the name: Za'ad Zungur? This video is not the absolue authoriy on Nigerian history. You cant't just draw a big conclusion like that on it.

    • @Judah_1_7
      @Judah_1_7 2 года назад +3

      Absolutely.

    • @taneemsani3997
      @taneemsani3997 2 года назад +12

      You think this video narrates the whole timeline of Nigerian History? 😂😂😂

  • @sylvesteradim1532
    @sylvesteradim1532 2 года назад +44

    From this informative documentary Nigeria has never worked from the beginning because of unnecessary manipulation of population during census. The north has always also felt they should have more than every other regions in the country.

  • @SamanthaMogwe
    @SamanthaMogwe 2 года назад +47

    New subscriber from Botswana 🙏🏾 Enjoying the history of my fellow African countries.

    • @ibrahimsule8734
      @ibrahimsule8734 Год назад

      My brother do not believe in this narrative it's a pure lies, people here propagate lies just to ignite problem,they always support devition among people by by making false videos.

  • @victormbah969
    @victormbah969 2 года назад +20

    Bisi you are actually doing a great job with your coverage of Nigeria history. Honestly I am impressed

  • @lagosian123
    @lagosian123 2 года назад +178

    Definition of a nation: A large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.
    Nigeria is many countries lumped together by colonialists to form a country. Hence the many problems we have, Nigeria can never work unless we agree to a referendum. We need to renegotiate our being together.

    • @combo-breaker3463
      @combo-breaker3463 2 года назад +40

      I don’t see why Nigeria won’t work…it’s all about mind-set. Many countries are one like USA, Ghana, Cameroon South Africa.etc.. Texas has tried seeding itself from the US many times to no avail. But they still see themselves as Americans.
      My opinion is, if we see ourselves as Nigerians not oduduwas, or Arewas or Biafrans, then there will be peace n unity. Nigerians division was/is based on tribalism. Once we learn to love one another, that
      We can live unilaterally with the resources we have, we will be VERY fine.

    • @brotaku8619
      @brotaku8619 2 года назад +18

      You can say that for all of Africa though, not just Nigeria. Just a bunch of tribes bunched together to form countries.

    • @lagosian123
      @lagosian123 2 года назад +30

      @@brotaku8619 Many countries have one native common dominant language despite their many dialects. Only countries lumped together to form a country (like Nigeria and South Africa) have problem understanding themselves. Peaceful countries share same common language. East Africa have Swahili.

    • @farmybash4161
      @farmybash4161 2 года назад +23

      America is an immigrant society. Why don't you compare Britain to Nigeria? Let's see how you're going to break it down if you really know what you're talking about.
      Even in America, which you used as an example for your comparison, they practice a regional system of government.
      Nigeria must return to a regional system of government, that was the condition and agreement of our independents.

    • @lagosian123
      @lagosian123 2 года назад +20

      @@farmybash4161 Each state of America govern themselves unlike in Nigeria.

  • @haziri5118
    @haziri5118 2 года назад +21

    I wish Secondary schools would teach history. Thanks, this was amazing.

    • @temitopeawonusi3513
      @temitopeawonusi3513 2 года назад +1

      They teach history

    • @temitopeawonusi3513
      @temitopeawonusi3513 2 года назад +1

      They teach history

    • @Username_647
      @Username_647 2 года назад +2

      @@temitopeawonusi3513 Apparently not if he is saying he wish they would teach it

    • @AdeyemiLawal
      @AdeyemiLawal 2 года назад

      @@temitopeawonusi3513 Not anymore, that was before

  • @chukemmang
    @chukemmang 2 года назад +37

    The union of the North and South of Nigeria has profited Nigeria nothing. The North keeps dragging the country backwards for over 60 years. We must separate into a South Nigeria and North Nigeria just like we have South Korea and North Korea.

    • @georgebateman557
      @georgebateman557 2 года назад +1

      Why doesn't the south build nukes

    • @Teeherubello
      @Teeherubello 2 года назад +1

      You need to know what to say before you talk. Don’t be myopic

    • @georgebateman557
      @georgebateman557 2 года назад

      @@Teeherubello are you talking to me

    • @Teeherubello
      @Teeherubello 2 года назад

      @@georgebateman557 no

    • @Yonaqusf
      @Yonaqusf 2 месяца назад

      @mas-udal-hassan9277 hm? Are the igbos today doing worse or better than the north? Where and what region does the countries governmental revenues generate from? If so, why couldn't you allow us to have our own country?(Oil,greediness now destroying the environment). Compare HDI,Literacy rate,GDP,Saftey, to the North.

  • @okekevictor8491
    @okekevictor8491 2 года назад +8

    I learnt more of Nigeria from your channel than from all my years in School Kudus to you

  • @omololaoni6802
    @omololaoni6802 2 года назад +6

    WOW! Just Wow!
    This would be a great learning resource for students at the Secondary level and even Universities. It's a wonderful documentary that VISUALLY captures how Nigerian political parties were formed.

  • @chinazoucheaga4825
    @chinazoucheaga4825 2 года назад +15

    A new Nigeria needs a rebirth. The circumstances surrounding our first birth are deplorable. Only God knows why we still stand today. But God knows how to still bring His will to pass in the end.

  • @moyndebs6759
    @moyndebs6759 2 года назад +30

    15 minutes 54 seconds isn’t enough. You need a 48 hour documentary for how my country Nigeria became corrupt plus Harvard university research experts. 🤷‍♂️😆

  • @kendricklamar8942
    @kendricklamar8942 2 года назад +20

    Awesome video Bisi! It's unfortunate how only few people are well educated about these events due to the dysfunctional education system here in Nigeria.

  • @ModernIntuitionist
    @ModernIntuitionist 2 года назад +19

    Another beautifully made video on a very important topic! I love your editing style and storytelling. Thank you for sharing this perspective and making this video Bisi!

    • @bisimedia
      @bisimedia  2 года назад +2

      😁 thank you for leaving such an amazing comment. It made my day. 👍 Always a fan of your work.

  • @umuagu
    @umuagu 2 года назад +5

    Great content. As a rather young man Igbo man, I have always tought Nigeria should try to heal as a nation but when you educate yourself on the history it is such hard work not to hate the northerners. I definitely understand my elders resentment much better now

    • @pc2749
      @pc2749 2 года назад +1

      I try my best to love the hausas as well as the northerns but history make me bleed 😭😭😭💔💔💔

  • @bigq5801
    @bigq5801 2 года назад +20

    You never mentioned abt chief Oluwa one of the first pan Africanist that successfully sued the British over unjustified acquisition of land and won them..although you showed him ..he is the one behind Hebert mcauly wearing the traditional outfit when they arrived at London to get the judgement of the said case (unlawful acquisition of land by the British government)..
    He needed to be given props for his contribution towards anti colonial dictatorship

    • @lagosian123
      @lagosian123 2 года назад +1

      Qudus Fagboye • Now, I see why they fear Yoruba Nation. A formidable nation with intelectual resourceful people of integrity.

  • @adebayotosinemmanuel959
    @adebayotosinemmanuel959 2 года назад +15

    This is where the problem started from. We need restructuring in Nigeria. If not, nothing will work in Nigeria.

    • @hananyusuf8649
      @hananyusuf8649 2 года назад

      Restructuring in what form sir?

    • @adebayotosinemmanuel959
      @adebayotosinemmanuel959 2 года назад +1

      @@hananyusuf8649 Starting from returning back to regional governance at the Federal level. All the highlighted points in the 2014 confab should be implemented. That year was significant to us as a country. Without these, we are going no where as a country.

    • @peteraseme6772
      @peteraseme6772 2 года назад +4

      Can someone please explain to me why a country will have almost it's entire land mass regarded as North; and only a slight stretch at the bottom as South. It seems to me that those who created this country intended the whole territory to be made up of North only, without South, East and West! This is one of the tragedies the British Colonialists created for this country: creating a huge North and a small South; which we find impossible to correct. This is one of the foundational problems of Nigeria which we need to redress if this country is to make meaningful progress politically or otherwise. Peter Aseme.

    • @midi6615
      @midi6615 2 года назад

      We need to separate ourselves from the northerners

    • @Yonaqusf
      @Yonaqusf 2 месяца назад

      @mas-udal-hassan9277 Can you explain to me which region own's Nigerias oil reserves? Can you explain to mess the massacre of Igbos happening in the North right before this specific event? "The mistake of 1914".

  • @Dr.OSIFOF
    @Dr.OSIFOF 2 года назад +6

    Your work on Nigerian history is commendable 👍🏽

  • @juniorjames7076
    @juniorjames7076 2 года назад +18

    My wonderful Nigerian friends have done a TERRIBLE job explaining to me the complex history of their country (many.....inconsistent, bias and contradictory versions depending whether the person explaining is from Kano or Abuja, or Lagos or Port Harcourt, or from the Delta region.) I hope I can finally get some answers from this documentary!

    • @elvis6236
      @elvis6236 2 года назад +1

      Sadly the story teller here is a propagandist. Trying to rational the first coup and the region that carried it out. The first coup is what really broke this country and the motive for that coup wasn't for the general good of all it was specifically to put a certain region at the forefront. The good thing about hindsight and posterity is that the truth eventually stares you in the face. Keep up the propaganda while my country works at becoming great

    • @seunosewa
      @seunosewa 2 года назад +1

      We didn't have to take history in school at any point.

    • @konkebe
      @konkebe 2 года назад

      You are right.

    • @dammyayo582
      @dammyayo582 2 года назад +1

      @@seunosewa that's a lie

  • @tochukwuokeke5348
    @tochukwuokeke5348 2 года назад +9

    Nigeria started to fail when Azikiwe's NCNC dumped Awo's AG and Merged with Balewa's NPC. Only if Zik could see Awo's vision. Awo the man who saw tomorrow.

    • @yourlandladysson6395
      @yourlandladysson6395 2 года назад +1

      Lol. I never saw the point when Nigeria wasn't a failure.

    • @jeffreychukwufumnanya3097
      @jeffreychukwufumnanya3097 2 года назад

      How did you jump into this conclusion?, just curious.

    • @jephreyolamide8036
      @jephreyolamide8036 2 года назад

      He’s right. Y’all need to stop being sentimental and tribalism.

    • @amadiohastruck4331
      @amadiohastruck4331 2 месяца назад

      Nigeria is functioning the way the British wanted it to function, dysfunctional

  • @yahayaoyinkansola8258
    @yahayaoyinkansola8258 2 года назад +4

    This is such a wonderful documentary about the nation, thank you for this

  • @princeogabi4397
    @princeogabi4397 2 года назад +2

    Powerful Presentation, well prepared and organized. God Bless You for this. Great work!

  • @MakeMoneyOnline-AI-ChatGPT
    @MakeMoneyOnline-AI-ChatGPT 2 года назад +48

    the beginning of Nigeria downfall is the merger of the north and south, we have nothing in common, it's just like mixing garri and stone

    • @criessmiles3620
      @criessmiles3620 2 года назад

      😅
      Who is gari ?
      Who is the stone ?
      Cheers from west Africa
      🦅

    • @iduuigodomigodo8162
      @iduuigodomigodo8162 2 года назад

      liegeria 🇳🇬 is a fraud

    • @amehka5416
      @amehka5416 2 года назад +1

      Y'all Africans are you not?

    • @TaiwoAyedun
      @TaiwoAyedun 2 года назад +7

      @@amehka5416 But that's like saying we're all humans so why do we have strife and conflict on earth.

    • @abdulazizbature2615
      @abdulazizbature2615 2 года назад

      Garri and stone ? 😂😂

  • @hananyusuf8649
    @hananyusuf8649 2 года назад +25

    I see most people in the comments are pointing fingers at tribalism. Well it seems like the easiest thing to blame because Nigerians don’t want to make Nigeria work. If at this point we still think or believe tribalism is the problem of this country, then we have a long way to go. Now let’s assume tribalism is the problem, are the regions not supposed to work effectively at their own levels to surpass each other in order to develop? Every region has representatives and allocations but your leaders are all corrupt and speak the same language, they see no tribe when they’re looting your money. They don’t have their people at hearts and that’s why Nigeria’s early leaders are way better, each of them trying to fight for its people. In a newly created country I don’t think they had any choice. For the past three decades, every region has a stand and some degree of power, what’s stopping them from making Nigeria great?

    • @TaiwoAyedun
      @TaiwoAyedun 2 года назад +3

      There are significant differences between the 1999 document and the regional constitution before independence. The whole idea of centralization and allocation in the 1999 document prevents the regions from any form of reasonable independence and has, instead, created political opportunists from all the regions that are simply sharing money with Abuja FG. This is why Nigeria will not work except the constitution devolves power to the regions and indigenous nationalities. No democracy with Nigeria's diversity works anywhere in the world.

    • @chijiokeokafor983
      @chijiokeokafor983 2 года назад

      Will the north agree that the country is restructured so that every region controls its own resources? I doubt that.... You don't operate a corrupt central government and expect opportunist leaders from the regions or state scrambling for whatever the center dishes to deliver for their people.... The North should accept resource base restructuring if they really want Nigeria to continue existing
      I see Hypocrisy in anyone maintaining this failed system of governance of the center and expecting a miracle in leadership at a hungry state or regional govt

    • @TaiwoAyedun
      @TaiwoAyedun 2 года назад +1

      @Hanan Yusuf Your comment is all wrong. The regions or states have little to no power. All you need to know this is to study the Exclusive, Concurrent, and Residual Lists of Nigeria's fraudulent 1999 document. Nigeria practices a unitary system of government.

  • @trustobaika3965
    @trustobaika3965 2 года назад +3

    You have done a great job. The story many years ago has not changed. The youths need to learn this and create the future they want. I subscribed to your channel to support your work. kudos!

  • @combo-breaker3463
    @combo-breaker3463 2 года назад +3

    Extremely detailed with informative graphics and pictures and some rare old footages.

  • @robinhood2439
    @robinhood2439 2 года назад +1

    Never seen or read anywhere anything as detailed and comprehensive as this. The material , your voice kept me captivated . This should be a movie so that all Nigerians could learn and refer to

  • @welwynmanager323
    @welwynmanager323 2 года назад +23

    I have read a lot of Nigerian history and I must say that yours is an excellent summary.
    But before people think that the NYM crisis in the 1930s was about tribe...they need to know that in NYM, Awolowo supported S.G Ikoku, an Ibo and Zik support Oba Akisanya, a Yoruba. It wasn't tribe, it was an ideology split.
    Awo and Zik's relationship never recovered and they probably explained why Zik supported NPC at independence rather than Awo's AG.

    • @olufemisamuel1036
      @olufemisamuel1036 2 года назад +5

      That made the difference till today…Zik failed to see what Awolowo saw, n supported the North…

    • @seunosewa
      @seunosewa 2 года назад

      What were their ideological differences, exactly?

    • @francisodinakachukwu8694
      @francisodinakachukwu8694 2 года назад

      @@olufemisamuel1036 hmmm 🤔🤔 u make me laugh 😂😂😂 go and read what awolowo did

    • @JemimaNta
      @JemimaNta 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@francisodinakachukwu8694he's right. Azikiwe was too straightforward and thought his northern comrades were like him. He should have supported Awolowo. He knew better

  • @IJEALENKHE
    @IJEALENKHE 2 года назад +2

    Wonderful. I suddenly started getting interested in this country called Nigeria

    • @ngozinzubechukwu2232
      @ngozinzubechukwu2232 2 года назад

      Same here, I cannot be praying for a country I don't understand.

  • @nananana2980
    @nananana2980 2 года назад +8

    Not only ethnic but greed too is the cause of Nigerias downfall

    • @femronal
      @femronal 2 года назад

      Are you not greedy?

    • @johnblah1040
      @johnblah1040 2 года назад

      @@femronal not everybody is greedy, relax.

  • @OgaBally
    @OgaBally 2 года назад +2

    This is incredible! Well done, I'm hooked to your channel.

  • @tamarakepreyeomgbuayakimi.1379
    @tamarakepreyeomgbuayakimi.1379 2 года назад +11

    Am very sure while this was going on , I mean all this chaos , the British were like...
    The British: ("oi mates, let's allowed them destroy themselves chap , let's watch closely , cause those guys can never be serious")
    ...

    • @RealityStand
      @RealityStand 2 года назад +6

      Actually British set the time bomb and knows that it must surely explode one day so British will get indirect control again. They cut of Benue and Kogi which used to be under Southern Nigeria and gave them to North with desperate need to make the North far majority so with their loyal Fulaniz North they can have indirect rulership of Nigeria and that's just what is still happening today.

    • @oluwasegunshobo4190
      @oluwasegunshobo4190 2 года назад +2

      Reality stand...you on point Nnamdi zik made a terrible mistake by conflicting with Awolowo in controlling the west a yoruba dominated tribe, instead of facing the east and claim today benue and small portion of Taraba state, he sabotage awolowo effort to reclaim kwara and western part of kogi state.
      Both side lost all areas to the north due to division among themselves.

  • @princeishere1693
    @princeishere1693 2 года назад +3

    This is an extremely well done video! BRAVO!

  • @amuedore8968
    @amuedore8968 2 года назад +2

    This is brilliant bisi.
    Weldone to you and your team for putting this up. I greatly commend your efforts

  • @okochaten
    @okochaten 2 года назад +6

    We have always known the problem of Nigeria. It has always been a fragile nation of tribes that can't see a common goal.

  • @temidayonwabueze3254
    @temidayonwabueze3254 2 года назад +5

    This present a unique perspective to 9ja problem. One that deals with democratic representation and how we lost from the beginning.
    Real census is the way with proper constituency delineations...

  • @dbapeman0698
    @dbapeman0698 Год назад +2

    At this point, do the peoples of Nigeria have a sincere interest in continuing as a single nation? It can surely be done if they all decide to act with trust and integrity. It would be beautiful to see this unfold.

  • @bisimedia
    @bisimedia  2 года назад +63

    Corrections:
    The NPC was founded in 1949, not 1943.

    • @combo-breaker3463
      @combo-breaker3463 2 года назад +1

      you may address this in the second part....alot of people are gonna use it for research purpose.

    • @flourishojemen8939
      @flourishojemen8939 2 года назад +3

      Clifford was 1922, not 23

  • @Mrm-hs6ld
    @Mrm-hs6ld 2 года назад +7

    Nigeria my country.
    Ethnicity has been our problem from the beginning.😭😭😭😭

    • @RealityStand
      @RealityStand 2 года назад +13

      It is a country forced into unity and not by agreement.

    • @kennysamson9422
      @kennysamson9422 2 года назад +3

      That's why Nigeria need to divide because we are not one.

    • @Mrm-hs6ld
      @Mrm-hs6ld 2 года назад

      It's obvious comrade.

  • @remy8016
    @remy8016 2 года назад +6

    New subscriber from Rwanda. Props for breaking down complex history, definitely will be following the rest of the videos.

  • @rachaelmolene
    @rachaelmolene 2 года назад +4

    Saving this to my playlist cuz this is the first time I've seen a video like this about my country. I follow lots of commentary and documentary channels, and seeing this just made really happy. I'm so impressed really. Well done! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @bayokoebi9351
    @bayokoebi9351 2 года назад +4

    Nigeria history is filled with bitter truth no wonder the government stop the teaching of history in our schools today... Too bad

  • @joshuaozigi3
    @joshuaozigi3 2 года назад +1

    This kind of content needs to be talked about more.
    So good. Automatic subscribe

  • @truth884
    @truth884 2 года назад +9

    There are some similarities between Nigeria and Jamaica. It seems the Western educated have a tendency to follow their trainings to the letter.

  • @jerryterwase9027
    @jerryterwase9027 2 года назад +3

    I'm glad to have discovered this channel.

  • @adekunlemazu1552
    @adekunlemazu1552 2 года назад +3

    Forcing 3 regions(people with different languages and cultures) to co-exist as a country was a total sham and it all happened so that Nigeria can continue to be in disarray and the colonial masters continuing to gain from the fruit of the divide. They knew from the onset that Nigeria being what it was would never make a meaning unless divided but chose to forced it on her anyways. Here we are still suffering from that one singular act of the colonial masters. They gave the then Nigeria to the greed and thirst for continuous oppressors and has cascaded to the current Nigeria.

    • @1987sizzle
      @1987sizzle 2 года назад

      See how they Strategically put the Northerners in Power and today we continue to See the manifestation of what happened Years ago with todays Northerners, they think they own Nigeria. They can be easily Manipulated by the slave masters (The British). They cannot do that westerners or Easterners...

  • @asayama333
    @asayama333 2 года назад +10

    What is the sense of the existence of Nigeria?
    Some anglos draw a square on the map and now the people inside this square have to be the same nation?

    • @bisimedia
      @bisimedia  2 года назад +12

      Unfortunately, this is the fate of most countries in African today.

    • @ekusondebango3568
      @ekusondebango3568 2 года назад

      You just pinpointed the problem of Africa. The Anglos sure as hell programmed Africa to fail.

    • @agberodongetinternet8651
      @agberodongetinternet8651 2 года назад +8

      every single country in the world was formed in almost the same manner, stop blaming your incompetence on others

    • @ekusondebango3568
      @ekusondebango3568 2 года назад

      @@agberodongetinternet8651 you must be a slave to the anglos then.go sidon down jari.

    • @Reyex7
      @Reyex7 2 года назад +3

      That's the million dollar question that Nigerians love to avoid

  • @mubarakobilowo4241
    @mubarakobilowo4241 2 года назад +4

    Tribalism is one of Nigeria's greatest weakness

    • @Judah_1_7
      @Judah_1_7 2 года назад +3

      Wickedness is the greatest problem and threat.

    • @bolanle2954
      @bolanle2954 2 года назад +1

      Define tribalism! If it’s always the problem then it means it can be defeated and we should accept except if you wipe out all other tribes and leave one tribe

    • @hananyusuf8649
      @hananyusuf8649 2 года назад

      No, it’s not!!! A problem, yes. But the greatest, I disagree.

  • @HRHSiyathokozaMweli
    @HRHSiyathokozaMweli 2 года назад +1

    Thank you, Bisi, for this amazing video. I enjoyed it. Subbed.

  • @aliukehinde3906
    @aliukehinde3906 2 года назад +4

    Awolowo was the right man and he went to waste but his legacy lives on.

  • @8teenLeadProject
    @8teenLeadProject 2 года назад

    This is a fantastic historical fact. Content like this should be seen by several people.

  • @innocentagbo2855
    @innocentagbo2855 2 года назад

    Without history we can not know the past, and without the past there will be know present! Glory be to God for this channel updating Nigerians their history!

  • @bolasalak7360
    @bolasalak7360 2 года назад

    This is really historic. Thanks for those who preserved the films and video clips

  • @chiebukankwoemeka5444
    @chiebukankwoemeka5444 2 года назад +9

    Even our so called fathers of this nation were so corrupt and tribalistic, how do we even go forward in this country, after watching this i am just highly disappointed

    • @mosesogundipe1629
      @mosesogundipe1629 2 года назад +3

      My brother, this is what I tell people about MKO Abiola too. His stolen mandate was bad, but I don't see him making a good leader because he was just the same with the military leaders.

    • @udyfrost6380
      @udyfrost6380 2 года назад +4

      That's life for you, those who are saying one Nigeria are the corrupt leaders of today. They just care about power rather than helping their people

    • @genuinediasporan6661
      @genuinediasporan6661 2 года назад +1

      Was Nigeria not doing well under regionalism? The major cause of present day Nigeria problems is the military incursion and abolition of Federal system of government. Present Nigeria Constitution were written by the Military dominated by Northern military officials doing things to favour their regions.

    • @mosesogundipe1629
      @mosesogundipe1629 2 года назад +1

      @@genuinediasporan6661 Go and study your history and stop saying what you picked from beer parlor. The military didn't write any constitution, or was Ben Akabueze a military man then? There's nothing wrong with our constitution, YOU and I are the problem of Nigeria including the Politicians and Civil Servants.
      Until we fix ourselves, we will never move forward. If you can't hold your Politicians accountable now, is it when you have regional Gov't you can hold them? 🙄🙄

    • @genuinediasporan6661
      @genuinediasporan6661 2 года назад +1

      @@mosesogundipe1629The military did not write Constitution So the 1999 Constitution was written by Nigerians? By Ben Akabueze? It appeared those in Beer parlours are more current with Nigeria political events.

  • @aniemmanuel3791
    @aniemmanuel3791 2 года назад +2

    Very interesting am really impressed. Please what of the continuation?

    • @bisimedia
      @bisimedia  2 года назад

      Check out the Nigerian History playlist on my channel.

  • @sportsgeek4335
    @sportsgeek4335 2 года назад +6

    Very difficult to get accurate undiluted history without bias.Yours is not 100% but very close,very very close.Please keep it up.Many need to know the actual truth.I have just subscribed.

    • @bisimedia
      @bisimedia  2 года назад +2

      Thank you very much. I try my best to look at the facts.

    • @highlife1690
      @highlife1690 2 года назад +1

      @@bisimedia but there is a bias

  • @blessingsbest6838
    @blessingsbest6838 2 года назад

    Thank you for the uploads and well done!

  • @primeminister51
    @primeminister51 2 года назад +6

    This information is sufficient evidence to inform those impervious and obstinate Nigerians who have chosen to ignore historical facts and instead latch onto an ethnocentric revisionist history of Nigeria to cast unnecessary aspersions against the January 15th, 1966 coup in Nigeria, as tribally motivated. The coup plotters struck only, because of the political mayhem and the breakdown of law and order in the Western Region of Nigeria. There were no other motives. This presentation is an unbiased account of events of that era.

    • @kunlekuseju4090
      @kunlekuseju4090 2 года назад

      Your submissions is fallacious. It was an Igbo hegemonic motive that drove the coupists, and that was clearly demonstrated by the fact that they left the Igbo politicians and high ranking military officers untouched while they killed non Igbos. They then claimed that they struck to install Papa Awolowo into office but kept him in jail for the entire duration of their administration. If they actually struck because they wanted to install Papa Awolowo, they would have released him immediately and swear him into office. Papa Awolowo was only released by General Yakubu Gowon just before the civil war, after the Northern officers dislodged the Igbos from power. The evil lies being peddled by the Igbos can easily be seen through. If they seriously want national reconciliation and unity, then they have to admit the fact that they started the usurpation of the negotiated order that was meant to ensure regional autonomy, and imposed a unitary system which destroyed the gains of regionalism. Papa Prof Nwabueze even played an ignoble role in the failed Igbo hegemonic project. They need to apologise for that and so many other things not mentioned here for there to be true reconciliation and unity.

    • @primeminister51
      @primeminister51 2 года назад

      @@kunlekuseju4090 I would have taken your lengthy response seriously if it wasn't for its baseless and inaccuracy. Opinions, by themselves, do not constitute truth no matter how hard one tried to mask them as the truth.
      Who are you to question their motives when some of the coup plotters who are alive have variously stated what their intent was.
      Major Adewale Ademoyega, a Yoruba, along with other junior officers and rank and file soldiers participated in the January 15th, 1966 coup!
      Ethnic or tribal jingoism never played a significant role in the killings, however, selectively they may have appeared.
      Those who were killed were those responsible for the mayhem in the Western Region of Nigeria.
      I'll suggest that you work hard to become more objective in your submissions going forward. When you allow your sentiment and parochialism to cloud your reasoning, you run the risk of deluding yourself and others who look up to you for intellectual guidance. I advise you to read Major Adewale Ademoyega's book, " Why We Strike." Perhaps, after reading it, you may come away with some knowledge.

    • @primeminister51
      @primeminister51 2 года назад

      @@kunlekuseju4090 Ademoyega's book is titled "Why We Stroke." Excuse the typo.

  • @chrissshady4822
    @chrissshady4822 2 года назад +1

    Hmmmmm, the corruption is from day one.....

  • @BashirAbba
    @BashirAbba 2 года назад

    Absolutely brilliant work. Keep this up, Bisi.

  • @TsarOfRuss
    @TsarOfRuss 2 года назад +1

    Great insight, thanks so much

  • @michaelanifowoshe5243
    @michaelanifowoshe5243 2 года назад

    Brilliant! Just Brilliant! Captivating and informative. Well done!

  • @captainswing7559
    @captainswing7559 2 года назад +3

    Ethnicity over merit is & will always be the biggest trouble of this country. The south & east should have never merged with the NPC & the undereducated & Islamic North shouldn’t be part of Nigeria. The western & some southern leaders too are a problem of this country as they always sided with the north which led to the northern political domination till date.

  • @SufferersKeepOnJammin
    @SufferersKeepOnJammin 2 года назад +7

    I subscribed before (SS Nautical Training). I really like the 'tone' of your vids, so I'm subscribing again. I'm 57, from Trinidad and some people here consider themselves to be descended from (the tribes of) Nigeria. When I was boy, the Oonu of Ife (sorry about the spelling) visited a few times, and it was a big deal to many people. In 1978, there was a very popular song here with Yoruba lyrics (Du Du Yemi). When there was a failed military coup in Trinidad in 1970, T Danjuma was the head of the subsequent court martial of the coup plotters. The ties don't end there, we are oil and LNG rich and corrupt and ethnically divided as well. Again, breaking down the history (of corruption and exploitation) is very important or young people inheriit crime and think it's normal. Keep doing your thing. I recently learned that the physical geography of Africa did not support nautical exploitation. I would appreciate a brief history on Nigerian commercial shipping including nautical schools. Not really interested in the Nigerian military navy. Keep doing your thing!

  • @boscobabu3264
    @boscobabu3264 2 года назад +1

    Great job , would love to see more.

  • @nyanyaa8043
    @nyanyaa8043 2 года назад +2

    I want to see a full documentary about the first prime minister who started improving the power project in Nigeria.

  • @chiamakajacobs2582
    @chiamakajacobs2582 2 года назад

    Why am I just seeing this now??? So insightful and detailed? Good job

  • @anitorabraham5747
    @anitorabraham5747 2 года назад

    Guy this is too good , you need more views and subscribers , keep it up bro

  • @kinged6792
    @kinged6792 2 года назад

    Enamored by such detail… I really do appreciate your effort in making this💯

  • @Austinjos
    @Austinjos Год назад

    Thank you Bisi for giving me what I couldn't get from school. God bless you Sir.

  • @FavourUremz
    @FavourUremz 2 года назад +1

    Bro your animations, are so nice, your sound design. Guy I know what this kind of work entails , you are a hard worker my G , 100k subs before the end of the year I hope, and thanks for the history lesson.

    • @bisimedia
      @bisimedia  2 года назад

      Thank you so much 😀

    • @FavourUremz
      @FavourUremz 2 года назад

      @@bisimedia can I contact you, whatsapp or Instagram??

  • @eazyjosh
    @eazyjosh 2 года назад +2

    YOUR CHANNEL IS DEFINITELY THE MOST UNDERRATED IN THIS COUNTRY BUT PEOPLE LIKE CRUISE IN THIS COUNTRY TOO MUCH

  • @oyelekeolanrewaju4666
    @oyelekeolanrewaju4666 2 года назад +2

    I respect the brain behind this channel. I have read several books but you narrated historical events without bias.

  • @eyowiji
    @eyowiji 2 года назад +3

    Kudos to you for putting this together; however, tiny details do matter. it's "Herbert", not " Albert" Macaulay

  • @marvelpraise6450
    @marvelpraise6450 2 года назад

    To be honest am learning a lot from this channel.. Keep the good work

  • @nerookios7738
    @nerookios7738 2 года назад +6

    The freedom Nigerians experience as a colonial free nation and its own country is only enjoyed by a few, the ones in power. That's why the masses would prefer to be taken back and ruled by the colonialists because they have never benefited anything from it. Its so sad

    • @theREALWashcloth
      @theREALWashcloth 2 года назад

      The masses wouldn't "prefer to be taken back and ruled by colonist", what an extremely colonial and unproven thing to say.

    • @nerookios7738
      @nerookios7738 2 года назад +1

      @@theREALWashcloth that's your opinion. I'm not here for arguments, and that is the LEAST of my point.

  • @anselmpaulinus8048
    @anselmpaulinus8048 2 года назад +8

    You mentioned the NPC winning the highest number of seats in the 1957 election, but did not tell your audience that they also had the least number of votes of the three major parties in that election, and as a result there was no winner in the election. Highest number of seats with least number of votes would have highlighted the manipulations of the British to ensure the north controlled Nigeria.

    • @dominicandrewz
      @dominicandrewz 2 года назад

      Can you expand on this story?

    • @kunlrjaiye7294
      @kunlrjaiye7294 2 года назад +4

      Stop the lie
      Nnamdi Azikwe sold Nigeria to the north if not the infamous alliance he formed The them in 1959
      When the north tested power they refuses to leave

    • @kunlrjaiye7294
      @kunlrjaiye7294 2 года назад +3

      @@dominicandrewz don't mind him he never talked about how zik formed an unholy alliance with north because he wanted power but the north later play him to his game

    • @anselmpaulinus8048
      @anselmpaulinus8048 2 года назад

      @@kunlrjaiye7294 Since you claim to know, please go ahead and tell the world what transpired in that election, not the jankara market stories that fly around.

    • @anselmpaulinus8048
      @anselmpaulinus8048 2 года назад

      @@dominicandrewz I will expand on this, but first of all would allow @Kunlr Jaiye to tell the world what he knows about the election, since he opened his mouth too early.

  • @Waalidah
    @Waalidah 2 года назад +4

    Really interesting and educational documentary. Thank you so much for creating it, it was very well done. One note to keep in mind is to try to be as balanced and unbiased as possible. The language and the perspective is biased for the South West, and against the North. Perhaps consider involving Northern historians to prevent that bias. All in all, great job!

  • @Steve-yn3cs
    @Steve-yn3cs 11 месяцев назад +1

    Please, anyone, the soundtrack at the beginning of this documentary. I've been trying to get it. 🙏

  • @osariemenwoghiren5594
    @osariemenwoghiren5594 2 года назад +3

    We were corrupt long before they name us Nigeria

  • @Sheyi1234
    @Sheyi1234 2 года назад

    Thank you for this series. I learnt some new things. I especially loved the detailed narration of the first and second coups. Well done

    • @pc2749
      @pc2749 2 года назад

      I’m glad you’re yoruba and you can see that the igbos have never been enemies with y’all… 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @salgtv986
    @salgtv986 2 года назад +2

    Very well done. However, the name is Herbert Macaulay not Albert

  • @officialclintrix2dwurld
    @officialclintrix2dwurld 2 года назад +2

    Northerners are still and will always be part of our problem in this so called Nigeria

    • @1987sizzle
      @1987sizzle 2 года назад

      My thoughts Exactly, The fact they think they own Nigeria. i dont blame them i blame the british because they put them in power due to the fact they can manipulate and control them the way they cant d to East and Westerners

  • @SSNauticalTraining
    @SSNauticalTraining 2 года назад +16

    I hope this is the work of young Africans. The way you are putting your version of the events in Africa is necessary. It will take a while but this is where young people should learn who they are, not from black american performers. (Black) Hollywood are not telling this story, they do not find these stories important. Thank you for making the effort. I am in the Caribbean (Trinidad), where we have similar problems to Nigeria and other African countries but we are far away from taking ownership of our story like I think you are here. Well done!!

    • @bisimedia
      @bisimedia  2 года назад +1

      Thank you very much. Yeah, this is the work of young Africans.

    • @godwinejiofor8064
      @godwinejiofor8064 2 года назад +1

      The narrolator accent is a Nigerian accents and the name is a Nigerian name

    • @AfriAmericanPrincess
      @AfriAmericanPrincess 2 года назад +2

      Black Hollywood tells THEIR own story, just like Nigerians should tell THEIR own story, and just like Caribbean people (Trinidadians) should tell THEIR own story. You can't expect other pepple
      see more importance in your story than you.

    • @SSNauticalTraining
      @SSNauticalTraining 2 года назад +1

      @@AfriAmericanPrincess agreed, to a point, but don't divide us up too much. We need the stories for truth and reconciliation, not to divide us. Hollywood exists to make rich people richer. Rich people want every dollar in the world, so there will compete for the black dollar by using Denzel's looks. Ever notice that Denzil win an Oscar for playing a crooked cop but not for playing Malcolm X?

    • @AfriAmericanPrincess
      @AfriAmericanPrincess 2 года назад +2

      @@SSNauticalTraining I'm not trying to divides us at all. The black diaspora tends to put onus on Black Americans to tell their stories when it's not their history. Why can't Caribbeans and Africans tell their own stories? Most Nigerians don't know their own national history (I'm Nigerian btw). The responsiblity is us to tell our own stories, no else's. Just like creator made this documentary, someone can make a movie if they wanted to. People make quality movies with Iphones now a days. There no excuse.

  • @Efjayslim
    @Efjayslim 2 года назад +1

    I'm still waiting for an unbiased honest history of Nigeria by a Nigerian.

    • @Dude-dx5ns
      @Dude-dx5ns 2 года назад +3

      Then make your own video and leave here

  • @davidolujinmi1919
    @davidolujinmi1919 2 года назад

    This is just sublime... Thank you brother

  • @emediongeshiet5812
    @emediongeshiet5812 2 года назад +2

    This is a very good documentary.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏽☺️
    "To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child..."
    Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • @mosesomoko7878
    @mosesomoko7878 2 года назад

    I am happy to watch this video..this is where the originality of our problem start and trib preferential treatment was done to a lot

  • @nyakadot.esq.2746
    @nyakadot.esq.2746 2 года назад +2

    Now do a docu. about how Kenya became extremely corrupt.I think she comes second after Nigeria

    • @bisimedia
      @bisimedia  2 года назад +1

      I would love to do that.

  • @Ayuba0Isah
    @Ayuba0Isah Год назад

    Best history channel , you're the best keep it up

  • @emmyreturn
    @emmyreturn 2 года назад

    more brother your video are really down to earth specific. God bless you.

  • @mudiamadin3616
    @mudiamadin3616 9 месяцев назад

    Good job, History of a nation should be taught from basic to university

  • @chigoziriisaac4169
    @chigoziriisaac4169 2 года назад +2

    If we TRULY want the ethnics of Nigerian contraption to do well? We should LET THEM GO!!!
    A marriage of more than 50yrs is not favoring ALL but one, seriously?
    Come on, we know, the more we try to sustain what the Whites created, which wasn't designed to favor us, the more we cry.
    50yrs of pain, sorrow and tears will only favor those coursing the trouble but for all, it doesn't.
    LET US LIVE BY ALLOWING US TO GO OUR SEPARATE WAYS!!!

  • @Alorio-Gori
    @Alorio-Gori 2 года назад

    Thank you so much Bisi 🙏

  • @prayerroomwithfolasade
    @prayerroomwithfolasade 2 года назад +1

    It would appear that a most unfortunate oversight by Ironsi, was the sparing of the life of the main instigator of the January coup, which singular inaction, I would opine, was responsible for the myriad of retaliatory killings of Igbos. At the end of the day, the perpetrator is said not to be an Igbo man, but an Anioma indigene! Yet, Nigeria is yet to heal, from the wounds inflicted by one man's unbridled arrogance.