“The Africans began to see themselves not as Hausas, Igbos, or Yorubas, but as Nigerians in a common struggle against their colonial rulers.”

“Nigerians rarely transported locally brewed alcohol outside the area of production except where navigable waterways allowed.”

“Nigerians wear the boubou, Ghanaians the kente, former president Mobutu Sese Seko of the former Zaire made the safari suit his own.”