explain this quote? The North was wary; it feared domination from the more educated South and had always wanted a country separate from the infidel South anyway. But the British had to preserve Nigeria as it was, their prized creation, their large market, their thorn in France’s eye. To propitiate the North, they fixed the pre-Independence elections in favour of the North and wrote a new constitution which gave the North control of the central government.”

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can somebody explain this quote? The North was wary; it feared domination from the more educated South and had always wanted a country separate from the infidel South anyway. But the British had to preserve Nigeria as it was, their prized creation, their large market, their thorn in France’s eye. To propitiate the North, they fixed the pre-Independence elections in favour of the North and wrote a new constitution which gave the North control of the central government.”
The quote from the book Half of a Yellow Sun

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