Callaway, Helen, and Dorothy O. Helly. “Crusader for Empire: Flora Shaw / Lady Lugard”. Western Women and Imperialism: Complicity and Resistance, edited by Nupur Chaudhuri and Margaret Strobel, Indiana University Press, 1992, pp. 79-97.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Flora Shaw | Sir George Goldie
was another architect of Empire, who at the time held jurisdiction over the Royal Niger Company
. Though he was married, some sort of affair—probably consummated, according to this account—may have begun... |
| Publishing | Flora Shaw | In an unsigned article in the Times, FS
coined the name Nigeria to apply to the territories under the jurisdiction of Sir George Goldie
and the Royal Niger Company
. |
| Textual Production | Dorothy Wellesley | DW
's prose works included a discursive and elusive autobiography, and a biography: Sir George Goldie
, Founder of Nigeria, A Memoir. This was, she said, a record of her conversations with Goldie... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Flora Shaw | FS
begins her book with the reminder that ours is not a white empire. At this time, when the British empire extended over a quarter of the globe, only one out of every eight subjects... |
Timeline
1879: British firms on the Niger River amalgamated...
National or international item
1879
British firms on the Niger River amalgamated into the United Africa Company
.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 684-5
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. Houghton Mifflin, 1952.
842
1879: British firms on the Niger River amalgamated...
National or international item
1879
British firms on the Niger River amalgamated into the United Africa Company
.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 684-5
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. Houghton Mifflin, 1952.
842
10 July 1886: The Royal Niger Company was given a royal...
National or international item
10 July 1886
The Royal Niger Company
was given a royal charter and authorized to administer the Niger territory
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 587
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
876
10 July 1886: The Royal Niger Company was given a royal...
National or international item
10 July 1886
The Royal Niger Company
was given a royal charter and authorized to administer the Niger territory
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 587
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
876
9 August 1899: The UK took over the government of Nigeria...
National or international item
9 August 1899
The UK took over the government of Nigeria and Lagos from the Royal Niger Company
.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 686
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
877
December 1905: A young British officer, Hugh Trenchard,...
National or international item
December 1905
A young British officer, Hugh Trenchard
, ordered the massacre of inhabitants of the village of Ahiara in southern Nigeria in retaliation for the killing of another officer.
Gott, Richard. “Shoot them to be sure”. London Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2002, pp. 26-9.
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