A Platter Of Gold

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A Platter of Gold is an exciting epic colonial biography of a nation. How did Nigeria come to be a nation?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Over the course of fifty-four years till the eve of Independence eight colonial proconsul Governors for the British Empire pitched wit passion and guile against under-celebrated sometimes everyday Nigerians: Ahmadu Attahiru I the Sokoto Caliph and his cavalry who violently resisted British ouster and occupation Eleko and the Lagos Chieftains Who first claimed they would rather die than pay tax; Nwanyeruwa of Oloko and her intelligent trio who said We will not pay tax till the world ends; the scores of women of Opobo who led the women's war against taxation; Alimotu Pelewura and the market women who would not sell their country for personal gain but instead asked for free trade; Michael Imoudu and his workers' union who paralysed the nation's economy under a general strike for native workers' rights and equality; Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti and the Abeokuta Women's Union who demanded native participation in government and seamen's liberation; and the miners of Iva Valley Enugu including the twenty-one killed echo mounted a go-slow strike for equal treatment and respect for natives in their work place.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This is a story of Nigeria's history as well as the history of Nigeria s story.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The other story!</span></p>