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Our World: The Legacy of Empire

The Legacy of Empire

02/10/2010

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Fifty years on from independence, former colonial officer John Smith returns to Nigeria.

Current affairs documentary series. Fifty years on from independence, John Smith returns to Nigeria to meet a former student.

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As the tide of history turned against the empire, a young colonial officer John Smith trained young Nigerians to run what would become their own democratic republic. Fifty years on from independence, he returns to meet one of his old students.

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