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These possessions are the colony and protectorate of Nigeria; the Gambia colony and protectorate; the Gold Coast colony with Ashanti and northern territories, and the Sierra Leone colony and protectorate.

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    S. H. Steinberg Ph.D. (Fellow)

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Steinberg, S.H. (1955). British West Africa. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman's Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270848_19

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