Many African countries were < ~50 yrs removed from their traditional borders at the time of their independence. Why did most African countries retain their European defined borders? For example; why didn't Nigeria return to Igboland, Hausa Kingdom and Yorubaland, or Uganda to the Buganda Kingdom?
by /u/J2quared in /r/AskHistorians
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