West African Pilot (newspaper)

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West African Pilot was an influential Nigerian newspaper founded by nationalist leader Nnamdi Azikiwe that played a key role in the struggle for independence from British colonial rule.

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West African Pilot (newspaper) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf daily newspaper ⓘ
newspaper ⓘ
affiliation National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons ⓘ
associatedMovement African nationalist movement ⓘ
Nigerian independence movement ⓘ
associatedWith NCNC ⓘ
circulationArea Lagos Colony ⓘ
Southern Nigeria ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
countryOfPublication Nigeria ⓘ
editorialStance anti-colonial ⓘ
pro-independence ⓘ
endPublicationYear 1960s ⓘ
format broadsheet ⓘ
founder Nnamdi Azikiwe ⓘ
genre nationalist press ⓘ
political newspaper ⓘ
hasContributor Nigerian nationalist writers ⓘ
headquartersLocation Lagos ⓘ
historicalContext British colonial rule in Nigeria ⓘ
historicalPeriod late colonial Nigeria ⓘ
inception 1937 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Lagos ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
notableEditor Nnamdi Azikiwe ⓘ
notableFor editorials criticizing colonial policies ⓘ
influential role in Nigerian struggle for independence ⓘ
mass political mobilization through the press ⓘ
owner Nnamdi Azikiwe ⓘ
partOf Azikiwe’s newspaper chain ⓘ
politicalAlignment Nigerian nationalism ⓘ
anti-colonialism ⓘ
publisher Nnamdi Azikiwe ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
roleInHistory instrument of nationalist mobilization in Nigeria ⓘ
platform for anti-colonial criticism of British administration ⓘ
vehicle for promoting pan-African ideas ⓘ
startPublicationYear 1937 ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
subject African nationalism ⓘ
British colonial rule in Nigeria ⓘ
Nigerian independence movement ⓘ
targetAudience educated African elite in Nigeria ⓘ
urban Nigerian population ⓘ

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Nnamdi Azikiwe → notableWork → West African Pilot (newspaper) ⓘ