1956 Was The Beginning, Not The Birth: Tracing Nigeria’s First Oil Truth
Myth vs History: Who “Discovered” Nigeria’s Oil? NIGERIA’S oil story is often told as a dramatic 1956 revelation by foreign geologists. This simplified retelling omits a critical truth: petroleum was seen, used, and referenced locally long before colonial commercial interest began, and its political consequences—benefits, exclusions, and structural inequalities—were shaped far from the communities where […]
