It is indeed nothing but the truth that Nigeria’s past and present dictators are regrettably attempting to rewrite History. Nigeria’s former dictators have continued to show hatred for both the oral and written aspect of History and basically try to wish it all away by rewriting the history of the country and their deeds either in the past or present. They also hope to achieve the aim of erasing totally their personal past actions especially those considered detrimental to the course of the nation and the people of the country at hand.
History is defined, as the study of the past History is the study of the past, particularly the written records of the human race but more generally including scientific and archaeological discoveries about the past (Wikipedia.org) Academically, History is the field of research producing a continous narrative and a systematic analysis of past events of importance to the human race. “Those who studied history as
October 2nd, 2010
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