This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru. Form the viewpoint of the British government, the attack on the Sokoto Caliphate is

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Literature In English - 2006 Subject: Literature In English

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This question is based on Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru.

Form the viewpoint of the British government, the attack on the Sokoto Caliphate is

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The correct answer to the question is "one of superiority". The British government, during their colonial rule in Nigeria, saw themselves as superior to the indigenous people and their cultures. In the case of the attack on the Sokoto Caliphate, the British government considered the Caliphate as a threat to their colonial rule and superiority, hence the need to subdue them. Therefore, the attack on the Sokoto Caliphate can be viewed as a display of British superiority over the indigenous people.

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