Now that you know the conflict / differences between tribal knowledge, Islamic knowledge, and what we call western knowledge but is really global knowledge acquired through assimilation, you can see the choices different tribes made.
No tribe is a monolith. We're talking about 10s of millions of people. But the leaders of these tribes made decisions that affected the masses.
Many Yoruba and Igbo leaders prioritized western education and built British style universities.
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