In a time when Africa’s historical narrative is undergoing a long-overdue reckoning, The Crown’s Curse: Britain’s Destructive Reign in Nigeria emerges as a fearless literary intervention. Written by renowned public intellectual and cultural thought leader Prof. MarkAnthony Nze, this masterwork unearths the brutal legacy of British colonialism and its deeply embedded impact on Nigeria’s socio-political landscape.
More than a history book, The Crown’s Curse is a daring exposé—a fearless intellectual and moral indictment of imperial Britain’s exploitative conquest of Nigeria. Prof. Nze dismantles the carefully polished mythologies of empire to expose a darker reality: a legacy built on violence, theft, and cultural subjugation. Drawing on uncompromising historical analysis, the author revisits pivotal but often suppressed events—the 1851 bombardment of Lagos, the deceitful Treaty of Cession, the vicious expansion of the Royal Niger Company, and the calculated disintegration of pre-colonial African governance structures.
With razor-sharp clarity, he illustrates how the colonial project was not merely a political maneuver, but a deeply engineered assault on indigenous identity, spiritual sovereignty, and intellectual autonomy. Yet The Crown’s Curse doesn’t stop at critique. It issues a transformative call for cultural restoration, educational decolonization, and a complete reawakening of Africa’s suppressed truths.
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Prof. Nze, the CEO of People & Polity Inc. and founder of influential media platforms such as Africa Digital News New York, Africa Today News, and The Eastern Updates, brings unmatched credibility to this work. His reputation for confronting colonial distortions and championing Afrocentric perspectives resonates throughout the book’s pages, making it a vital contribution to the Pan-African intellectual tradition.
Published by The Guru Book, this title is not just a literary triumph—it is an act of resistance and revival. The Crown’s Curse is a must-read for historians, scholars, policy influencers, and every African committed to truth, justice, and self-definition. It is a blueprint for reclaiming identity, reframing history, and redrawing the future of a continent long misrepresented.
As Africa stands on the brink of a new intellectual awakening, The Crown’s Curse delivers the voice, the vision, and the velocity needed to confront the ghosts of empire and reclaim the soul of a nation.