THE COLONIALS

The Diary of Lieutenant Clapperton

A commentary section opened here for the Diary of Expedition into Northern Nigeria.

A diary of a Colonial from Sokoto Province towards Kanem Borno. What he saw as he informally writes his thoughts through the journey.

It is useful to take a look at this link and download read through page to page. This will give you a raw account of what in-land expedition assessed and what a colonial personality thought of a place and culture at first contact.