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“We stand at a fork in the crossroad of history, with one path leading to squabbling and a disunited group of tribes, and the other to a tolerant and united nation.”
Source: Independence Day broadcast to the nation as President of Nigeria, 1 October 1964, opening paragraph
Context The broadcast marked the first anniversary of the Federal Republic and came weeks before a federal election whose regional quarrels brought the First Republic close to collapse.
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