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Sir Percy Girouard, Canada's Governor of Northern Nigeria, 1907-1909

The Canadian railway engineer Percy Girouard [1867-1932] served as Governor to Northern Nigeria from 1907-1909, and he was one of only two Canadians to hold the post of Governor within the British Colonial Service. This ten-thousand-word literature review covering up to 2007, examines the background of his appointment; his accomplishments as governor, including extending the railway from Southern Nigeria up to Kano; his involvement with indigenes, British concessionaries and missionaries; and the long-term consequences of his policies. Girouard's tenure in the Northern Nigerian protectorate le…