I know we had democracy in Igboland before Europeans came, but I don't know if it was the first in the world.
Also we have a very narrow definition of what democracy is these days. I don't think what we had back then included ballot boxes or stuff like that
David Njoku
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2026-08-06 19:46:30 UTC
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