(a) Methods used by Nationalist leaders in their opposition to British Rule in West Africa are:
(I) The use of the press — e.g. West African Pilot, Comet, Daily Express, etc were used as vocal points of opposition to the British rule.
(ii) Strikes, protests, etc e.g. 1945 nation wide strike in Nigeria and 1948 in Ghana (then Gold coast).
(iii) Constitutional conferences (iv) Organising Seminars, Symposia.
(v) The use of political parties e.g. NNDP in Nigeria, CPP in Ghana, PPP in The Gambia, SLPP in Sierra-Leone.
(b) External factors that led to increased Nationalist demands after the second world war in West Africa are:
(i) The anti-colonial posture of UNO.
(ii) The activities of Labour party in the British Parliament.
(iii) The activities of pan-African Movement e.g. 1945 Manchester Conference.
(iv) The activities of the West African Students' Union in Britain after 1'945.
(v) The stand of USSR and USA who condemned colonialism.
(vi) Loss of British prestige after the Second World War as a result of their defeat.
(vii) Independence of India in 1947 gave nationalist consciousness to West African Countries.
(viii) The Atlantic Charter of 1941 raised consciousness for self-determination in West Africa.
(ix) The intellectual write-ups by people like Roosevelt Henry Wallace, Wendell Willikie, etc.