While riding the crest of the last oil boom in the late 1970’s, Nigeria’s military leaders nationalized the assets of British Petroleum and became champions of pan-African co-operation, financing several African liberation movements. The interests of the West and Nigeria repeatedly clashed, but Nigeria always stood its ground.
乘着1970年代石油业蓬勃发展的东风，尼日利亚的军事领导人将英国石油公司的资产国有化，进而成为泛非洲合作中的领军人物，并为多项非洲解放运动提供了资金支持。西方和尼日利亚的利益不断发生冲突，但尼日利亚总是坚守立场。