It is true that for a society to progress it must know how it is formed, its intrinsic components, core values and traditions. No society can move forward or make reasonable progress without considering its past - where it is coming from. History is bound to repeats itself when people in the present are not armed with the knowledge of past events.
Sadly, in Africa - Nigeria especially who happen to be the largest black nation, history is not regarded as a thing. In fact, the political class have successfully erase history from the nation's educational curriculum. So, what is taught in school about the nation is mere fallacy and not the truth as it should be.
History has lost its relevance in Nigeria. So much so that the Nigerian educator only teaches Nnamdi Azikwe and his likes as current affairs. Singing praises of its hero past whereas these so-called heroes ain't one if we are to look deeply at their lives. Couple of them sow discord that led to the civil war in the country. Away from that, truth is current affairs should be what is going on presently not some half-cooked stories to paint some leaders from parts of Nigeria great and leaving out the core of the story. That should be the way forward not just for Nigeria but other African countries.