Today Nigeria’s political system is more fiercely contested than ever with some militants trying to break up the federation – to what extent do these schisms have their roots in the extreme violence of Britain’s commercial exploitation of the territory and its colonial conquest?To tackle this question, Talking Africa podcast speaks to Max Siollun, author of What Britain Did To Nigeria; Barnaby Phillips, author ofLoot : Britain and the Benin Bronzes , and Funmi Adebayo, an economist and publisher of the Black Monologuespodcast series.This week's Talking Africais mediated by Patrick Smith.For more, head to www.theafricareport.com