One of the high points of the activities of the National Congress of British West Africa (NCBWA) led to the

Analyze the question: The NCBWA was founded in 1920 by J. E. Casely Hayford (Gold Coast), with members from Nigeria, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. The question asks about one of its major achievements.

Explain the concept: The NCBWA was an early nationalist body made up of the educated elite. It demanded:

• Elected representation in the legislative councils
• Equal opportunities in the civil service
• Press freedom and a West African court of appeal
• A West African university

Its demand for elected African representation had a real impact. In 1922 the Clifford Constitution in Nigeria introduced the elective principle. For the first time, a limited number of Africans were elected to the Legislative Council: 3 for Lagos and 1 for Calabar. The NCBWA's agitation is widely credited as one of the pressures behind this.

Check the options:

• A. Proposal for African unity: This was a pan-African idea associated with Nkrumah and the OAU. It was not the NCBWA's high point.
• B. African High Command: This was linked to Pan-African and military unity discussions in the 1960s, not the NCBWA.
• C. Africanization of the Executive Council: This came much later, in the 1940s and 1950s, under constitutions such as the Richards, Macpherson and Lyttelton constitutions. It was not the NCBWA's achievement.
• D. Introduction of the elective principles: This matches the Clifford Constitution of 1922, which followed NCBWA agitation.

Answer: D, introduction of the elective principles.

Tip: Link the dates: NCBWA (1920) leads to Clifford Constitution (1922), which brought the elective principle. Remember "1920 → 1922 → elections".