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The Land Has Changed - History, Society, and Gender in Colonial Nigeria (Paperback)
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The Land Has Changed - History, Society, and Gender in Colonial Nigeria (Paperback)
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A century ago, agriculture was the dominant economic sector in much
of Africa. By the 1990s, however, African farmers had declining
incomes and were worse off, on average, than those who did not
farm. Colonial policies, subsequent 'top-down' statism, and
globalization are usually cited as primary causes of this long-term
decline. In this unprecedented study of the Igbo region of
southeastern Nigeria, Chima Korieh points the way to a more complex
and inclusive approach to this issue. Using agricultural change as
a lens through which to view socio-economic and cultural change,
political struggle, and colonial hegemony, Korieh shows that
regional dynamics and local responses also played vital roles in
this era of transformation. British attempts to modernize the
densely populated Igbo region were focused largely on intensive
production of palm oil as a cash crop for export and on the
assumption of male dominance within a conventional western
hierarchy. This colonial agenda, however, collided with a
traditional culture in which females played important social and
political roles and male status was closely tied to yam
cultivation. Drawing on an astonishing array of sources, including
oral interviews, newspapers, private journals, and especially
letters of petition from local farmers and traders, Korieh puts the
reader in direct contact with ordinary people, evoking a feeling of
what it was like to live through the era. As such, The Land Has
Changed reveals colonial interactions as negotiated encounters
between officials and natives and challenges simplistic notions of
a hegemonic colonial state and a compliant native population.
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