The land has changed: history, society and gender in colonial Eastern Nigeria

dc.contributor.authorKorieh, Chima J.eng
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-02T19:12:53Z
dc.date.available2010-11-02T19:12:53Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionIssued also in print format.
dc.descriptionSeries: Africa, missing voices series 6eng
dc.description.abstractA 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.en_US
dc.description.refereedYeseng
dc.identifier.citationChima J. Korieh. "The land has changed: history, society and gender in colonial Eastern Nigeria". Series: Africa, missing voices series 6, University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Alberta, 2010.eng
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/34579
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-55238-268-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/48254
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Calgary Presseng
dc.publisher.urlhttp://press.ucalgary.ca/eng
dc.rightsAttribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 Unported*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/*
dc.subjectIgbo (African people)–Agriculture–Nigeria, Eastern–Historyeng
dc.subjectAgriculture–Nigeria, Eastern–Historyeng
dc.subjectAgriculture–Social aspects–Nigeria, Eastern–Historyeng
dc.subjectAgriculture and state–Nigeria, Eastern–Historyeng
dc.subjectIgbo (African people)–Nigeria, Eastern–Social conditionseng
dc.subjectWomen, Igbo–Nigeria, Eastern–Social conditionseng
dc.subjectIgbo (African people)–Nigeria, Eastern–Historyeng
dc.subjectGreat Britain–Colonies–Nigeriaeng
dc.titleThe land has changed: history, society and gender in colonial Eastern Nigeriaeng
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