Many scholars have reflected on Ricardo's comparative advantage theory, but little has been
said about Yoruba economic thoughts, especially in the exchange and distribution of articles …

The increasing rate of globalization has not only facilitated the high level of socio-cultural
diffusion in Nigeria but it has also watereddown indigenous economic activities. The colonial …

This study seeks to analyze the pre-colonial economic organization of Ejagham people in
relation to agriculture, crafts and industries; organization of trade and distribution. The study …

Despite the long time of separation, dating about six thousand years ago, the Ijo (central,
western and eastern) maintained a common language and culture. They are linguistically …

This study examined the nature, form and methods of trade organization and market
management in West Africa in the pre-colonial era. It submits that though West African …

A 1995 article by Stanley Alpern carried the troubling title" What Africans Got for Their
Slaves: A Master List of European Trade Goods." Alpern provided an annotated list of trade …

B. NDOMA-EGBA n Nigeria, and for that matter much of Africa, the familiar problem facing
researchers in economic history, especially in the precolonial era, is the absence of written …

This article focuses on the postcolonial economies of Cameroon and Rwanda, two former
colonies whose political economies have quintessentially come to define the present …

The advent of transatlantic commerce in Africa between the late fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries thrived on existing trading networks and consumer preferences, but the intensity of …

The reconstruction of the pre-colonial history of a people and their society has been a
herculean task for both pioneer and contemporary African historians. The dearth of …