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 chapter examines the role of the market in the economic development of Africa and
Asia before the Second World War. It argues that the force of the market was crucial to the …

The problem in determining what areas of research should be discussed under the rubric of
African economic history lies less in the definition of the term “economic” than in that of …

Abstract The often quoted Kenneth Dike's analogy that the West African history,(Upper Cross
River Region of Nigeria inclusive) was largely the history of five centuries of trade with …

The peoples of south-eastern Nigeria have been involved in trade for as long as there are
any records. The archaeological sites at Igbo-Ukwu and other evidence reveal long distance …

52 tory as an elementary application of ideas drawn from recent writings of development
economists. Descriptive or narrative economic history is not the main concern of the book …

Most historians of West Africa have concentrated on the study of kingdoms and empires,
largely neglecting the millions who lived outside state systems. The problem revolved …

Between the late nineteenth and first half of twentieth century, there were several changes
with very far reaching consequences in Nigeria. One sector that experienced unprecedented …

Toe in the Niger Delta and its hinterland in the precolonial period was controlled by various
groups of commercial middlemen, the most important of these being the trading communities …

Introduction his study examines the 1844 to 1862 interregnum in Aboh in relation to
nineteenth century Niger commerce. The study is premised on the popular view that Aboh's …