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The abolition of the slave trade in southeastern Nigeria, 1885-1950
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ISBN: 9781580462426 1580462421 9781580466684 1580466680 Year: 2006 Publisher: Rochester, NY University of Rochester Press

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The Abolition of the Slave Trade in Southeastern Nigeria, 1885-1950, is a history of the campaign waged by Great Britain in colonial Nigeria from approximately 1885 on, to abolish the internal slave trade in the Bight of Biafra and its hinterland, a region also known as Eastern Nigeria, Southeastern Nigeria, the Eastern Provinces, or the trans-Niger Provinces. It treats the internal slave trade and the war against it in this region and period as themes separate from the institution of slavery in the same area and the campaign to root it out generally known as emancipation. For this reason, and because slavery and the effort at emancipation have received more attention from scholars, this work concentrates entirely on that aspect of the slave trade and its fortunes under British colonial rule commonly known as abolition. In reconstructing the story of this important and protracted campaign, Adiele Afigbo sheds light on a dark corner of social history that has largely been neglected by historians.

Adiele Afigbo is Professor in the Department of History and International Relations at Ebonyi State University, Nigeria.


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The politics of chieftaincy : authority and property in colonial Ghana, 1920-1950
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ISBN: 1580468578 1580464947 1322078890 Year: 2014 Publisher: Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer,

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Established as the commercial and administrative capital of the Gold Coast Colony (now Ghana) in the late nineteenth century, the city of Accra experienced profound societal changes throughout the twentieth century. The Politics of Chieftaincy examines the disputes over authority and property during the peak decades of British colonial rule. Between 1920 and 1950, colonization, commercialization, and urbanization sparked and sharpened a range of controversies. The removal of chiefs from office, succession disputes, and litigation resulting from land alienation and urban development became commonplace. An intriguing dynamic unfolded as colonial rule intersected with grassroots politics: although chieftaincy disputes and litigation were powerful sites of conflict and disruption, they also became spaces for local people to negotiate the sociopolitical and economic changes of the period. Sackeyfio-Lenoch demonstrates how these disputes opened new arenas for Accra's residents to engage in dialogue about the efficacy of chieftaincy and the meaning of property and its alienation during colonial rule. Accra exerted dominance inthe region by virtue of its location and status; its history provides us with an important case study for understanding urban and colonial processes in Africa during the first half of the twentieth century. Naaborko Sackeyfio-Lenoch is Assistant Professor of African History at Dartmouth College.

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Politics and government. --- Land tenure. --- Gã (African people) --- Chiefdoms. --- HISTORY --- Land tenure --- Chiefdoms --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Chieftaincies --- Chieftainships --- Political anthropology --- Ethnology --- Agrarian tenure --- Feudal tenure --- Freehold --- Land ownership --- Land question --- Landownership --- Tenure of land --- Land use, Rural --- Real property --- Land, Nationalization of --- Landowners --- Serfdom --- West. --- History. --- Ghana --- Ghana. --- Accra (Ghana) --- Akkra (Ghana) --- Akra (Ghana) --- Nkran (Ghana) --- أكرا (Ghana) --- Горад Акра (Ghana) --- Horad Akra (Ghana) --- Акра (Ghana) --- Аккра (Ghana) --- Ακκρα (Ghana) --- Acra (Ghana) --- Akrao (Ghana) --- 아크라 (Ghana) --- Ak'ŭra (Ghana) --- Аккрæ (Ghana) --- Akkræ (Ghana) --- אקרה (Ghana) --- Aḳrah (Ghana) --- アクラ (Ghana) --- Chia-na --- Dēmokratia tēs Gkanas --- Gáana --- Gana --- Gana ka Fasojamana --- Gana Konghwaguk --- Gana Respublikaḣy --- Ganæ --- Ganah --- Ganao --- Ganmudin Orn --- Ghana Vabariik --- Ghanako Errepublika --- Ghaney --- Ghanská republika --- Gkana --- Government of Ghana --- Gweriniaeth Ghana --- Hana (Ghana) --- IGana --- Ochíchìíwú Ghana --- Pobblaght ny Ganey --- Poblachd Ghàna --- Poblacht Ghána --- Qana --- Qana Respublikası --- Repubblica del Ghana --- Republic of Ghana --- República de Ghana --- Rèpublica du Gana --- Republik Ghana --- Republika Gana --- Republiḳat Ganah --- République du Ghana --- Rėspublika Hana --- Respublikæ Ganæ --- Tjóðveldið Gana --- Yn Ghaney --- Γκάνα --- Δημοκρατία της Γκάνας --- Рэспубліка Гана --- Республикæ Ганæ --- Република Гана --- Ганæ --- Гана --- Ганмудин Орн --- רפובליקת גאנה --- גאנה --- ガーナ --- 가나 --- 가나 공화국 --- Ashanti --- Gold Coast --- Northern Territories of the Gold Coast --- Togoland (British) --- History --- Accra. --- British colonial rule. --- Ga chiefs. --- Gold Coast colony. --- authority. --- independent state. --- land tenure reform. --- local elites. --- local resistance. --- political movements. --- political power. --- property. --- reconstruction.

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