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Aspects of the economic and social history of the Atyab (Katab) c. 1800-1960 A.D.
Savanna • 10 (1) • Published In 1989 • Pages: 39-57
By: Bonat, Zwa’awhu Kalli Abungwon.
Abstract
In this pre- to post-colonial politico-economic history of the Katab, the author examines land use, the agricultural cycle, manufacturing, trade, and the importance of cooperative labor in subsistence activities in the pre-colonial era. He also examines the decentralized village-based political structure and predatory relationship with the regionally dominant Hausa and Fulani. Under colonialism the British institutionalized the Hausa emirate system to consolidate regional government and also imposed taxation, policies that diverted labor from traditional subsistence activities to wage work in tin mines or on cotton and groundnut plantations. The author sees missionaries as one arm of colonial domination. The Katab revolted in the 1920s and 1940s. The author discusses the rise of a class of Christian, Hausanised petty bourgeois in the post-colonial period.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2015
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Social Scientist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2012
- Field Date
- 1980-1984
- Coverage Date
- 1800-1960
- Coverage Place
- Kaduna state, Nigeria
- Notes
- Zuwaqhu A. Bonat
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 72627073
- LCSH
- Katab (African people)