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Aspects of the economic and social history of the Atyab (Katab) c. 1800-1960 A.D.

Savanna10 (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.
Subjects
Real property
Production and supply
Labor and leisure
Labor supply and employment
Territorial hierarchy
Districts
External relations
culture
Katab
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)