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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.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- Production and supply
- Labor and leisure
- Labor supply and employment
- Territorial hierarchy
- Districts
- External relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Katab
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2015
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Scientist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1980-1984
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1800-1960
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kaduna state, Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Zuwaqhu A. Bonat
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72627073
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Katab (African people)