HIST 460 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Royal Niger Company, Sokoto Caliphate, Niger River
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Gendered responses to colonial rule: the case of nigeria. The british claimed a sphere of influence, extending inland from the niger delta: british merchants had long been active in the niger river delta, after the atlantic slave trade, trading palm oil. Igbo people became important producers of palm oil. Why did indirect rule work relatively well in northern. In 1914, british combined the southern nigeria protectorate and northern nigeria. Igbo in the southeast: caused the british [blackboard] Igbo society: no history of chiefs or kings; women and men both had power. Indirect rule in southern nigeria: through illegitimate local authorities. Igbo women lost power under colonial rule: only 1 woman ahebi ugbabe ever became a warrant chief, and to achieve this status, she had to live as a man. Igbo women lost the power they had experiences in village councils.
