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Title:Capital and Class: Peasant Differentiation in Northern Nigeria
Authors:Shenton, R.W.
Lennihan, Louise
Year:1981
Periodical:The Journal of Peasant Studies
Volume:9
Issue:1
Period:October
Pages:47-70
Language:English
Geographic terms:Northern Nigeria
Nigeria
Subjects:dual economy
subsistence farming
Economics and Trade
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Development and Technology
External link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03066158108438153
Abstract:This paper is an examination of the question of the persistence of peasant society under capitalism. More specifically, it is an examination of the exploitation and differentiation of the Hausa peasantry of northern Nigeria under British colonial rule. The paper commences with a brief review of the relevant literature and then proceeds to trace the interaction of merchant capital and peasant society and its effects on the development of the primary unit of production and reproduction in Hausa society, the Gandu, pl. Gandaye. Notes, ref., tab.
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