Oil Mill Riots in Eastern Nigeria, 1948-1951: A Study in Indigenous Reaction to Technological Innovation

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Title:	Oil Mill Riots in Eastern Nigeria, 1948-1951: A Study in Indigenous Reaction to Technological Innovation
Author:	Nwabughuogu, Anthony I.
Year:	1982
Periodical:	Africa Development: A Quarterly Journal of CODESRIA (ISSN 0850-3907)
Volume:	7
Issue:	4
Period:	October-December
Pages:	66-84
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Nigeria
Subjects:	rebellions farmers palm kernels technology 1940-1949 1950-1959 History and Exploration Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) colonialism Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Economics and Trade
External link:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/43658096
Abstract:	The relevant questions with which this article deals are: How do peasants respond to technological innovation which threaten to undermine their economic autonomy? Why do they react the way they do? What effect do such responses have on the success or failure of development programmes in Africa; and what are the implications of these for future policy? The answers to these questions are sought in an examination of the anti-oil mill riots after the Second World War in Eastern Nigeria: Introduction - Location - Background to the riots: the establishment of the oil mills - The riots - Causes of the riots - The effects of the riots. Map, notes, sum. in French, tab.