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| Title: | The Rise and Decline of Kru Power: Fernando Po in the Nineteenth Century |
| Author: | Sundiata, Ibrahim K. |
| Year: | 1975 |
| Periodical: | Liberian Studies Journal |
| Volume: | 6 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 25-41 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Bioko |
| Subjects: | Kru labour migration Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) History and Exploration |
| Abstract: | For the greater part of the last century and well into the twentieth, Kru labor was the mainstay of agriculture and other activities on the island of Fernando Po. In a very real sense the island may be viewed as an economic dependency of the Kru Coast. In the first half of the nineteenth century Kru labor was not only important in terms of manpower; it also threatened to rise to political dominance. In the second half of the century Kru labor no longer presented a potent political threat. Nevertheless, its importance increased as the island struggled to produce an export crop. Paradoxically, the increasing dependence of the island on Kru labor was matched by a dimunition of Kru freedom of action in matters related to migration. Notes. |