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| Title: | The Railway Workers and Modernization in Colonial Nigeria |
| Author: | Oyemakinde, Wale |
| Year: | 1979 |
| Periodical: | Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Period: | December |
| Pages: | 113-124 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Nigeria |
| Subjects: | modernization railway workers Labor and Employment History and Exploration colonialism Development and Technology |
| Abstract: | The colonial experience in Nigeria brought in its wake complex influences. With the flag following the trade, the broad direction of political and economic policies henceforth became the responsibility of the British. In the end, the country was left with multifarious legacies ranging from the rule of law to changes in personal names. Emphasis in this paper is however more specific than a discussion of colonial legacies in general. Rather, concentration is on the super-imposition of the colonial economy on the Nigerian communities. This in effect began with the provision of infrastructure which facilitated the production and distribution of goods and services. In 1895 the Nigerian railway labour force came into being. This paper describes the modernizing influence of the railway through the attitudes demonstrated by the railway workers who were scattered here and there in the country. Unlike the civil servants whose concentration was in the national or regional capitals, the railway servants functioned from one station to another, whether big or small, all over the entire railway system which was the most prominent physical feature in the country. - Ref. |