Simon Ottenberg, Farmers and Townspeople in a Changing Nigeria: Abakaliki during colonial times (1905-1960).(Book review)

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SIMON OTTENBERG, Farmers and Townspeople in a Changing Nigeria: Abakaliki during colonial times (1905-1960). Ibadan: Spectrum Books (pb N3000, 24.95 [pounds sterling]--978 029 533 X). 2005, xxi + 364 pp.

At first sight, this history of a provincial Nigerian town during the colonial period may seem unremarkable: the book does not pretend to offer a new perspective on colonial rule, or add new insights to any of the fashionable fields of African history today. Rather, it aims to provide an overview of the main social, economic and local political developments in Abakaliki ...

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