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ELITE SLAVES IN ILORIN IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES*
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Introduction
This article focuses on the elite slaves of Ilorin, formerly a southern frontier emirate of the Sokoto Caliphate that is now part of Nigeria. I argue that during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the roles and status of these slaves underwent various changes: that they increased their power (and their wealth and prestige) in the nineteenth century by means of their military activities and their role as intermediaries (baba kekere)1 providing access to Ilorin's emirs; ...
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ELITE SLAVES IN ILORIN IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES*
The International Journal of African Historical Studies
; Introduction This article focuses on the elite slaves of Ilorin, formerly a southern frontier emirate of the Sokoto Caliphate that is now part of Nigeria. I argue that during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the roles and status of these slaves underwent various changes: that they increased
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