In the inter-war years, groups of enterprising Yoruba traders from a few towns in Western Nigeria established a successful trading network throughout the Gold Coast (Ghana). Then, in 1969, they were abruptly ordered to leave the country. At the time of the exodus, Jerry Eades followed the traders back to Nigeria. There, on the basis of extensive interviews and archival sources, he reconstructed the history of the migration from four Yorubu towns to northern Ghana. The result is one of the fullest and most detailed accounts of chain migration and its implications for economic development ever written.
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Well-written and highlyinformative ! this study is highly recommended to any Africanist who is interested in trade and migration. It will be of interest to a wide audience ofanthropologists, economists, political scientists and politicians.Social Anthropology. An important and useful contribution...should beconsidered must-reading for all those who seek to obtain a betterunderstanding of trade and informal sector labour markets and theirrelationship to ethnicity, economic development and state policies in Ghana Well-written and highlyinformative ! this study is highly recommended to any Africanist who is interested in trade and migration. It will be of interest to a wide audience ofanthropologists, economists, political scientists and politicians.Social Anthropology. An important and useful contribution...should beconsidered must-reading for all those who seek to obtain a betterunderstanding of trade and informal sector labour markets and theirrelationship to ethnicity, economic development and state policies in Ghana
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In April 1969 I arrived in Tamale in Northern Ghana to study the large numbers of Yoruba migrants, most of them traders, who had settled there during the colonial period and the early years of independence. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
junior relatives, market mammies, cocoa belt, younger traders, trading independently, senior relatives, junior brother, cocoa industry, compliance order, links with home, women traders, associational structure, women trading, starting capital, preaching stations, savanna areas, senior brother, chain migration, trading capital Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gold Coast, West Africa, Ile Olowo, Ile Isale, Northern Territories, Sabon Gida, Ilu Pejq, Oyo North, Upper Volta, High Commission, Ile Oke, Alhaji Karimu, Second World War, Yoruba Muslims, Ile Ago Are, Mustafa Iyanda, Progress Party, Yoruba Imam, Alhaji Bello, Alhaji Sadiku, Alhaji Salami, Alhaji Sani, Ile Iyanda, Ile Seriki, Public Works Department New!
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junior relatives, market mammies, cocoa belt, younger traders, trading independently, senior relatives, junior brother, cocoa industry, compliance order, links with home, women traders, associational structure, women trading, starting capital, preaching stations, savanna areas, senior brother, chain migration, trading capital Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gold Coast, West Africa, Ile Olowo, Ile Isale, Northern Territories, Sabon Gida, Ilu Pejq, Oyo North, Upper Volta, High Commission, Ile Oke, Alhaji Karimu, Second World War, Yoruba Muslims, Ile Ago Are, Mustafa Iyanda, Progress Party, Yoruba Imam, Alhaji Bello, Alhaji Sadiku, Alhaji Salami, Alhaji Sani, Ile Iyanda, Ile Seriki, Public Works Department New!
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