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The Land Has Changed: History, Society, and Gender in Colonial Nigeria (Africa: Missing Voices, 6) (Volume 6) Paperback – Illustrated, March 2, 2010

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A century ago, agriculture was the dominant economic sector in much of Africa. By the 1990s, however, African farmers had declining incomes and were worse off, on average, than those who did not farm. Colonial policies, subsequent 'top-down' statism, and globalization are usually cited as primary causes of this long-term decline. In this unprecedented study of the Igbo region of southeastern Nigeria, Chima Korieh points the way to a more complex and inclusive approach to this issue. Using agricultural change as a lens through which to view socio-economic and cultural change, political struggle, and colonial hegemony, Korieh shows that regional dynamics and local responses also played vital roles in this era of transformation.

British attempts to modernize the densely populated Igbo region were focused largely on intensive production of palm oil as a cash crop for export and on the assumption of male dominance within a conventional western hierarchy. This colonial agenda, however, collided with a traditional culture in which females played important social and political roles and male status was closely tied to yam cultivation. Drawing on an astonishing array of sources, including oral interviews, newspapers, private journals, and especially letters of petition from local farmers and traders, Korieh puts the reader in direct contact with ordinary people, evoking a feeling of what it was like to live through the era. As such, The Land Has Changed reveals colonial interactions as negotiated encounters between officials and natives and challenges simplistic notions of a hegemonic colonial state and a compliant native population.

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This complex study by native Igbo speaker Korieh (Marquette Univ.) combines oral evidence with mastery of documentary and secondary sources to examine Igbo agricultural society from procolonial to present times. Korieh's stance is that of an African Nationalist, but the integrity of his use of historical evidence leads to conclusions in which British coonial rulers emerge smelling a bit sweeter than their nationalist inheritors . . . the book's last section is pure tragedy, detailing the effects of civil war and the emergence of petroleum thereafter, which virtually destroyed the agricultural economy. Summing Up: Highly recommended.

—J.E. Flint, CHOICE Reviews

-- J.E. Flint, Emeritus, Dalhousie University ― CHOICE (Current Reviews for Academic Libraries), February 2011, vol. 48 No. 06

About the Author

Chima Korieh is an associate professor in the Department of History at Marquette University. He has published extensively in the areas of African social and economic history, colonialism, and gender.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Calgary Press; Illustrated edition (March 2, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 390 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1552382680
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1552382684
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.24 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.87 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #5,485,520 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #374 in Nigeria History
- #3,205 in Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
- #5,929 in Food Science (Books)

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Chima Korieh was born in Mbaise, Nigeria. A product of public education, he graduated in 1991 with a First Class honors degree in history from the University of Nigeria. Dr. Korieh has a Masters in Education degree from the University of Helsinki in Finland, a Masters of Philosophy degree in History from the University of Bergen, Norway, and a PhD from the University of Toronto. He was a British Academy Fellow at Oxford University in 2008. Dr Korieh has traveled extensively to a number of countries including, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Malaysia, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Russia. He is currently an Associate Professor at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and author or editor of over ten books.