This paper presents new insights on the Maji-Maji movement, which is a least studied research in the colonial history of Eastern Africa particularly Tanzania. Having use in-depth historical analysis of secondary sources as methodology, the paper examines the historical context of the Maji-Maji movement of 1905-1907which was a large scale war of resistance against German colonial rule in Tanganyika, (now Tanzania)that started in the Lindi Region and spread rapidly to other areas like the Ruvuma Region where the war ended. The paper opined that the immediate cause of the uprising was a government-instituted program of cotton culture, to which black farmers objected, but the underlying reason was a general resentment of harsh colonial policies that included forced labor and ruthless tax collection. The research also presentsthe movement as an armed movement arising from peasants’ grievances, backed by prophetic consecration as strategy to render the warriors’ immune to gunfire.The research reveals that the rebellion was however crushed
Read MoreLooking at the spectrum of Lokoja history from the precolonial, colonial and post-colonial eras, we can deduce that one of the major reasons for the rise and growth of Lokoja town as well as the reason for the presence of British administrators was as a result of its strategic location. The presence of the river Niger played important role in the economic growth and socio-cultural development of the early aborigines of Lokoja and those who later migrated and settled in the area. The location of Lokoja town at the confluence of rivers Niger and Benue as well as the natural hill called mount Patti was one of the reasons the British Administrators settled at Lokoja, as the first British settlement in Northern Nigeria. Club 1901 was one of the British Colonial legacies in Lokoja town during this period under study. Thus, the story of Club 1901 can never be complete without making references to the presence of British Colonial masters in the later part of the 19th and early 20th centuries in Nigeria and most especially in Lokoja. This work sets to elaborate the roles of Lord Frederick Lugard in the establishment of Club 1901. Equally, it will examine the roles of Club 1901 as a form of
Read MorePERSPECTIVES ON NIGERIA’S PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS IN AFRICA, 2009-2019 Luper Angel Nguyilan Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. & Rotimi Olajide Opeyeoluwa Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti-State & Aderemi Opeyemi Ade-Ibijola, PhD Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti-State.…
Read MoreA HISTORY OF BAPTIST SCHOOL, EKIRIN-ADDE, KOGI STATE, 1929-1960 Samuel Bamiloye Ibitoye-Bamisaye, PhD Department of History Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria Abstract Education is pivotal to societal development across the world. This education varies in form and from place to place but basically it equips an individual to be an effective member of his or…
Read MoreTHE DEVELOPMENT OF CASHEW PRODUCTION AND ITS IMPACT ON UGWOLAWO, OFU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KOGI STATE, 1991-2018 Agbonika Ojali Peace Department of History and International Studies, Federal University, Lokoja, Nigeria & Oladimeji Adewale Shemfe Department of History and International Studies, Federal University, Lokoja, Nigeria Abstract Agriculture is the lifeblood of the Nigerian economy. According…
Read MoreNIGERIA AND ITS CONTIGUOUS NEIGHBOURS: RELATIONSHIP AND CHANGE OF STRATEGIES Adeleke, Adewole Ayodeji Department of History and International Studies, Osun State University, Osogbo, Ikire Campus, Nigeria Abstract The principal aim of this article is to examine Nigeria’s relations with its contiguous neighbours. A critical look at Nigeria’s relations with its immediate neighbours would give one…
Read MoreThe most dominant group in the Niger-Benue Confluence Area is the Igala. Being the most populous group, the influence of its literary culture on its neighbors cannot be overlooked. Thus, there is a great conurbation of acculturation between the Igala and its neighbors. This integration made Igala literary culture significant to the historiography of the peoples of Niger-Benue Confluence Area. Igala historiography relied largely on documentary sources particularly books written by western Europeans and some indigenous writers. However, the contextual features of Igala discourse literature such as folklores, poems, music and songs, proverbs, prose, among others that play significant roles in the reconstruction of Igala history have not received adequate scholarly attention. Consequently, the notion of documentary sources like books written on Igala history is often generalized, thus limiting the role of oral literary culture in the reconstruction of Igala history. The current study addresses the gap by focusing on some of the most fundamental contextual features of Igala oral literary culture which is very significant to the historiography of the Niger-Benue confluence area from 1800 to 1999. Adopting historical methodology, this study made use of both the primary and secondary approaches to acquire information. The primary sources were information obtained from oral
Read MoreColonialism is both a political and an economic system, where a powerful state conquers or dominates a weaker one, using conquest as a weapon to achieve this. Colonialism or colonial system is a sort of hegemonial relation designed exclusively for political domination and economic exploitation of the colonialized area. Colonialism equally assumes alien domination. It connotes the establishment and maintenance of an extended time to rule over an alien people that are separated from and subordinated to the ruling power. In this context therefore, a colonial relationship is created, when a nation establishes and maintains political and economic domination over a geographically external and inhabited by people of any race at any state of culture development. It is against this backdrop that this paper discusses the Nupe colonialism of Okunland of North Central Nigerian c.a. 1847-1897.
Read MoreREGIONAL INTEGRATION IN AFRICA:A PRELIMINARY COMPARISON OF THE EAST AFRICA COMMUNITY (EAC) AND THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) Adebile, Oluwaseyi Paul Department of History Adeyemi Federal University of Education, Ondo opadebile@gmail.com Abstract Giving the socio-political contradictions enhanced by the artificial creation of colonial states in East and West Africa, regional integration has…
Read MoreMODERNITY AND ITS IMPACT ON EKUECHI FESTIVAL AMONG THE EBIRA-IHIMA OF KOGI STATE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Celebration of festivals is an integral aspect of cultural lives of a society from the ancient time. In many African societies, culture represents a way of life. While some of these practices could be shrouded in mysteries, others are exhibited in the glare. Cultural practices vary from one society to another; they take place at different seasons, times and periods of the year, depending on their significance. This work attempts to examine one of such cultural heritage among the Ihima people in Okehi Local Government area of Kogi state, Nigeria. Ekuechi festival is one of the major cultural celebrations in Ihima which characteristically, features the coming out of masquerades accompanied with rituals, sacrifices, artistic display, music, pump and pageantry. However, over the years the usual glamour, rituals and
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