Studies in Southern Nigerian History: A Festschrift for Joseph Christopher Okwudili Anene 1918-68

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Dedication......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
1 Introduction......Page 12
2 Joseph Christopher Okwudili Anene: 1918–68......Page 20
Political Studies......Page 30
3 Nigeria: The Country of the Niger Area......Page 32
NOTES......Page 44
4 Political History of the City States of Old Calabar, 1820–60......Page 48
BACKGROUND TO POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT......Page 49
THE CITY STATES......Page 51
Creek Town......Page 53
Old Town (Obutong)......Page 56
Duke Town (Atakpa)......Page 60
Henshaw Town (Nsidung)......Page 63
NON-EFIK SETTLEMENTS: QUA AND EFUT......Page 66
EGBO AS AN INSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT......Page 68
PRE-EGBO SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT......Page 74
NOTES......Page 75
Economic Studies......Page 80
5 The Native Revenue Ordinance in the Eastern Provinces: The Adventures of a Colonial Legislative Measure......Page 82
THE ORIGIN OF THE CONCEPT: THE NATIVE REVENUE PROCLAMATION......Page 83
THE TRANSFERRAL OF LUGARD AND THE NATIVE REVENUE PROCLAMATION TO THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES......Page 85
EXTENSION OF THE NRO TO THE EASTERN PROVINCES......Page 91
CONCLUSION......Page 105
NOTES......Page 106
Social Studies......Page 110
6 The Newspaper Press in Southern Nigeria, 1880–1900......Page 112
THE GROWTH OF THE NEWSPAPERS......Page 113
The Lagos Times......Page 114
The Lagos Observer......Page 115
The Eagle and Lagos Critic......Page 116
Other Newspapers......Page 117
The Lagos Weekly Record......Page 119
The Lagos Standard......Page 120
Weekly Newspapers......Page 122
PRESS AND POLITICS......Page 123
NOTES......Page 133
7 The Nigeria Union of Teachers: 1930–65......Page 136
THE NUT AND THE GOVERNMENT(s)......Page 138
THE NUT AND THE MISSIONS......Page 143
PROBLEMS WITH TEACHERS......Page 147
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE NUT......Page 152
NOTES......Page 157
8 The Role of Ethnic Unions in the Development of Southern Nigeria: 1916–66......Page 164
NOTES......Page 181
9 The Nigerian Civil Service in the Colonial Era: A Study of Imperial Reactions to Changing Circumstances......Page 186
NOTES......Page 209
10 The British Navy and ‘Southern Nigeria’ in the Nineteenth Century......Page 212
THE ROLE OF THE WARSHIPS......Page 215
The British Navy against the Slave Trade......Page 217
The Navy and the Development of British Influence and Control......Page 221
Ja Ja and after......Page 224
NOTES......Page 226
11 An Aspect of British Colonial Policy in Southern Nigeria: The Problems of Forced Labour and Slavery, 1895–1928......Page 230
CARRIER LABOUR......Page 235
LABOUR FOR ROAD WORK AND RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION......Page 239
Railways......Page 240
REMUNERATION AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE......Page 243
THE JUSTIFICATION OF FORCED LABOUR......Page 246
FORCED LABOUR AND SLAVERY......Page 247
CONCLUSIONS......Page 250
NOTES......Page 251
BOOKS......Page 256
INDEX......Page 274