Browsing by Author "Odeigah Theresa Nfam"

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    Globalisation and Human Commodity Trade in the Eastern Niger Delta Area of Nigeria in the 20th Century
    (PortharCourt Journal of History and International Studies, 2022) Odeigah Theresa Nfam
    Human beings are now being sold for profit making. Globalisation has generally facilitated the commoditisation of human beings. Women and girls are coerced, deceived, lured, trapped and at times forcefully exploited in what is regarded as modern day slavery or human trafficking or human commodity trade. The victims are recruited through highly respected persons such as village heads, chiefs, parents, uncles, aunties, close relatives or close family friends with the promise of greener pastures and various other forms of persuasion, deceit or outright abduction in an originating country often characterised by poverty, massive corruption, inordinate quest for wealth, high unemployment rate, political instability, violence and conflicts. The victims are transferred through transit countries often characterized by lax institutions such as Customs and Immigrations, weak legislature, corruption and porous borders and finally into destination countries with booming sex industry and high demand for cheap labour. This study examined Human commodity trade and commoditisation of women and girls in the Eastern Niger Delta area of Nigeria, using a historic and multi-disciplinary approaches. The study concludes that Human Commodity Trade is a harsh reality plaguing the Eastern Niger Delta area mainly due to the illusion that life is always better outside our shores, cultural factors, illiteracy, poor parenting and up-bringing, hunger, faulty educational system and poverty. These among others are some of the factors fuelling this clandestine contemptible trade in the Eastern Niger Delta area of Nigeria.
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