British Food (In) Security Policies in Colonial Nigeria and Popular Reactions in the South-western and South-eastern Provinces, 1939-1945
| dc.contributor.author | Afolabi A.S | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-17T09:07:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-04-17T09:07:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The effects of the Second World War on food insecurity in Africa have gained scholarly attention over the past few years; however, there have been no comprehensive attempts to provide historical evidence and analyze the experience of food insecurity in the colonial territories that later trans- formed into Southern Nigeria. This article fills this gap in research and argues that the demands of the British colonial government for food supplies, along with other policies geared toward agricultural regulation such as the Pullen Scheme, led to such inflation of food prices in urban centers that rural pro- ducers could not meet the demand for foodstuffs. The result- ing food shortage triggered reactions from indigenous peoples, particularly market women in the southern and eastern prov- inces of colonial Nigeria. The article supports its arguments using a combination of sources from the Nigerian National Archives, newspaper reports, and peer-reviewed journals | |
| dc.identifier.citation | 19. Afolabi, A.S. (2023) British Food (In) Security Policies in Colonial Nigeria and Popular Reactions in the South-western and South-eastern Provinces, 1939-1945, Africa Today, Published by Indiana University Press, 70 (3): Pp. 91-111 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/916821 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/12154 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Indiana University Press | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Volume 70, Number 3 | |
| dc.title | British Food (In) Security Policies in Colonial Nigeria and Popular Reactions in the South-western and South-eastern Provinces, 1939-1945 | |
| dc.type | Article |