Historicizing the Changing Phases of Colonial Transport System in Ilorin Province, 1900 – 1960

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dc.contributor.authorOnagun, Rasheed
dc.contributor.authorAwotayo, Olatunji J.
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-27T13:57:52Z
dc.date.available2021-10-27T13:57:52Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractMovement of people, goods and services had existed in human society since time immemorial. The colonial government effectively engaged the pre – colonial and the newly introduced colonial transport systems to exploit and developed their economic potentiality. This situation exploited the Emirate. The railway was meant for long distances freight evacuation, while the road served as a feeder to a major rail line or the other as well as human porterage. The paper adopts a historical and analytical methodology using primary sources like archival documents, oral interview, newspapers, and some secondary sources. The paper concluded that the changing phases of colonial transport system had empowered, developed and generated huge revenue to the Province. It gave rise to the creation of a new class of elites among the people of Ilorin.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationOnagun, R. & Awotayo, O. J. (2019): Historicizing the Changing Phases of Colonial Transport System in Ilorin Province, 1900 – 1960. ALORE Ilorin Journal of the Humanities. 28; 68-83. Published by Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin. Available online at http://ejournals.unilorin.edu.ng/journals/index.php/alore/issue/view/214en_US
dc.identifier.issn0794-4551
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/6805
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisher28en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries28;
dc.subjectTransportationen_US
dc.subjectColonialismen_US
dc.subjectSupportiveen_US
dc.subjectRailwayen_US
dc.subjectRoaden_US
dc.subjectHuman Porterageen_US
dc.subjectTrade routeen_US
dc.titleHistoricizing the Changing Phases of Colonial Transport System in Ilorin Province, 1900 – 1960en_US
dc.title.alternativeALORE Ilorin Journal of the Humanitiesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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