Sole Native Authority (SNA) and the People at War: A Historical Review of the 1948 Erunkoja Tax Riots in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorAfolabi, A. S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-17T08:41:36Z
dc.date.available2024-04-17T08:41:36Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThe establishment of the British colonial administration and the introduc tion of the Indirect Rule system attracted opposition and riots in some places in Southern Nigeria. Indeed, the British decentralized despotism, the introduction of some burdensome taxation policies, and other prevalent tax related consider ations naturally engendered resistance, which manifested in protest movements, revolts and outright riots in some places in Yorubaland. The article adopts the frus tration-aggression theory. Evidence gathered from primary and secondary sources, chief among them being archival sources, interviews, and the use of extant litera ture. The paper argues that the increase in taxes after World War II had a political underpinning to the protest that led to the Erunkoja riot of 1948. Put differently, the riot was a consequence of the overbearing impact that increased taxes from the Second World War had on the people
dc.identifier.citationSole Native Authority (SNA) and the People at War: A Historical Review of the 1948 Erunkoja Tax Riots in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Yoruba Studies Review, Vol. 7, (2): Pp.167 - 186, Published by the Department of History, University of Texas, Austin, United States of America
dc.identifier.urihttps://journals.flvc.org/ysr/article/view/132808 or https://doi.org/10.32473/ysr.7.2.132808 (FlashVPN, VPN to unblock websites and apps. Download it from http://bit.ly/linkvpn)
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/12014
dc.publisherthe Department of History, University of Texas, Austin, United States of America
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 7, Number 2
dc.subjectBritish
dc.subjectColonial
dc.subjectDespotism
dc.subjectIndirect Rule
dc.subjectRiots
dc.subjectTaxation
dc.titleSole Native Authority (SNA) and the People at War: A Historical Review of the 1948 Erunkoja Tax Riots in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
dc.typeArticle

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