THE IMPACT OF BRITISH COLONIAL DOMINATION ON THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STRUCTURES OF THE SOCIETY OF KANO, 1903-1950
THE IMPACT OF BRITISH COLONIAL DOMINATION ON THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STRUCTURES OF THE SOCIETY OF KANO, 1903-1950
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1983-12
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MANSUR, Ibrahim Mukhtar
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Abstract
This subject matter of this thesis deals with
the impact of British colonial domination on the
social and economic structures of the society
of kano It covers the period from 1903 to 1950-a
period. in which a colonial society, with dependent
structures, emerged. It was geared towards serving
Britain, through colonial trade, as a market and as
a source of Industrial raw materials.
The establishment of this colonial relation,
among other things, entailled the re-orientation
of the system of production and transformation of
pre-existing institutions along capitalist lines.
The Aristocracy, the power that controlled
and regulated the Emirate system of production,
was subjected and transformed so as to allow for
the re-orientation. The re-orientation of the
system of production was carried out through the
policies of the colonial state in the areas of land,
labour and fiscal policies. Out of the process of the establishment of
the colonial system of production new classes
and class relations with capitalist values began
to develop* The result was the emergence of a
new type of polarisation within the society made
up of cash-croppers and labourers on the one hand
and a ruling class on the other. The ruling class
was made up of top bureaucrats which included the
Emir, Hakimai. Pagatal and their advisers and
trading agents. This division was sustained and
sharpened by new forms of accumulation and
aporopriation of portions of proceeds of labour.
Through these new forms of appropriation and
accumulation of proceeds of labour British
imperialists and their surrogates, the ruling
class, benefited immensely.
Thus, the period between 1903 and 1950 was
one in which the Emirate social and economic
structures underwent profound changes in the
interest of British capitalism.
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A Thesis submitted to the postgraduate School,
Ahmadu Bello university, in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree of Master
of Arts, History.
Department of History
Faculty of Arts and social Sciences
Ahmadu Bello university, zaria.
DECEMBER, 1983•
This Thesis should not be quoted with
a written permission from the Author.
Keywords
BRITISH COLONIAL DOMINATION,, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STRUCTURES,, SOCIETY OF KANO, 1903-1950