February 2017

The gender factor in post-World War I Africa: The development of the oil palm industry in Nigeria’s Benin province

In spite of the evidence that African Women under the post-World War I economy were subjected to brutal exploitation and underdevelopment as much as their male counterparts, Women Studies has remained a neglected theme in the historiography of post-World War I Africa. In fact, Nigeria’s Benin economic and development history typifies and reflects this reality of neglect across all its historical epochs. This study...

Author(s): Ayokhai, Fred Ekpe F. and Naankiel, Peter Wilfred