Ibadan market women and Lebanese traders in Southwest Nigeria, 1900–1960

Oladejo, Mutiat Titilope

doi:10.1080/14725843.2021.1954878

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“…There were internal movements in the form of intergroup trade connections, which facilitated supplies. In the framework of intergroup relations among different ethnic groups in Nigeria, food supplies for market women in the south were sourced from the Northern Region (Oladejo, 2012). The perspective of women in the channel suffices in the way Olayemi Akinwumi constructed the Alajapa (long distance traders) and Alarobo (short distance traders) in the trading occupation of women (Akinwumi, 2000).…”

Section: Food Systems and Colonial Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, they were struggling to maintain the economic power of commodity price in the markets. The deal to cushion the effects resulted in the Workers' Relief Fund where market women donated to help workers (Oladejo, 2015) to prevent hardships exemplifies the complementary roles of men and women in the 1940s labour relations.…”

Section: Gendered Realities Of Food Politics and Administration In Co...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is your cooperation that we seek in this matter and the cooperation of our wives, children, senior and junior siblings and our relatives, many of whom are members of the women's Marketing Association in Lagos and all its environs. We are asking you to devise a means by which our mothers can make the white men realise that their workers did not just descend from heaven.... Our strike is your own strike (Kenneth Dike Library, Macaulay Papers; Lindsay, 2003;Oladejo, 2015) Lagos market women used the support of labour unions to put forth negotiations against unfavourable policies and the alliances strengthened resistance to colonial rule. After World War II, world food crisis escalated.…”

Section: Gendered Realities Of Food Politics and Administration In Co...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The growth of cities in colonial Western Nigeria, specifically in Ibadan has received scholarly attention (Oladejo 2015). Mostly, historians of informal economies pointedly agree that there is a rural-urban interface in the network of supplies in Western Nigeria.…”

Section: Vending Of Food In Ibadan Marketsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Food Politics and Gendered Realities in Western Nigeria, 1939-1955

Oladejo

2020

Tanzania Journal of Sociology

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This paper examines the dynamics of food production, distribution, and marketing in Western Nigeria. It emphasises thegendered realities, that is, the implication for the involvement of men and women in the food system. The work accounts for thepre-colonial transitions to the colonial era and the impact of colonial governance on food production and marketing. Furthermore, the analysis on food politics is connected to modern agricultural policies; therefore, the work discusses the nexus inmodern agriculture and food marketing in Ilesa and Akure provinces of Western Nigeria and its disparity in gender roles. Also, the politics of food marketing in Lagos during World War II implied a lot on gender disparity and complementary roles. Thepaper exposes how colonialism defined gender roles through food production and marketing in Western Nigeria. It uses thehistorical method and sources of writing were based on archival materials and newspapers retrieved from the National Archives,Ibadan.

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Section: Food Systems and Colonial Planningmentioning

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Section: Gendered Realities Of Food Politics and Administration In Co...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Gendered Realities Of Food Politics and Administration In Co...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Vending Of Food In Ibadan Marketsmentioning

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Food Politics and Gendered Realities in Western Nigeria, 1939-1955

Oladejo

2020

Tanzania Journal of Sociology

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“…35 Their discomfort with this new passive role was sometime attested by their subsequent engagement in associationism or activism in order to have an impact in their social and political position. What appears paradoxical in these two interventions is that these readers seemed to ignore the fact that Nigerian women had always worked in this part of the country, as extensively showcased by several historians (Sudarkasa 1973;Oyěwùmí 1997;McIntosh 2009;Oladejo 2016). Their anxieties were a response to shifts in the discourse surrounding women's roles beyond Nigerian contexts.…”

Section: Should Wives Seek Employment?mentioning

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‘Dear Readers…’: Women’s Rights and Duties through Letters to the Editor in the Nigerian Press (1940s-1950s)

Panata

2020

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This paper analyses selected readers’ letters published in the women’s columns of three cornerstone newspapers of the Nigerian press: “Our Women’s Page” in the Daily Times, “The Women’s Realm” in the Southern Nigerian Defender and “For Women Only” in the Nigerian Tribune. The period analyzed (1940s-1950s) follows women’s large entrance in the press consumption and precedes the emergence of women’s magazines, exclusively aimed at women, in the 1960s, in the context of a global development of women’s glossy periodicals. Firstly, I will focus on letters to the editor in order to give an overview of the major historiographical debates and methodological challenges, which the use of these particular documents entails. Secondly, I will propose an analysis of the major debates in the letters to disentangle the intricate controversies around women’s rights and duties. In spite of the fact that these columns were perceived as a women’s space, female and male readers questioned the editors of major newspapers as well as fellow readers, debating the position of women in a rapidly changing society. Between progressive urges and persistent conservative ideas, the readers’ letters expressed doubts and anguish about the emergence of the “New Woman” in Nigeria. By giving a wider space to debates between “ordinary” literate women and men, readers’ letters provide a more nuanced understanding of the concerns that surrounded changing gender frameworks. I argue that these letters—much more that the opinion pieces of the women’s columns or women’s magazines, examined at length by historians—reflect the gender dimension of the anxiety around the unsettling women’s positions in this period. The discussions presented in the readers pieces mirror a complex understanding of gender through time: they interweave local debates concerning women’s roles, with the global currents of the “New Woman”. The analysis, showcasing the dialogic qualities of this journalistic genre, demonstrates the ways letters to the editor are significant in terms of how they sit within gender and African studies.

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African Immigrant Traders, Food Security, and Xenophobia in Johannesburg, South Africa

Bamidele

2024

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The role of African immigrant informal traders in enabling food security for families throughout Africa has been explored in the literature. However, little has been published on the relationship between African immigrant traders, food security, and xenophobia in the City of Johannesburg, South Africa. A lack of information combined with negative attitudes among researchers and policymakers has led many to undervalue African immigrant informal traders, often dismissed as peripheral to the food economy and food security in Johannesburg. Therefore, in this article, I analyse the role of African immigrant informal traders in making food accessible and affordable for customers despite constant harassment arising from xenophobia.

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Ibadan market women and Lebanese traders in Southwest Nigeria, 1900–1960

Cited by 3 publications

References 7 publications

Food Politics and Gendered Realities in Western Nigeria, 1939-1955

Food Politics and Gendered Realities in Western Nigeria, 1939-1955

‘Dear Readers…’: Women’s Rights and Duties through Letters to the Editor in the Nigerian Press (1940s-1950s)

African Immigrant Traders, Food Security, and Xenophobia in Johannesburg, South Africa

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