TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mukhtar, Yakubu
T1  - Merchants of colonial Borno : men, means and methods
T2  - Berichte des Sonderforschungsbereichs 268
N2  - This paper examines Borno's colonial economy with particular reference to the activity of indigenous traders. Stress is laid on trade within Borno and between the province and other markets in Nigeria and the adjoining colonies of Cameroon, Chad and Niger. An analysis of the involvement of traders, ranging from Kanuri, Hausa, Tubu, Fulani, Shuwa Arabs, Yoruba to Igbo, in items such as livestock, indigenous cloths of Hausaland manufacture (especially turkudi), kolanuts, local salt, natron, dried fish, imported cotton materials and salt is also attempted. Although Maiduguri (or Yerwa), Nguru, Potiskum, Bama, Goniri, Monguno, Geidam, Abadam and Biu were the main market centres in the province during much of the period under review, the activity of traders in Maiduguri is chosen for consideration in the paper. Apart from being the provincial and Shehu's capital, the emphasis on Maiduguri is informed by the town's commercial importance, especially in the overland trade between the rest of Nigeria and the neighbouring colonies of Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
T3  - Berichte des Sonderforschungsbereichs 268 - 08, 231 
Y1  - 1996
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1813
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-35955
VL  - 8
SP  - 231
EP  - 254
PB  - SFB 268
CY  - Frankfurt, M.
ER  -