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Currency and conflict in colonial Nigeria

Abstract:: This chapter examines a central theme in Jane Guyer’s analysis of monetary transactions in Atlantic Africa – the implications of money valuation in relation to social order and disorder in Nigeria. It revisits the case of manilla currency exchange that she has discussed extensively in relation to calculation, ranking and political legitimacy (Guyer 2004, 2009). The manilla exchange rate is often ignored as a contributory factor in the various social upheavals of the region in the period before the manilla was ‘redeemed’ in 1948.¹ Following Guyer’s lead, and drawing on the pioneering scholarship of Naanen (1993), this chapter argues that manilla...

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Pratten, D. (2017). Currency and conflict in colonial Nigeria. In W. Adebanwi (Ed.), Political Economy of Everyday Life in Africa: Beyond the Margins (pp. 72–91). James Currey, Boydell and Brewer.

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Pratten, D. “Currency and Conflict in Colonial Nigeria.” Political Economy of Everyday Life in Africa: Beyond the Margins, edited by W Adebanwi, James Currey, Boydell and Brewer, 2017, pp. 72–91.

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Pratten, D. 2017. “Currency and Conflict in Colonial Nigeria.” In Political Economy of Everyday Life in Africa: Beyond the Margins, edited by W Adebanwi, 72–91. James Currey, Boydell and Brewer.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Oxford college:: St Antony's College
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Publisher:: James Currey, Boydell and Brewer
Host title:: Political Economy of Everyday Life in Africa: Beyond the Margins
Pages:: 72-91
Chapter number:: 2
Publication date:: 2017-06-01
DOI:: 10.1017/9781787440517.004
ISBN:: 9781787441057

Language:: English
Subtype:: Chapter
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Deposit date:: 2016-11-30

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Copyright holder:: David Pratten
Copyright date:: 2017

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