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- ItemConceptualizations of Africa.(African Studies and Research Forum Series. Springer, Cham., 2025-02-28) Hadizat Audu SalihuIn this chapter, I discuss the conceptualizations of Africa in the field of History, an academic discipline which many scholars have defined as the study of past events, people, and societies. It is the exploration of the past through the examination of written and non-written sources, artifacts, and other forms of evidence (Carr, 1961). The goal of history is to understand the past and to explain how and why things happened the way they did. The concept of History has evolved, with different approaches and perspectives. Traditional approaches to History focused on political and military events, while more recent approaches have expanded to include social, cultural, and economic aspects (Burke, 2008). Historians use a variety of sources to reconstruct the past, including primary sources such as letters, diaries, pictures, drawings, songs, chants, and official documents, as well as secondary sources such as textbooks and scholarly articles. They also use a range of methods, including qualitative and sometimes quantitative approaches, to interpret the evidence and draw conclusions to narratives (Gaddis, 2004). History has important practical applications in all fields of life, such as informing policy decisions, preserving cultural heritage, and promoting social cohesion. It also has intrinsic value as a way to understand and appreciate the diversity of human experience and the complexity of human societies (Bauer, 1948). Africa has been studied by many Western historians since the 1900s with misconceptions about Africa, such scholars are Hugh Trevor-Roper, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, David Hume, Hegel, E. D. Morel, and many other European scholars and colonial powers viewed African societies as primitive and uncivilized, with a culture and history that were inferior to their own.
- ItemAn Expose of Civilian Women (J.T.F) Combating Terrorism in Northeast Nigeria(Center for Kwararafa Studies, Kwararafa University Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria., 2024-12-06) Hadizat Audu SalihuTerrorism in Africa is a 21st century phenomenon, most of which arose from religious fundamentalism in the continent. The Boko haram sect has perpetuated the most devastating act of terrorism in Africa especially in the North Eastern part of Nigeria where millions of lives and properties were lost. To combat the Boko haram terrorist, the Nigerian armed forces worked closely with civilian who are from the Northeast of Nigeria. Among the civilians are women who actively participate in combating the terrorist despite their traditional role in African sociocultural setting. The study explores the role played by women as members of the civilian Joint Task Force in North Eastern part of Nigeria and how they were able to defy all odds to combat terrorism in their various communities. Qualitative research method was adopted in the study as it entails the use of interviews (live story), oral information, text books, newspapers, the internet, magazines as well as audio and visual materials. The study reveals that, women are highly vulnerable and affected by the menace of the Boko haram terrorist whereby many were killed, kidnapped and used as sex slaves, suicide bombers as well as domestic slaves by the Boko haram terrorist. All these heinous crimes are perpetuated against women irrespective of age, religious inclination and status. The effects of terrorism are enormous on women and as a result have led to the determination of some women in the North East Nigeria to join hands and partner with the civilian JTF in the fight against Boko haram. The study therefore concludes that these women have used motherly instinct and resilience to perform actively as members of the civilian JTF and are as important as their male counterpart and are ready for any challenges and duties even as peace keeping forces with or without formal military training in tactics and decoy.
- ItemThe Impact of Globalization on Local Economic Activities in Moro, Kwara State, Nigeria, 2000 – 2020(Dept. of Hist. & International Stu., UDUS, 2023) Olayimika Wasiu Kewulere; Ibrahim Abdulganiyu JawondoGlobalization is a process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide. With the advances in communication, transportation, and technology, this process has increased in intensity and has become increasingly more prevalent in the 21st century. Globalization has affected local, national, and worldwide economic activities since the turn of the millennium, with local areas receiving enormous impact. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to investigate the degree to which economic activities have been impacted by globalization, especially during the first two decades of the twenty-first century. It adopts historical research method in data collection and analytical approach in presenting them. Because writers often ignore the region's economic past, a large amount of the material comes from oral interviews, which fills in the information gaps.
- ItemDisintegration Cries across Nigeria: Symbols of Institutional Defects in Answering the National Question(Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, 2022) Kewulere Olayimika WasiuThe amalgamations of 1906 and 1914 factorized emergence of the geo-political entity called Nigeria. Created from more than two hundred and fifty different ethnic groups, several kingdoms, chiefdoms and loose territories unanimously wear the gown of a nation. National question, however, has been a major issue in the Nigerian context. Since independence till present epoch, the nation has always had contending issues on ethnic, religious and political party representations and shares, thus, revisiting the national question. Allowing Lord Fredrick Lugard rest in peace, this paper looks beyond the problem of the forced unification of different groups into a nation. It x-rays the state mechanisms towards resolving the national question by mitigating the factors for disintegration cries. It discovers that the limitations of governance in Nigeria are the causes of reoccurring challenges of nationhood. The paper proffers ‘answers’ to national question and concludes that upholding one Nigeria, ruled with good governance mechanisms is the best option, while mutually agreed and peaceful secession is better than disintegration laced with warfare. The study adopts historical method. It presents its secondary sources with the use of analytical approach.
- ItemImpact of Colonial Activities on the Economy of Moro Districts, Ilorin Emirate, Nigeria(West Bohemian Historical Review, 2024) Olayimika Wasiu Kewulere; Ibrahim Abdulganiyu JawondoThis paper is on the impact of colonial activities on the economy of Moro Districts (Presently Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria), Ilorin emirate. With the incursion of Europeans into Ilorin Emirate and the subsequent influence of colonialism on its economy, the traditional economic activities in the Districts became reshaped through colonial policies that brought about quantitative and qualitative transformation to them. The aim of this paper, therefore, is to examine the extent of the effects of colonial activities on the economy of the Districts. Its objective is to debunk the sole attribution of the negative impact of European colonialism on African societies, through a pair presentation of the pros and cons of colonial activities on the economy of the Districts. This paper largely depends on primary sources, archival materials and oral information as its sources of data. This becomes important because the archival materials embed adequate information on the economic activities of the epoch as well as the effects of colonialism on them. Oral information on the other hand provides further explanation of the expressions in the colonial reports. The study adopts an analytical approach in its presentation of data, to create avenue for proper understanding. The findings of the study reveal that the economy of the Districts under examination was significantly impacted by the colonial activities and policies in positive ways that benefitted both the citizens and the government, and also laid a solid foundation for post-colonial economic status of the area. It concludes that as good as the colonial activities were, they also had maleficial effects which the economy of the area suffered during the colonial period and beyond.