Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; List of Yoruba Terms; 1 Introduction; 2 Women, Markets, and Politics in Precolonial Ibadan; 3 Ibadan Market Women and Politics in Colonial Nigeria; 4 Market Women Organizations and Politics in the Period of Internal Self-Rule, 1951-1960; 5 Market Women and Postindependence Realities, 1960-1995; 6 Market Women, Politics, and Development, 1960-1995; Conclusion; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Summary
This book gives a historical explanation of how market women with little or no formal education engaged in political actions for societal development. It analyzes their experiences in the adaptation and transformation in the socio-political and economic spheres of Ibadan of the twentieth century
