Strangers and Traders: Yoruba Migrants, Markets, and the State in Northern GhanaA detailed account of chain migration and its implications for economic development |
Contents
The political economy of a migration | 11 |
Yoruba townsmen in the northern Gold Coast | 42 |
The Yoruba traders | 80 |
Success and failure in trade | 107 |
The Yoruba community in Tamale | 140 |
Traders migrants and the state | 176 |
A note on methods | 198 |
Bibliography | 215 |
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Accra Ahmadu Alhaji areas Baptist Church Bolgatanga cedi cent chain migration Chapter cocoa compliance order compound coup Dagomba Damongo Eades economic egbe ethnic groups exodus farm father Frafra friends Ghanaian Gold Coast Gonja Hausa home town Ibadan Igbetti Igboho Ilesha Ilorin Ilu Pejo important Isale Iseyin Iyanda junior brother junior relatives Kumasi labour Lasisi Lebanese lorry Luke marriage married migration to Ghana Mossi Muslims networks Nigeria Northern Ghana Northern Territories Ogbomosho Ogundiran Olowo organisation Oshogbo Oshun pattern policies political Rahimi recruitment region Sadiku Schildkrout selling senior relatives Shaki smuggling social sold stalls Sudarkasa Table Tamale town of origin town parapo traders in Tamale West Africa wives Yendi Yoruba cloth Yoruba community Yoruba in Ghana Yoruba in Tamale Yoruba men trading Yoruba migrants Yoruba towns Yoruba traders Yoruba women younger Zongo