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ISBN | 9789789756926 |
Format | PaperBack |
Language | English |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Bib. Info | 378p. Includes Index; Bibliography |
Categories | History |
Product Weight | 450 gms. |
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This is a concise history of the Boze from the Precolonial Period. Though the polity has been exposed to external influence through interactions with the Hausa and Fulani for a long time, from the beginning of the twentieth century, they have been besieged by immense socio-economic and political pressures which have exerted profound impacts on them. For instance, the colonial tin mining activities, which gave rise to the influx of peoples of diverse cultures, have degraded the land from which the people had hitherto eked out a living, and this has rendered the Boze to be susceptible to the impact of all kinds of social, economic and cultural influences. The long terms implications are that the modern generation of the Boze instead of speaking to their children in their mother tongue, now speak Hausa language to them. Thus, they have lost touch with most of their unique societal cultural values. The situation in Boze land is comparable to late Chinua Achebe's description of the confrontation between the Igbo culture and the white men. However, whereas after colonialism the Igbo have tried to recover and re-establish their culture and whereas their land is still productive, the Boze have virtually lost both their culture and their land. Although this work is similar to the increasing range of minority studies in Nigeria and Africa, it is a clarion call for the international community to cooperate and support the Boze in their struggle to return to a rich abandon cultural heritage.