ASSESS THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF IBIBIO WOMEN TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLONIAL ECONOMY (1900-1960)
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ABSTRACT
The broad objective of this study is to make a contribution to the subject matter of women in development. The purpose is to forge a holistic and gender sensitive analysis of the development processes. The study therefore adopts a qualitative descriptive approach. It implore one of the traditional methods of gathering information, i.e. the secondary sources of data. A sizeable percentage of secondary sources that is used came from published and unpublished works which include materials extracted from: Archives, Newspapers, discussions, Conference papers, Magazines, Internets, Books, and Articles in journals e.t.c. and was analyzed to make the topic under discuss meaningful. findings from the study revealed that the resilience of African women in sustaining food production under the constraints imposed by the colonial institution and by traditional norms proves that they were always physically and intellectually capable of economic independence. Thus Ibibio women like their male counterparts, they participated actively in exchange, agriculture, manufactures which contributed to economic development during colonial era. The study therefore recommend that Government and non-governmental organization should continue to enlighten the rural people on the need to shun customs that discriminate women from working and earning a living independently as this contributes to national development.
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