Nigeria: Land Abundance And Economic Institutions: Egba Land And Slavery, 1830–1914

Nigeria: Land Abundance And Economic Institutions: Egba Land And Slavery, 1830–1914 James Fenske, 2011   The ‘land abundance’ view of African history uses sparse population to explain economic institutions. This article uses colonial court records to show that the Egba of Nigeria fit this theory's predictions. Before 1914, the Egba had imprecisely defined land rights, relied on dependent and forced labour, and used labour to secure loans. These institutions responded to the changing...

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