Women and Warfare in Pre-Colonial Akokoland

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  • Olusanya Faboyede Department of History and International Studies Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria

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https://doi.org/10.18533/journal.v2i2.68

Abstract

In pre-colonial Akokoland, the most conspicuous fact about its political economy and peace was security challenges and mismanagement through internal and external manipulation. This paper analyses the role of women in warfare in pre-colonial Akokoland as a potential to integrate Akokoland, a multi-cultural community for productive and sustained effort to promote economic development in the region. Thus, the paper is conceptualised on historical objectivity. The paper argues that one of the ways of dealing with the scale of insecurity in the society is to assimilate historical thinking into the intention of the security agents (women warriors).

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2013): March

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