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کتابخانه
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NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
LA115571
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انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Martial Identities in Colonial Nigeria (c. 1900-1960)
General Material Designation
[Article]
First Statement of Responsibility
Timothy J. Stapleton
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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In British colonial Nigeria, the military was more heterogeneous than previously thought and British ideas about "martial races" changed depending on local reactions to recruiting. In the early twentieth century British officers saw the northern Hausa and southwestern Yoruba, who dominated the ranks, as civilized "martial races." The Yoruba stopped enlisting given new prospects and protest, and southeasterners like the Igbo rejected recruiting given language difficulties and resistance. The British then perceived all southern Nigerians as lacking martial qualities. Although Hausa enlistment also declined with opportunities and religious objections, the inter-war army developed a northern ethos through Hausa language and the northern location of military institutions. The rank-and-file became increasingly diverse including northern and Middle Belt minorities, seen by the British as primitive warriors and as insurance against Muslim revolt, enlisting because of poverty. From 1930, military identities in Nigeria polarized with uneducated northern/Middle Belt infantry and literate southern technicians. In British colonial Nigeria, the military was more heterogeneous than previously thought and British ideas about "martial races" changed depending on local reactions to recruiting. In the early twentieth century British officers saw the northern Hausa and southwestern Yoruba, who dominated the ranks, as civilized "martial races." The Yoruba stopped enlisting given new prospects and protest, and southeasterners like the Igbo rejected recruiting given language difficulties and resistance. The British then perceived all southern Nigerians as lacking martial qualities. Although Hausa enlistment also declined with opportunities and religious objections, the inter-war army developed a northern ethos through Hausa language and the northern location of military institutions. The rank-and-file became increasingly diverse including northern and Middle Belt minorities, seen by the British as primitive warriors and as insurance against Muslim revolt, enlisting because of poverty. From 1930, military identities in Nigeria polarized with uneducated northern/Middle Belt infantry and literate southern technicians.
SET
Date of Publication
2019
Physical description
1-32
Title
Journal of African Military History
Volume Number
3/1
International Standard Serial Number
2468-0966
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Britain
Subject Term
colonialism
Subject Term
ethnicity
Subject Term
identities
Subject Term
martial races
Subject Term
military
Subject Term
Nigeria
Subject Term
West Africa
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Timothy J. Stapleton
LOCATION AND CALL NUMBER
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10.1163/24680966-00301003
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Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب p
[Article]
275578
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