The role of colonial state in the emergence of modern Minna town 1910-1960 / Salihu Ibrahim and Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani Ahmad Sabri

Historically some towns owe their emergence to such developments like warfare, trade and commerce while others emerged because of geographical or military factors. Apologist of colonialism and bourgeoisie scholars’ emphasized the role of colonial state in the establishment and emergence of town/...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim, Salihu, Ahmad Sabri, Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2018
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32013/
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description Historically some towns owe their emergence to such developments like warfare, trade and commerce while others emerged because of geographical or military factors. Apologist of colonialism and bourgeoisie scholars’ emphasized the role of colonial state in the establishment and emergence of town/cities in Africa. This paper adds voice to the existing literature and further argued that it did not just found such settlements but improved on the agglomeration process following its various policies. To successfully conduct this study critical analysis of secondary sources is employed. The research aim at an examination of the growth and development of Minna town in the face of modernization, urbanization and changing socio-economic and political environment, it traced the emergence of the town to colonial era in 1910 following the British conquest of the area and consequent establishment of colonial administrative structures. The significance of the paper lies in its ability to unravel the historicity of the origin of Minna and to point out the
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spelling uitm-320132020-07-08T03:27:26Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32013/ The role of colonial state in the emergence of modern Minna town 1910-1960 / Salihu Ibrahim and Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani Ahmad Sabri voa Ibrahim, Salihu Ahmad Sabri, Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying Historically some towns owe their emergence to such developments like warfare, trade and commerce while others emerged because of geographical or military factors. Apologist of colonialism and bourgeoisie scholars’ emphasized the role of colonial state in the establishment and emergence of town/cities in Africa. This paper adds voice to the existing literature and further argued that it did not just found such settlements but improved on the agglomeration process following its various policies. To successfully conduct this study critical analysis of secondary sources is employed. The research aim at an examination of the growth and development of Minna town in the face of modernization, urbanization and changing socio-economic and political environment, it traced the emergence of the town to colonial era in 1910 following the British conquest of the area and consequent establishment of colonial administrative structures. The significance of the paper lies in its ability to unravel the historicity of the origin of Minna and to point out the Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32013/1/AJ_SALIHU%20IBRAHIM_2%20VOA%20K%2018.pdf Ibrahim, Salihu and Ahmad Sabri, Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani (2018) The role of colonial state in the emergence of modern Minna town 1910-1960 / Salihu Ibrahim and Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani Ahmad Sabri. (2018) Voice of Academia (VOA) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Voice_of_Academia_=28VOA=29.html>, 13 (1). pp. 28-36. ISSN 2682-7840 https://voa.uitm.edu.my/
spellingShingle Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying
Ibrahim, Salihu
Ahmad Sabri, Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani
The role of colonial state in the emergence of modern Minna town 1910-1960 / Salihu Ibrahim and Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani Ahmad Sabri
title The role of colonial state in the emergence of modern Minna town 1910-1960 / Salihu Ibrahim and Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani Ahmad Sabri
title_full The role of colonial state in the emergence of modern Minna town 1910-1960 / Salihu Ibrahim and Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani Ahmad Sabri
title_fullStr The role of colonial state in the emergence of modern Minna town 1910-1960 / Salihu Ibrahim and Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani Ahmad Sabri
title_full_unstemmed The role of colonial state in the emergence of modern Minna town 1910-1960 / Salihu Ibrahim and Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani Ahmad Sabri
title_short The role of colonial state in the emergence of modern Minna town 1910-1960 / Salihu Ibrahim and Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani Ahmad Sabri
title_sort role of colonial state in the emergence of modern minna town 1910-1960 / salihu ibrahim and ahmad zaharuddin sani ahmad sabri
topic Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32013/
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