Women and Dynamics of Food Security in Pre-Colonial Nigeria: A Historical Perspectives

EZEDINACHI, IFEOMA E. (2023) Women and Dynamics of Food Security in Pre-Colonial Nigeria: A Historical Perspectives. Journal of African History and Archaeology, 1 (1). pp. 107-125. ISSN 2753-3204

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Abstract

Women in pre-colonial, Nigeria, played critical and significant roles in their different communities, kingdoms and empires to impact society. It is against this backdrop that this paper attempts to unravel the inestimable contributions of women to food security of their respective families and societies and to this end Marxist/Socialist and Postmodernist theories were adopted. The paper submits that women played active, beneficial, and positively influential roles throughout Nigeria’s history in pre-colonial era, thus, this should motivate present Nigerian to increase their engagements, productivity, and effectiveness in the crucial mission of nation-building. Adopting primary and secondary sources of data, the study employed historical method of analysis. The paper recommends for lessons to be drawn from pre-colonial Nigerian women’s efforts in ensuring food security for their society, particularly for the sake of positive gender relations as well as gender equality.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: D History General and Old World > D History (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User: Uchenna Eneogwe
Date Deposited: 05 Sep 2025 11:11
Last Modified: 05 Sep 2025 11:11
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/5477

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