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Textile Production in the Lower Niger Basin: New Evidence from the 1841 Niger Expeditio... - 2 views

Ratau Sejeng

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  • Although it has been already well established that textile manufacturing was a strong sector of the economies in the lower Niger basin, many specific questions have remained unanswered about what kind of textiles were produced and marketed, how, where, and by whom they were produced, and how textile production and trade changed over time.
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      donclassico on 26 Apr 23
       
      It has been proven that textile production was the major holding economy in the whole of Nigeria and it dominated for many years.
  • originally chose to undertake the analyses of these textiles for two reasons. The first concerns the variation I found in the literature regarding prices of textiles. Not only has there been agreat variety ofcloth types produced inthe lower Niger region, but prices could vary considerably among cloths of the same general type.
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      donclassico on 26 Apr 23
       
      The explorer explained that prices for cloths were not the same especially in the lower region of Niger
  • In their explorations, they were to learn as much as possible about native industries and agriculture, especially cotton and textile production. Most of the cloths they collected and brought back to England were turned over to the British Museum in 1843 (they are now in the Museum of Mankind); another smaller group of cloths acquired privately by Dr William Stanger was purchased by the Wisbech and Fenland Museum in Cambridgeshire in 1858.
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      donclassico on 26 Apr 23
       
      The two explorers investigated too much on cotton and textile production and their collection proved that these cloths were firstly acquired by the British Museum then later collected by Dr WILLIAM STRANGER.
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  • This detailed documentation, together with myanalyses ofthe textiles, presents us with a clearer picture than we had before of textile production and trade in the lower Niger region in the mid-nineteenth century.
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      donclassico on 26 Apr 23
       
      The Museum of Mankind proved everything about textile production in the Niger region .The reason being is because it had a formal documentation that stated the origin ,usage and the price ranges for textiles
  • The textiles are the earliest non-archaeological examples extant which are known to be from the lower Niger region, and they have been kept in excellent condition. Even more important are the circumstances of their collection, about which we know a great deal.
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      donclassico on 26 Apr 23
       
      Textile are proven to be unsearchable and so hard to research because of certain consequences
  • She showed that general price levels for the cloths fell into a coherent geographical configuration -
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      donclassico on 26 Apr 23
       
      The explorer proved that Mario Johnson said that according to the collections . prices and market values of cloths differed from place to place
  • For the town of Eggan, in which most of the cloths were purchased, Johnson was able to distinguish an economy in which materials were imported to produce textiles for export while at the same time cheaper cloth was imported from Yoruba country (south of Eggan) for local use. She went on to infer that the Yoruba cloths were cheaper because they were woven on the vertical loom, which she claimed produced 'lower quality' products. My analyses show that this inference is incorrect.
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      donclassico on 26 Apr 23
       
      Johnson indicates that textiles and cloth from Egga were more expensive and the ones from Yoruba country were cheaper because they were woven on the vertical .This shows that Yoruba country produced lower quality products.
  • They revealed that prices could rise or fall according to the amount of silk used, the dimensions of yarns, and the density of the fabric weave.
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      donclassico on 26 Apr 23
       
      It is proven that the quality ,dimensions ,size ,density and amount of silk determined the prices of the cloths and textiles.
  • An explanation for the relatively lower prices of Yoruba cloths cannot, therefore, be based on an assumed difference in textile technology used
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      donclassico on 26 Apr 23
       
      Technology was discredited not to be used to differentiate Eggan and Yoruba textile production
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Mapping the History of Cotton Textile Production in Precolonial West Africa.pdf - 1 views

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  • he antiquity of cotton cultivation and textile production in West Africa would not be apparent to someone traveling across its present-day landscape, since varieties of New World cotton plants are no
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      donclassico on 26 Apr 23
       
      The past of cotton cultivation and textile production won't be visible in this modern day of age because many world cotton plants have been developed.
  • e era of
    • donclassico
      donclassico on 26 Apr 23
       
      Atlantic trade and colonial rule led to the whole invention of world cotton plants.
  • Africa might go. Surveys published by early twentieth-century botanists attempted to systematically document, identify, and compare plant specimens that had been collected world-wide, including Old World cottons, and suggested among other things that cotton had been widely grown in Africa prior to direct Euro
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      donclassico on 26 Apr 23
       
      20th Century Botanists proved that cotton had been always grown before European and Atlantic slave trade.
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  • per Niger bend.3 A more extensive survey by Dalziel indicated that G. herbaceum was still being grown in northern Nigeria and in Kanuri-speaking areas around Lake Chad as w
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      donclassico on 26 Apr 23
       
      It is proven that G.herbaceum has always been grown in parts like Northern Nigeria .This proves that Cotton and textile production was happening in Niger as well according to the 1841 Niger Expedition.
  • orld varieties.' The history of cotton in precolonial Africa is still poorl
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      donclassico on 26 Apr 23
       
      I disagree because this can be fully understood according to 'Textile Production in the Lower Niger Basin: New Evidence from the 1841 Niger Expedition'
  • Artisanal groups such as spinners, weavers, dyers, tailors, and embroiderers developed and honed their skills, created workshops, and marketed their products. They generated and maintained the crucially important links between raw cotton fiber and the purchasers of cotton textiles and garments. Thus tracing the history of cotton and cotton textile production can reveal a great deal about precolonial social an
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      donclassico on 26 Apr 23
       
      This is true because around 1841 in West Africa there we price differences between cotton and textile producers .One of the reasons was the quality of the products and the difference of materials used. For example; In Niger Eggan was selling quality textiles while Yoruba country was selling cheaper products because of the lack of materials available.
  • tern Hemisphere."6 These important consumer markets for textiles predated the direct trade with Europeans, and conditioned its op
    • donclassico
      donclassico on 26 Apr 23
       
      Textile was the major contributor for West Africa to trade with Europeans
  • othesis. No evidence could be found in southern Africa for domestication of the plant there, that is, there was no evidence of its having been cultivated or explo
    • donclassico
      donclassico on 26 Apr 23
       
      G.herbaceum has been proven that it is not naturally from Southern Africa.
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Opportune moment for West Africa to rise in textile value chain - Fibre2Fashion - 2 views

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  • is one of the largest cotton producing regions in the world with Benin, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso respectively being the sixth-, seventh, and eighth-largest cotton growing countries. However, only two per cent of cotton grown here is locally turned into textiles, and the remaining is sent to other countries, with over 90 per cent making it to Asian countries for further processin
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      donclassico on 26 Apr 23
       
      This proves that West Africa is still the biggest cotton and textile producer since 1841 .Niger and Nigeria has always been producing and it is evident because Eggan and Yoruba have been the biggest competitors.
  • However, this could change if governments in these countries draw up plans to attract investment in the textile value chain and focus on improving transportation and logistics in their respective countries. This is especially so because the current external environment is conducive enough to give a boost to the domestic industry in these countries.
    • donclassico
      donclassico on 26 Apr 23
       
      The only factor that is affecting textile and cotton production in West Africa is transportation and logistics.
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