Trade and Commerce along the Niger: The Igala and the Development of Egga (River Bank) Trade/ Commerce in Southwestern Bank of the River Niger
Abstract
Trade and Commerce remains an important aspect of human civilization. Over centuries it has led to the free flow and exchange of goods, technology, cultural exchange and idea. In some other cases, the emergence of human society has been associated with activities associated with trade and Commerce. This is because in the cause and course of exchange, people associate free with one another, during which ideas and values are transferred and absorbed. This is the role the trade at the bank of the river Niger played in the history of the settlements which presently occupy and traded along the along bank specially among Edo, Igala and Igbo people and their neigbhours from time immemorial in the Nigerian territory. This paper using historical methodology attempt to examine the contribution of the river Niger in the development of trade at the bank of the Niger and how this has led to the spread and development of societies and Civilization in the area(with specific reference to the Kwa linguistic group/ people and their neigbhours.
Keywords: Trade, Commerce, Egga, River Niger
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