Cocoa Transfer Agreements, moneylenders, public letter writers and the rise of business elites in South West Nigeria, 1986–2000

What is it about?

The paper is about the role of rural capitalist class, notably, moneylenders, and the educated elites (public letter writers) in the exploitation of cocoa farmers in southwest Nigeria in the aftermath of the neoliberal structural adjustment programmes (SAPs)

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Why is it important?

The illuminates the understanding of rural agrarian changes and accumulation in cocoa producing areas of Nigeria