Publisher's Synopsis
This book re-examines the multi-layered responses of Elem Kalabari to the agents of British firms, the consular officials of the British Crown and the missionaries of the CMS Niger Mission that initiated, sustained and nourished British imperialism following the change from slave to produce trading during the 19th century in the Niger Delta. It challenges the popular notion that the eastern Delta trading states had responded in identical patterns to the extraterritorial forces of British imperialism.
