A Saro community in the Niger Delta, 1912-1984 : the Potts-Johnsons of Port Harcourt and their heirs
Mac Dixon-Fyle (Author)
Using the history of the Potts-Johnsons, who lived in the Port Harcourt region of Nigeria from 1912-1984, as a case study, this book reviews the migration history of the Saro in the Niger River delta.
Print Book, English, 1999
University of Rochester Press, Rochester, NY, 1999
Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, v. 5, [v. 5]
History
xv, 279 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
9781580460385, 1580460380
1166743661
The formative years, 1912-30; crossing the lines of class, 1930-49; establishing a group presence, 1930-49; political and economic change in the war years and after, 1939-49; the gathering clouds - independence, the Civil War, and its aftermath, 1950-75; the final eclipse - the resurgence of the indigenes, 1976-84. Appendices: Sierra Leone Union (Port Harcourt) - the constitution; the Diamond Club (Port Harcourt) - rules and regulations; House Tenants Union - the constitution; the Sierra Leone Union on the Nigerian Civil War.