COLONIAL ECONOMY IN THE SOKOTO EASTERN PROVINCE: A CASE STUDY OF ANKA TOWN 1910-1960

This study examines various policies during colonial administrations that affected Anka town in the face of modern infrastructural development and social amenities. Therefore, the paper discusses on the major areas of colonial rule such as infrastructure development, boundary adjustments and disputes, passive resistance against colonial rule and colonial economic policies. The paper also argued that successive Anka rulers’ participation greatly contributed to the growth, modernization, and development of the town under review. The paper also emphasized that colonial policies come with amount of maximum exploitations such as the introduction of cash crops, gold mining, and different types of taxation. Above all, the traditional currencies were completely eradicated, hence colonial currencies were the only legal tender