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Pre-Colonial Trade Routes and Economic Networks in 19th-Century Nsukka

In the 19th century, long before European colonial domination, the region now known as Nsukka in southeastern Nigeria was an active participant in intra-African trade networks that shaped political, social, and economic life across West Africa. As part of an extensive pre-colonial system of exchange, Nsukka’s economy was connected with neighbouring Igbo communities, northern…