Abstract: The colonial Ekiti had well structured commercial activities through efficient market and trade experiences that were indigenous to Ekiti. A market was more than a venue for commercial transactions, because other social, political and religious activities, among others, were integral to market functions. Market days among the colonial Ekiti were periodic and there were many types of market which can be grouped generally under major and subsidiary. The Ekiti colonial market can also be broken down into shop market, premises market and farm market or roadside market; all of which positively affected the Ekiti economy. What made the market very commercially vibrant was also its organizational structure. Domestic trade by the market traders, shop keepers and off-market traders as well as long distance traders, all trading in foodstuffs, textiles, various domestic materials and kolanuts, among others, combined to bring economic stability to colonial Ekiti.
Keywords: Market Systems, Domestic Trade Activities, commercial transactions.
Title: Market Systems and Domestic Trade Activities in Ekiti of Western Nigeria between 1900 And 1960
Author: Dr. (Mrs.) F. Jumoke Oloidi
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3164 (online), ISSN 2348-3156 (Print)
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