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The Lebanese In Ibadan, Nigeria, 1986-2012

This paper examines the contributions of Lebanese migrants to the economic development of the city of Ibadan, one of the cities in Nigeria with the highest population of Lebanese, from 1986 to 2012. Since 1986, Lebanese migrants diversified into medium and large scale industrial production of severa...

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720 |a Olaniyi, R. O.  |e author 
720 |a Ajayi, O. M.  |e author 
260 |c 2014 
520 |a This paper examines the contributions of Lebanese migrants to the economic development of the city of Ibadan, one of the cities in Nigeria with the highest population of Lebanese, from 1986 to 2012. Since 1986, Lebanese migrants diversified into medium and large scale industrial production of several consumer products with diverse impacts on the host society. This study lays emphasis on the major developments involving Lebanese activities in Ibadan with particular reference to their contribution to the process of industrialisation and its impact on the society. Using a descriptive and interpretative framework, the study highlights the social, economic and political forces that aided Lebanese economic success in the period under study. Lebanese social networks in the city were analyzed as a way of assessing their relative importance to the host community. The study demonstrates that their utmost loyalty and preference for their own community perpetuated a resolve to limit their dealings within their own 
024 8 |a 0018-2540 
024 8 |a Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria 23 pp. 131-149 
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024 8 |a http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/3441 
245 0 0 |a The Lebanese In Ibadan, Nigeria, 1986-2012