TY - JOUR
T1 - Seamen and the nigerianization of shipping in the postcolonial era
AU - Schler, Lynn
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 International Labor and Working-Class History, Inc.
PY - 2014/11/18
Y1 - 2014/11/18
N2 - This article examines the impact that indigenization policies had on labor and on the cultures of work in postcolonial Nigeria. Scholars have studied indigenization in the context of nationalist politics, statecraft, and development in postcolonial Africa. However, we have little knowledge of how working classes experienced and interpreted indigenization schemes. Focusing on the indigenization of shipping, this article discusses both how Nigerian seamen anticipated the establishment of the Nigerian National Shipping Line and the actual impact of Nigerianization on their working lives. By taking a close look at changes in shipboard hierarchies, labor relations, and the culture of work on NNSL vessels, we can gain a deeper understanding of how broader political processes associated with decolonization and postindependence shaped working-class lives in postcolonial Nigeria.
AB - This article examines the impact that indigenization policies had on labor and on the cultures of work in postcolonial Nigeria. Scholars have studied indigenization in the context of nationalist politics, statecraft, and development in postcolonial Africa. However, we have little knowledge of how working classes experienced and interpreted indigenization schemes. Focusing on the indigenization of shipping, this article discusses both how Nigerian seamen anticipated the establishment of the Nigerian National Shipping Line and the actual impact of Nigerianization on their working lives. By taking a close look at changes in shipboard hierarchies, labor relations, and the culture of work on NNSL vessels, we can gain a deeper understanding of how broader political processes associated with decolonization and postindependence shaped working-class lives in postcolonial Nigeria.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0147547914000131
DO - 10.1017/S0147547914000131
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84927616202
SN - 0147-5479
VL - 86
SP - 124
EP - 141
JO - International Labor and Working-Class History
JF - International Labor and Working-Class History
ER -