Abstract:
This paper discusses Hausa
trading activities (kasuwanci/saye da sayarwa) as an aspect of security
challenges in Tahoua Region. The ways and manner in which economic factors
permit an increase in migration, population growth, and establishment of new
settlements and is also believed to create insecurity in the host community.
Some of the questions raised by the article include; what are the types of
trading activities and the challenges, as well the attitude responsible for
their confinement, their nature, effect and impact on security and the
development of the societies involved? Thus, this paper aims to find out and
analyses the types of security challenges caused by Hausa trading activities in
Tahoua Region of the Niger Republic. It will also express the impact of the
challenges on the integration and development of the region. The third aim is
to provide possible suggestions on behavioural change modalities on the trade
attitudes of the Hausa traders in the region. As its methodology, the paper
utilises the Contact theory and a Realistic analysis approach, a field study is
expected to locate the trading communities and their attitudes. The history of
the trade contact, its manner and nature, the trading locations, the
commodities and the security challenges will be discussed in the main content
of the paper. The paper concludes that even with the co-existing observable
peace in the region, other recognizable challenges hinder the expected high
level of peace and development of Tahoua Region, as related to the trading
activities.
Key
Words: Trade Relations,
Security Challenges, Tahoua, Hausa Community
DOI: www.doi.org/10.36349/tjllc.2024.v03i02.012
author/Dr. Nasiru Aminu
journal/Tasambo JLLC 3(2) | September 2024 |
