"We Were All Slaves: African Miners, Culture, and Resistance at the Enugu Government Colliery, Nigeria (Social History of Africa.)

A story of the miners who profoundly shaped the process of production, and the rhythms and culture of work and resistance at the Enugu colliery in Nigeria. The author draws comparisons between the experiences of the Enugu miners and their counterparts in Scotland, Wales and northern England. African Workers And European Theories: The Enugu Coal Miners And West African Labor History -- Pt. I. Contested Birth Of The Colonial Labor Process: Labor, Coal, And The State -- 1. Udi District On The Eve Of Conquest: Slavery, Power, And Resistance, Circa 1909 -- 2. Chiefs, Slaves, Forced Labor, And Rural Resistance: Labor And The Contested Birth Of The Colonial State, Udi 1909-1915 -- 3. Creating The Colonial Workplace And The Colonial City: Enugu And The Coal Fields During World War I -- 4. Postwar Conjuncture: Agitation, Urbanization, And The Emergence Of A Culture Of Protest, 1920-1929 -- Pt. Ii. Eclipse Of Colonial Production Relations: Workers' Victories And Defeat -- 5. Colliery On The Eve Of War: State Intervention In The Home And The Workplace -- 6. Politics Of Productivity: Unions, The War, And Changes In The Political Apparatus Of The Mines, 1940-1945 -- 7. Iva Valley Massacre Of 1949: Trade Union Struggles In The Cold War -- Conclusion: Work, Class, And Identity In Igboland. Carolyn A. Brown. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [331]-350) And Index.