Women’s Rights and Duties through Letters to the Editor in the Nigerian Press (1940s-1950s)
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See: Panata, Sara. 2020. « ‘Dear Readers…’: Women’s Rights and Duties through Letters to the Editor in the Nigerian Press (1940s-1950s) ». Sources. Materials & Fieldwork in African Studies n° 1 : 141-198.

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General Remarks

Sara Panata

Open Access and Reproduction

To date, there is no open-access digital archive of the materials used in this paper.

Reproductions of the archival materials are from the holdings of the National Archives of Ibadan. They are reproduced with their agreement. I would like to thank the staff at the Nigerian National Archives in Ibadan for their assistance in facilitating my access to the collection and their permission to reproduce some items.

Copies (microfilms) of these materials are also present in other archives as stated below for each newspaper journal.

Location and Dates

For the paper, I mostly used the press published in 1950, but a complete list of the useful items to build my reflection is presented below. The three newspapers are also available in different European libraries, mostly in microfilm form, for periods that are not always easy to determine: item records of the different archival centers may not contain complete listings. Presumably, these libraries rely on the resources of the Center for Research Libraries, which has produced microfilm and digital versions of collection segments (http://www.crl.edu/about). To have an idea of where to consult these newspapers, please check Worldcat, the world’s largest network of library content (https://www.worldcat.org).

Chronology for the Women’s Sections and Letters to the Editor

The newspaper collections I consulted have gaps in their holdings and did not allow me to determine the exact chronology of the women’s sections and letters to the editor. From the newspapers consulted for this paper and other publications, I could date back the beginning of the women’s columns to the 1940s. Farther research is needed to fill this gap.

Notes for Each Items Consulted

1. The Nigerian Daily Times (1926–1948) - Daily Times (1949 to Date)

Notes: The Daily Times (earlier title The Nigerian Daily Times) is a daily newspaper (except Sunday) printed in Lagos (Nigeria).

Nigerian National Archives (printed forms): 1944, 1949, 1950, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1963

Other libraries (microfilms): Segments of sections. For more information please check on WorldCat:

2. Southern Nigerian Defender (1943 to 1959)

Notes: The Southern Nigerian Defender is a daily newspaper (except Sunday) printed in Warri (1943 – 1945), in Lagos (1945) and then in Ibadan.

Nigerian National Archives (printed forms): 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951

Other libraries (microfilms): Segments of sections. For more information please check on WorldCat: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41577164 

3. Nigerian Tribune (1949 to date)

Notes: The Nigerian Tribune is a daily newspaper (except on Sunday), printed in Ibadan.

Nigerian National Archives (printed forms): 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958

Other libraries (microfilms):
Segments of sections. For more information please check on WorldCat: