Labour and Labour Utilisation in Pre-Colonial Kin-Nupe Economy

Abstract

Nupe land is endowed with enormous resources utilized for production and distribution of goods and services. However for the production and distribution of goods and services to be efficiently done human resources most especially labour force became a critical factor. Overtime, this was not lacking in Nupe land which contributed to their specialization and production level beyond subsistence and well distributed. It is against this background, this study adopted historical method and content analysis to examine the nature of labour, its utilisation and contribution to economic and social activities in Nupe land before colonial conquest. The study reveals that Nupe land was endowed with human resources from where they established efficient sources of labour force and utilization overtime.