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Yoruba Traders in Cote D’Ivoire: A Study of the Role Migrant Settlers in the Process of Economic Relations in West Africa

The bid to relocate into an alien territory is usually anchored on themigrant’s hope for better fortunes or prospects. The independencegovernment in several West African countries could not meet the highexpectations of their citizens. There were also political and economicproblems which made members of the commercial class to feel not secured in their own states. The tales of better economic fortunes in neighbouring countries provided attraction to those in this category, including Yoruba traders, who were naturally desirous of migration. The Yoruba traders of Southwestern Nigeria present an i…