The social organization of credit in a West African cattle market

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Title:	The social organization of credit in a West African cattle market
Author:	Cohen, A.
Year:	1965
Periodical:	Africa: Journal of the International African Institute
Volume:	35
Issue:	1
Pages:	8-20
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Nigeria
Subject:	marketplaces
External links:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/1157315 http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:4011-1965-035-00-000002
Abstract:	The author discusses the organization and operation of credit in the cattle market of Ibadan. After a preliminary description of the formal organization of the market and of the credit by which it functions, he discusses some non-economic social relations which, while formally exterior to the market situation, are in practice built into the structure of the credit system in such a way that they make its functioning as a going concern possible. Reference notes; French summary.