Yorùbá identity and power politics
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Yorùbá identity and power politics
(Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, [v. 22])
University of Rochester Press, 2006
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Yoruba Identity and Power Politics covers the major issues in Yoruba history and politics, offering through narratives of the past and present a solid understanding of one of the most popular ethnic groups in Africa.
Yoruba Identity and Power Politics covers the major issues on Yoruba history and politics, thus offering a solid understanding of one of the most popular ethnic groups in Africa. With a careful blend of sources and methods,narratives on the past and present, the book manages to present a long history as the backdrop to complicated contemporary politics.
Contributors: Tunde M. Akinwumi, Olufunke A. Adeboye, R. T. Akinyele, Aribidesi Usman, Tunde Oduwobi, Olufemi Vaughan, Abolade Adeniji, Jean-Luc Martineau, Ann O'Hear, Rasheed Olaniyi, Charles Temitope Adeyanju, Julius O. Adekunle, Funso Afolayan, Olayiwola Abegunrin.
Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
Ann Genova is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Texas at Austin.
Table of Contents
Introduction - Toyin Falola and Ann Genova
The Yoruba Nation - Toyin Falola
Oral Tradition and the Reconstruction of Yoruba Dress - Tunde M. Akinwumi
Diaries as Cultural and Intellectual Histories - Olufunke A. Adeboye
Historiography of Western Yoruba Borderlands - R.T. Akinyele
The History of the Okun Yoruba: Research Directions - Ann O'Hear
Ila Kingdom Revisited: Recent Archaeological Research at Ila-Yara -
Early Ijebu History: An Analysis on Demographic Evolution and State Formation - Tunde Oduwobi
Power, Status, and Influence of Yoruba Chiefs in Historical Perspective - Toyin Falola
Chieftaincy Structures, Communal Identity, and Decolonization in Yorubaland - Olufemi Vaughan
Odogbolu Chieftaincy Dispute in Historical Perspective - Abolade Adeniji
Yoruba Nationalism and the Reshaping of Obaship - Jean-Luc Martineau
Approaching the Study of the Yoruba Diaspora in Northern Nigeria - Rasheed Olaniyi
Yoruba-Nigerians in Toronto: Transnational Practices and Experiences - Charles Temitope Adeyanju
Yoruba Factor in Nigerian Politics - Julius O. Adekunle
Politics, Ethnicity, and the Struggle for Autonomy and Democracy - Funso Afolayan
Petroleum and Ethno-Politics - Ann Genova
Chief M.K.O. Abiola's Presidential Ambitions and Yoruba Democratic Rights - Olayiwola Abegunrin
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