Yoruba Identity and Power Politics

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.

List of contents

Introduction - Toyin Falola and Ann Genova
The Yorùbá Nation - Toyin Falola
Oral Tradition and the Reconstruction of Yorùbá Dress - Tunde M. Akinwumi
Diaries as Cultural and Intellectual Histories - Olufunke A. Adeboye
Historiography of Western Yorùbá Borderlands - R.T. Akinyele
The History of the Okun Yorùbá: Research Directions - Ann O'Hear
Ilá Kingdom Revisited: Recent Archaeological Research at Ilá-Yàrà -
Early Ijebú History: An Analysis on Demographic Evolution and State Formation - Tunde Oduwobi
Power, Status, and Influence of Yorùbá Chiefs in Historical Perspective - Toyin Falola
Chieftaincy Structures, Communal Identity, and Decolonization in Yorùbáland - Olufemi Vaughan
Odogbolu Chieftaincy Dispute in Historical Perspective - Abolade Adeniji
Yorùbá Nationalism and the Reshaping of Obaship - Jean-Luc Martineau
Approaching the Study of the Yorùbá Diaspora in Northern Nigeria - Rasheed Olaniyi
Yorùbá-Nigerians in Toronto: Transnational Practices and Experiences - Charles Temitope Adeyanju
Yorùbá 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 Yorùbá Democratic Rights - Olayiwola Abegunrin

About the author

Ann Genova, Toyin Falola

Summary

Yorùbá Identity and Power Politics covers the major issues in Yorùbá history and politics, offering through narratives of the past and present a solid understanding of one of the most popular ethnic groups in Africa.

Product details

• Authors: Abolade Adeniji, Charles Temitop Adeyanju, Funso Afolayan, Toyin Falola, Ann Genova, Ann O`hear
• Assisted by: Professor Toyin (Series Editor) Falola (Editor), Toyin Falola (Editor), Ann Genova (Editor), Ann (Royalty Account) Genova (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.06.2006
• EAN: 9781580462198
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-219-8
• No. of pages: 380
• Weight: 784 g
• Illustrations: 21 b/w, 8 line illus.
• Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora; Rochester Studies in African H
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories