The Yoruba from Prehistory to the Present
The Yoruba from Prehistory to the Present

Author: Aribidesi Usman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-07-04

Total Pages: 519

ISBN-13: 1107064600

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A rich and accessible account of Yoruba history, society and culture from the pre-colonial period to the present.

Yoruba Towns
Yoruba Towns

Author: Akin L. Mabogunje

Publisher:

Published: 1962

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13:

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Monograph examining problems of yoruba urbanization in Nigeria - traces the historical development of urban areas and towns and discusses living conditions, the rate of economic development, government policy, sociological aspects, etc. Maps, illustrations, references and statistical tables.

The Transformation of Nigeria
The Transformation of Nigeria

Author: Toyin Falola

Publisher: Africa World Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 640

ISBN-13: 9780865439986

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Professor Toyin Falola, a distinguished Africanist and a leading historian of Nigeria, has established an enduring academic legacy.

Yorubá Identity and Power Politics
Yorubá Identity and Power Politics

Author: Toyin Falola

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9781580462198

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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. Yorùbá Identity and Power Politics covers the major issues on Yorùbá 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.

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Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published:

Total Pages: 595

ISBN-13: 0253070562

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West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century
West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century

Author: Daryll Forde

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-10

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 042995851X

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Originally published in 1967 this volume presents studies of 10 West African kingdoms which have played an important part in the economic, political and cultural life of the region. Ranging geographically from the kingdom of Benin in southern Nigeria to the Wolof kingdom of Kayor in Senegal, they inlcude the Oyo Yoruba, Dahomey, Hausa, Maradi, Kom in West Cameroon, the Mossi, Ashanti and Gonja and the Mende chiefdoms of Sierra Leone. Each outlines the historical origins and development of the kingdom and analyses its organization in the nineteenth century. It includes accounts of the economic basis and resources of the state and the significance of tribute and trade, of the social categories among its population, the administrarive machinery and communnications, the judicial and military organization and external relations. It also considers the importance of the ideology and rituals of kingship.

The Frontier States of Western Yorubaland
The Frontier States of Western Yorubaland

Author: Biodun Adediran

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9782015253

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The Yorùbá are one of the peoples of West Africa affected by the demarcation of territories by European powers at the close of the nineteenth century. Although the bulk of the people are now found in South-western Nigeria, impressive indigenous Yorùbá communities are in the neighbouring Republics of Benin and Togo. This book is primarily concerned with the Yorùbá sub-groups in the latter two countries. The intention is to trace, with the aid of verbally transmitted historical source materials, supplemented with available written data, the pre-colonial socio-political developments of the subgroups.