Yorùbá elites and ethnic politics in Nigeria : Obafemi Awolowo and corporate agency in an African lifeworld / Wale Adebanwi, University of California, Davis
Introduction. The 'I' as 'we' : corporate agency in an African lifeworld -- Elite agency : the making of the modern progenitor -- The secular ancestor : the political life of a dead leader -- The politics of heritage : (re)constitution, conservation and corporateness in Yorùbá politics -- The mantle of Awo : the politics of succession -- Reconciliation and retrenchment -- How (not) to be a proper Yorùbá -- Seizing the heritage : playing proper Yorùbá in an age of uncertainty -- Conclusion. Corporate agency and ethnic politics
Summary
This book investigates the dynamics and challenges of ethnicity and elite politics in Nigeria
