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Title Yorubá identity and power politics / edited by Toyin Falola and Ann Genova
Published Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (x, 370 pages) : illustrations
Series Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, 1092-5228 ; [v. 22]
Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 22. 1092-5228
Contents Yorùbá nation / Toyin Falola -- Oral tradition and the reconstruction of Yorùbá dress / Tunde M. Akinwumi -- Diaries as cultural and intellectual histories / Olufunkẹ A. Adeboye -- Historiography of western Yorùbá borderlands / R.T. Akinyele -- History of the Okun Yorùbá : research directions / Ann O'Hear -- Ìlá Kingdom revisited : recent archaeological research at Ìlá-Yàrá / Aribidesi Usman -- Early Ìjẹ̀bú history : an analysis on demographic evolution and state formation / Tunde Oduwọbi -- Power, status, and influence of Yorùbá chiefs in historical perspective / Toyin Falola -- Chieftaincy structures, communal identity, and decolonization in Yorùbáland / Olufẹmi Vaughan -- Odogbolu chieftaincy dispute in historical perspective / Abọlade Adeniji -- Yorùbá nationalism and the reshaping of Ọbaship / Jean-Luc Martineau -- Approaching the study of the Yorùbá diaspora in northern Nigeria / Rasheed Olaniyi -- Yorùbá-Nigerians in Toronto : transnational practices and experiences / Charles Temitọpẹ Adeyanju -- Yorùbá factor in Nigerian politics / Julius O. Adekunle -- Politics, ethnicity, and the struggle for autonomy and democracy / Funṣọ Afọlayan -- Petroleum and ethno-politics / Ann Genova -- Chief M.K.O. Abiọla's presidential ambitions and Yorùbá democratic rights / Ọlayiwọla Abegunrin
Summary '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 Francis Nalle Higgenbothom Centennial Professor of History and Distinuished Teaching at the University of Texas at Austin. Ann Genova is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Texas at Austin
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Yoruba (African people) -- Ethnic identity
Yoruba (African people) -- Politics and government
Yoruba (African people) -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
Yoruba (African people)
Yoruba (African people) -- Ethnic identity.
Yoruba (African people) -- Politics and government.
Machtpolitik
Ethnische Identität
Ethnic identity.
Nationalism.
Political development.
Yoruba (people)
Yoruba (African people) -- History.
Yoruba (African people) -- Politics and government.
Yoruba (African people) -- Ethnic identity.
Nigeria.
Nigeria -- Politics and government.
Yoruba.
Genre/Form Aufsatzsammlung
History.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Form Electronic book
Author Falola, Toyin, editor.
Genova, Ann, editor.
ISBN 9781580466622
1580466621