Genova / Falola Yorùbá Identity and Power Politics

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-58046-662-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 22, 380 Seiten

Reihe: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Genova, Ann

Falola, Toyin

Weitere Mitwirkende

Adeniji, Abolade

Genova, Ann

O'Hear, Ann

Adeyanju, Charles Temitope

Afolayan, Funso

Martineau, Jean-Luc

Adekunle, Julius O.

Abegunrin, Olayiwola

Vaughan, Olufemi

Adeboye, Olufunke A.

Akinyele, R.T.

Olaniyi, Rasheed

Falola, Toyin

Akinwumi, Tunde M.

Oduwobi, Tunde

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Falola Toyin:
TOYIN FALOLA is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin.Falola Toyin:
TOYIN FALOLA is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin.