Author: Jacob Oluwatayo Adeuyan
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1467024805
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Jacob Oluwatayo Adeuyan is a Geologist by profession and received his education at Kiev University -Ukrane, graduated with Bachelor of Science Exploration Geology in 1971. Worked with the Federal Government of Nigeria from 1971 - 1978 and retired to form his own Engineering Firm - Geotek (Nig) Engineering Company from 1978 - 1983 as the Managing Director. Between 1983 - 1991, he entered politics and in 1991, he was forced to move out of his country for fear of persecution by the military junta ruling Nigeria then. He moved to London. In London, he entered Wolverhampton university for his Law degree and finished with LLB (Hons) in 1995. He moved out of London to US. In US, he was admitted to Morgan State University, Baltimore for his MBA degree. He finished in 1957. He worked in the US as Soil Consultant with Engineering Company in Maryland and GeoSciences Engineering Company as Company Director.
Author: Akanmu Adebayo
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351524194
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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This masterful book investigates and analyzes several aspects of money among the Yoruba of Nigeria. Falola and Adebayo explore the origin, philosophy, uses, politics, and problems of acquiring and spending money in Yoruba culture. No prior book exists on this aspect of a major ethnic group in Africa with established connections with the black Diaspora in North America and the Caribbean. Conceived so that each chapter may be read individually, the volume is divided into three parts. Part 1, "Money and Its Uses," focuses on the transition from barter to cowry currency, the idealistic and pragmatic views of money, the impact of monetization on social stratification, accumulation among members of the elite, and the development of savings, banking, and credit institutions. Part 2, "Money and Its Problems," investigates the social, political, and cultural problems of money, including money-lending, theft, counterfeiting, and corruption. Part 3, "Money and Oil Economy," assesses the impact of the oil industry on the Nigerian state and examines both the positive and negative effects of oil money on Yoruba economy, society, and spending. Concluding chapters detail efforts to arrest the crisis that followed the economic slump after the oil boom and led to the adoption of the Structural Adjustment Program, and also evaluate the effects of currency devaluation on personal and communal responsibilities and social payment. Culture, Politics, and Money Among the Yoruba is timely in view of ongoing political and economic changes in Africa. It will be of interest to economists, sociologists, and African studies specialists.
Author: David D. Laitin
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226467902
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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In this ambitious work, David D. Laitin explores the politics of religious change among the Yoruba of Nigeria, then uses his findings to expand leading theories of ethnic and religious politics.
Author: Adeyinka Shoyemi
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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The writings and speeches of Adeyinka Grandson revolve around the volatile history of the Ibo, Hausa/Fulani and Yoruba generated by politics and not race or ethnicity. The Yoruba nationalism has never been about ethnic cleansing or racial divide, but about creating a fair, just and proportionate system of political rule which benefits all those who resides within the border of Nigeria, regardless of ethnicity. Adeyinka Grandson posted videos and written articles on various social media platforms. In posting such material, he does not intend to stir up racial hatred. Furthermore, he does not accept that racial hatred was likely to be stirred up as a consequence of his posts. Adeyinka Grandson is a Yoruba nationalist who belongs to the Yoruba ethnic group. He had two grandfathers. The first was an Akoko-Yoruba, and the second was a Remo-Yoruba. He, likewise had two grandmothers. The first one was Ondo-Yoruba and the other one was Ijebu-Yoruba. These four grandparents jointly produced the parents of Adeyinka Grandson. He, consequently, has Yoruba bloodlines from Akoko, Remo, Ondo, and Ijebu respectively. But does not accept that the history of disharmony among the Yoruba, Hausa/Fulani and Ibo people is rooted in racial hatred or ethnicity. The divided and sometimes violent history was a direct consequence of the English's colonialism in Nigeria, and the subsequent pursuit of power and wealth amongst the Yoruba, Fulani and Ibo people. The Yoruba people have been the victims rather than the beneficiaries of Nigeria's political dysfunction for many years. The motivation for the writings and speeches of Adeyinka Grandson was to raise awareness of what he considers to be the marginalization and abuse of the Yoruba people who are in Nigeria, to educate and empower the Yoruba people, to ensure that they pursue a fair and even distribution of land and resources. At all times, his actions were designed and intended to generate discussion, organized resistance and affirmative political action with the ultimate objective of reclaiming Yorubaland out of Nigeria and into the Oduduwa Republic. Alternatively, campaign for a return to the parliamentary system of government as agreed by the Yoruba, Ibo, and Hausa/Fulani communities before Nigeria's independence in 1960. He has sometimes advocated recourse to self-defense, the defense of property and organized resistance. Any reference to violence was rooted in politics as opposed to race or ethnicity and was neither designed nor intended to stoke racial hatred. Over the past 20 years, Adeyinka Grandson has written extensively on the history and relations between the Ibo, Fulani and Yoruba communities in Nigeria. These texts have been both academic and political. In 1999, and while still a university student, he and others formed the Cheated Generation Group. The aim of the movement was to promote a return to a parliamentary system of government in Nigeria or to create the Oduduwa Republic. It intended to inform policymaking and support community groups and individuals to influence decision making in local communities. In 2012, the movement, renamed themselves the Young Yoruba for Freedom (YYF), as they have evolved into a conservative movement, providing education and an understanding of liberty, individual freedom, strong national defense, free enterprise, and self preservation to ensure that increasing numbers of young Yoruba understand and are inspired by these ideas. The current unitary presidential system in Nigeria takes resources and revenue from Yorubaland, and disproportionately uses it to fund the economic growth and development of the Hausa/Fulani and Ibo regions. The ultimate objective of the YYF is to campaign for the liberation of Yorubaland and form an independent Oduduwa Republic in the absence of a return to the regional system of government in Nigeria.
Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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With the introduction of globalization and domestic change pulsing through Nigeria, its citizens find themselves in a social, political, and economic transition period. After decades of military rule and political instability, Nigeria has reintroduced itself as a democratic state in 1999. This change has brought about questions of how to get Nigeria moving toward economic growth and social unity in the face of globalization, the polarization of Christians and Muslims in Africa, and crises such as HIV/AIDS. The Yoruba, one of Nigeria's most well-known and historically prevalent ethnic groups in Nigeria, has taken an active role in dealing with these issues. Whether motivated by a nationalist vision of a unified, successful Nigeria, or for their own interests in reclaiming political space and retaining Yoruba culture, the Yoruba have greatly contributed to discussions on this transitional era. Contributors to this work display a wide range of disciplines and viewpoints making this work accessible to readers familiar and unfamiliar to the Yoruba. The Yoruba in Transition captures views on the era, highlighting recommendations for this new Nigeria and emphasizing contemporary issues that the Yoruba face. The contributors, many of them Yoruba, illuminate the complexity of identity and how the Yoruba seek to communicate their values, project an image, and live their lives. Included are essays dealing with contemporary issues such as migration, health, agricultural production, cyber crime, and the role of women in Yoruba society. The Yoruba in Transition represents a rare recording of how people within and outside Nigeria view the new millennium for the Yoruba. "[T]he essays are well-written, analytical, and insightful. As a comprehensive and critical volume, Falola and Genova have succeeded in editing an important reader in Yoruba studies. This significant volume will be invaluable to scholars, public policy analysts, and lay readers of Yoruba and Nigerian studies." -- The Journal of the Royal African Society
Author: Lillian Trager
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781685855000
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The pattern of migrants maintaining strong ties with their home communities is particularly common in sub-Saharan Africa, where it has important social, cultural, political, and economic implications. Lillian Trager explores the significance of hometown connections for civil society and local development in Nigeria. Rich ethnographic description and case studies illustrate the links that the Ijesa Yoruba maintain with their communities of origin--links that both help to shape social identity and contribute to local development. Trager also examines indigenous concepts of "development," demonstrating how the Ijesa Yoruba bring their understandings of development to efforts in their own communities. Placing her work in the context of national political and economic change, she raises questions about the motivations, implications, and consequences of local development efforts, not only for the communities and their members, but also for the larger polity.
Author: Aribidesi Usman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107064600
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 519
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A rich and accessible account of Yoruba history, society and culture from the pre-colonial period to the present.
Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 9781580462198
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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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.
Author: Stephen Adebanji Akintoye
Publisher: Amalion Publishing
ISBN: 2359260278
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 710
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A History of the Yoruba People is an audacious comprehensive exploration of the founding and growth of one of the most influential groups in Africa. In this commendable book, S. Adebanji Akintoye deploys four decades of historiography research with current interpretation and analyses to present the most complete and authoritative volume on the Yoruba to date. This exceptionally lucid account gathers and imparts a wealth of research and discourses on Yoruba studies for a wider group of readership than ever before. Very few attempts have tried to grapple fully with the historical foundations and development of a group that has contributed to shaping the way African communities are analysed from prehistoric to modern times. “A wondrous achievement, a profound pioneering breakthrough, a reminder to New World historians of what ‘proper history’ is all about – a recount which draws the full landed and spiritual portrait of a people from its roots up – A History of the Yoruba People is yet another superlative work of brilliant chronicling and persuasive interpretation by an outstanding scholar and historiographer of Africa.~ Prof Michael Vickers, author of Ethnicity and Sub-Nationalism in Nigeria: Movement for a Mid-West Stateand Phantom Trail: Discovering Ancient America. “This book is more than a 21st century attempt to (re)present a comprehensive history of the Yoruba ... shifting the focus to a broader and more eclectic account. It is a far more nuanced, evidentially-sensitive, systematic account.” ~ Wale Adebanwi, Assist. Prof., African American and African Studies, UC Davis, USA. “Akintoye links the Yoruba past with the present, broadening and transcending Samuel Johnson in scope and time, and reviving both the passion and agenda that are over a century old, to reveal the long history and definable identity of a people and an ethnicity...Here is an accessible book, with the promise of being ageless, written by the only person who has sustained an academic interest in this subject for nearly half a century, providing the treasures of accumulated knowledge, robust encounters with received wisdom, and mature judgement about the future.” ~ Toyin Falola, The Frances Higginbotham Nalle Professor in History, University of Texas at Austin, USA.
Author: Carlyn Dawn Anderson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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