Author

Publication

2014 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

73,750 words, Guess

Page Count

295 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781107054226
  • ISBN-101107054222
  • Library of Congress Control Number2013044462
  • OCLC Control Number866252351
  • Better World Books9781107054226
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Classifications

  • LCCDT515.45.Y67 A218 2014
  • LCCDT515.45.Y67 A218 20

Description

"Yorùbá Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria investigates the dynamics and challenges of ethnicity and elite politics in Nigeria, Africa's largest democracy. Wale Adebanwi demonstrates how the corporate agency of the elite transformed the modern history and politics of one of Africa's largest ethnic groups, the Yorùbá. The argument is organized around the ideas and cultural representations of Ọbáfemi Awólowo, the central signifier of modern Yorùbá culture. Through the narration and analysis of material, non-material and interactional phenomena - such as political party and ethnic group organization, cultural politics, democratic struggle, personal ambitions, group solidarity, death, memory and commemoration - this book examines the foundations of the legitimacy of the Yorùbá political elite. Using historical sociology and ethnographic research, Adebanwi takes readers into the hitherto unexplored undercurrents of one of the most powerful and progressive elite groups in Africa, tracing its internal and external struggles for power."--Publisher description.

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Other Editions

  • Yoruba Elites and Ethnic Politics in NigeriaCambridge University Press2014-01-01

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