Yoruba Hometowns: Community, Identity, and Development in Nigeria

Lillian Trager

Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers 2001

Yoruba Hometowns

Community, Identity, and Development in Nigeria

Lillian Trager

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685855000

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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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
1 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Community-Day Celebrations: A New Tradition at Home Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
3 Knowing Your Place: The Hometown and Identity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
4 "We Are Just Sojourners Here": Ijesa Migration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
5 "We Love Ourselves Abroad": Hometown Organizations and Their Members Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
6 Ceremonies and Celebrations: The Symbolism of Hometown Links Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
7 Local Development and the Economic Crisis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
8 Self-Help and the Practice of Local Development in Ijesaland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
9 The Elusive Goal of Unity: Politics, Conflict, and Morality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
10 Conclusion: Communities and Development Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
About the Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299

Language: English
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Audience: College/higher education;
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- Main content: 299

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Published: May 1, 2001
ISBN: 9781685855000