ISBN:
9781107286252
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 295 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
Parallel Title:
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DDC:
320.9669
Keywords:
Awolowo, Obafemi Influence
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Yoruba (African people) Ethnic identity
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Yoruba (African people) Politics and government
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Yoruba (African people) Political activity
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Awolowo, Obafemi ; 1909-1987 ; Influence
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Yoruba (African people) ; Nigeria ; Politics and government
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Yoruba (African people) ; Political activity ; Nigeria
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Yoruba (African people) ; Ethnic identity
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Nigeria ; Politics and government ; 21st century
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Nigeria ; Ethnic relations ; Political aspects
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Nigeria Ethnic relations
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Political aspects
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Nigeria Politics and government 21st century
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Nigeria
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Yoruba
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Politik
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Politische Beteiligung
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction. The 'I' as 'we' : corporate agency in an African lifeworld -- Elite agency : the making of the modern progenitor -- The secular ancestor : the political life of a dead leader -- The politics of heritage : (re)constitution, conservation and corporateness in Yorùbá politics -- The mantle of Awo : the politics of succession -- Reconciliation and retrenchment -- How (not) to be a proper Yorùbá -- Seizing the heritage : playing proper Yorùbá in an age of uncertainty -- Conclusion. Corporate agency and ethnic politics.
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DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781107286252
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