Yorùbá elites and ethnic politics in Nigeria : Ọbá́fẹ́mi Awọ́lówọ̀ and corporate agency /

Adebanwi, Wale,

Yorùbá elites and ethnic politics in Nigeria : Ọbá́fẹ́mi Awọ́lówọ̀ and corporate agency / Wale Adebanwi, University of California, Davis. - xviii, 295 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-283) and index.

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.

9781107054226

2013044462


Awolowo, Obafemi, 1909-1987 --Influence.


Yoruba (African people)--Politics and government.--Nigeria
Yoruba (African people)--Political activity--Nigeria.
Yoruba (African people)--Ethnic identity.


Nigeria--Politics and government--21st century.
Nigeria--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.

DT515.45.Y67 / A218 2014

320.9669