| Yorùbá Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria: Ọbáfemi Awólowo and Corporate Agency Contributor(s): Adebanwi, Wale (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107054222 ISBN-13: 9781107054226 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $70.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - General - Political Science | Political Process - General |
| Dewey: 320.966 |
| LCCN: 2013044462 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.20 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 Ọbafẹmi Awolọwọ, the central signifier of modern Yorùbán 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Adebanwi, Wale: - Wale Adebanwi is Associate Professor in the Program in African American and African Studies at the University of California, Davis. |