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Title

The Yoruba in transition : history, values, and modernity / edited by Toyin Falola and Ann Genova.

Publication

Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2006.

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Additional Authors

• Falola, Toyin.
• Genova, Ann.

Description

xxxvii, 498 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subjects

• Nigeria > Ethnic relations > Congresses
• Yoruba (African people) > Ethnic identity > Congresses
• Yoruba (African people) > History > Congresses
• Nigeria > Social conditions > Congresses
• Yoruba (African people) > Social conditions > Congresses

Note

• Papers originally presented at an international conference Perspectives on Yoruba History and Culture, held at the University of Texas at Austin, March 26-28, 2004.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Notes on Yoruba newspapers, 1859-2002 / Táíwò Olúnládé -- Ile iwe ofe : socialist epistemology in Awolowo's reconstruction of Yoruba identity and nationalism / ashimuneze heanacho -- Urban politics in a Yoruba frontier : Mushin / Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani -- The metamorphosis of the Bamidele movement / Lateef M. Adetona -- Yoruba ethnicity and the pursuit of Western education in southwestern Nigeria / Ademola Babalola -- Law making in pre-colonial Yorubaland / Mojeed Olujinmi A. Alabi -- Dispute settlement under the Yoruba culture / Oluyemisi Bamgbose -- The 419 scam / Anne Webb -- Motherhood as a source of empowerment of women / Taiwo Makinde -- Age stratification and marital relations among the Yoruba / Jacob A. Adetunji -- Understanding demographic and health events through Yoruba proverbs / Jacob Oni -- Abortion among the Yoruba / Ibigbolade Simon Aderibigbe -- Jinxed : on being white and Yoruba / Elaine Neil Orr -- Confronting the future : the Yoruba at a crossroads / Jare Ajayi -- Confronting the future : an advocacy agenda and program / John Babatunde Bamidele Ojo -- Road traffic accidents in Yoruba states / Bamidele Abiona Badejo -- AIDS explosion in Yorubaland / Oluwatosin Ige Alo -- The Oodua Peoples Congress and crime control in Lagos / Adewole Akinyemi Atere, Akeem Ayofe Akinwale -- Storage of grains : the Nigerian perspective / B.O. Akintunde -- Culture, technology, and gari processing / T.Y. Tunde-Akintunde -- Agriculture in Yoruba society and culture / Adebayo A. Lawal -- Yoruba associations : sources of empowerment / Julius Adekunle -- Crisis and the restoration of older values / 'Tunji Azeez -- Dual residence patterns in a Yoruba community / Jacob A. Adetunji, Kefa M. Otiso -- Women and Yoruba culture / Mary E. Modupe Kolawole -- Gender, household sex roles, work, and the contemporary Yoruba family / Asiyanbola R. Abidemi -- Yoruba cultural influence on junior and senior secondary curriculum / Jamaine Abidogun.

Call Number

Sc E 06-828

ISBN

1594601348

LCCN

• 2005008085
• 9781594601347

OCLC

58648225

Title

The Yoruba in transition : history, values, and modernity / edited by Toyin Falola and Ann Genova.

Imprint

Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2006.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents

Added Author

Falola, Toyin.

Genova, Ann.

Other Standard Identifier

9781594601347

Research Call Number

Sc E 06-828