Yorùbá Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria: Ọbáfemi Awólowo and Corporate Agency
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Yor?b? 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 Yor?b?. The argument is organized around the ideas and cultural representations of b?femi Aw?lowo, the central signifier of modern Yor?b? 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 Yor?b? 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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1107696666
ISBN13:9781107696662
Release Date:April 2016
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:318 Pages
Weight:0.94 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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