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Yoruba Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria
Wale Adebanwi
其他書名
Ọbáfemi Awólowo and Corporate Agency
出版Cambridge University Press, 2014-03-31
主題Biography & Autobiography / PoliticalHistory / Africa / GeneralPolitical Science / GeneralPolitical Science / Political Process / GeneralPolitical Science / American Government / GeneralPolitical Science / World / AfricanSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & SocialSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / African StudiesSocial Science / Race & Ethnic Relations
ISBN11070542229781107054226
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Q6BcAwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.