Ann Genova & Toyin Falola 
Yorùbá Identity and Power Politics 

Yorùbá Identity and Power Politics covers the major issues in Yorùbá history and politics, offering through narratives of the past and present a solid understanding of one of the most popular ethnic groups in Africa.


Yorùbá Identity and Power Politics covers the major issues on Yorùbá history and politics, thus offering a solid understanding of one of the most popular ethnic groups in Africa. With a careful blend of sources and methods, narratives on the past and present, the book manages to present a long history as the backdrop to complicated contemporary politics.


Contributors: Tunde M. Akinwumi, Olufunke A. Adeboye, R. T. Akinyele, Aribidesi Usman, Tunde Oduwobi, Olufemi Vaughan, Abolade Adeniji, Jean-Luc Martineau, Ann O’Hear, Rasheed Olaniyi, Charles Temitope Adeyanju, Julius O. Adekunle, Funso Afolayan, Olayiwola Abegunrin.


Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.

Ann Genova is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Texas at Austin.

Tabla de materias

Introduction – Toyin Falola and Ann Genova

The Yorùbá Nation – Toyin Falola

Oral Tradition and the Reconstruction of Yorùbá Dress – Tunde M. Akinwumi

Diaries as Cultural and Intellectual Histories – Olufunke A. Adeboye

Historiography of Western Yorùbá Borderlands – R.T. Akinyele

The History of the Okun Yorùbá: Research Directions – Ann O’Hear

Ilá Kingdom Revisited: Recent Archaeological Research at Ilá-Yàrà –

Early Ijebú History: An Analysis on Demographic Evolution and State Formation – Tunde Oduwobi

Power, Status, and Influence of Yorùbá Chiefs in Historical Perspective – Toyin Falola

Chieftaincy Structures, Communal Identity, and Decolonization in Yorùbáland – Olufemi Vaughan

Odogbolu Chieftaincy Dispute in Historical Perspective – Abolade Adeniji

Yorùbá Nationalism and the Reshaping of Obaship – Jean-Luc Martineau

Approaching the Study of the Yorùbá Diaspora in Northern Nigeria – Rasheed Olaniyi

Yorùbá-Nigerians in Toronto: Transnational Practices and Experiences – Charles Temitope Adeyanju

Yorùbá Factor in Nigerian Politics – Julius O. Adekunle

Politics, Ethnicity, and the Struggle for Autonomy and Democracy – Funso Afolayan

Petroleum and Ethno-Politics – Ann Genova

Chief M.K.O. Abiola’s Presidential Ambitions and Yorùbá Democratic Rights – Olayiwola Abegunrin

Sobre el autor

TOYIN FALOLA is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin.