A rich and accessible account of Yoruba history, society and culture from the pre-colonial period to the present.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Aribidesi Usman is Associate Professor of Anthropology in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University. He is co-editor of Movements, Borders, and Identities in Africa (2009) and the author of The Yoruba Frontier (2012).
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List of figures Preface Acknowledgments 1. Geography and society Part I. Long Historical Formations: 2. Prehistory and protohistory 3. The growth of complex societies 4. States and small-scale polities, AD 1400-1600 Part II. Yoruba Polities and Entry into the Atlantic World: 5. The seventeenth century: the age of empire building 6. The eighteenth century Part III. The Nineteenth Century: Wars and Transformations: 7. Yorubaland in the nineteenth century: the height of trouble 8. The nineteenth century: the internecine wars and consequences 9. The nineteenth century: slave trade and slavery 10. The nineteenth century: new agencies of transformation Part IV. Economic, Social, and Cultural Practices over Time: 11. Precolonial economy 12. Religion and world view 13. Creativity: arts, body adornment, and music Part V. Colonial Yoruba: 14. Colonial rule, economy, education, and identity 15. Politics and identity in the late colonial era Part VI. Postcolonial Yoruba: 16. Politics and identity: the post independence era 17. Politics and identity at the close of the twentieth century 18. Contemporary politics and identity 19. Contemporary sociopolitical, economic, and cultural transformation 20. Summary and conclusion References Index.
List of figures Preface Acknowledgments 1. Geography and society Part I. Long Historical Formations: 2. Prehistory and protohistory 3. The growth of complex societies 4. States and small-scale polities, AD 1400-1600 Part II. Yoruba Polities and Entry into the Atlantic World: 5. The seventeenth century: the age of empire building 6. The eighteenth century Part III. The Nineteenth Century: Wars and Transformations: 7. Yorubaland in the nineteenth century: the height of trouble 8. The nineteenth century: the internecine wars and consequences 9. The nineteenth century: slave trade and slavery 10. The nineteenth century: new agencies of transformation Part IV. Economic, Social, and Cultural Practices over Time: 11. Precolonial economy 12. Religion and world view 13. Creativity: arts, body adornment, and music Part V. Colonial Yoruba: 14. Colonial rule, economy, education, and identity 15. Politics and identity in the late colonial era Part VI. Postcolonial Yoruba: 16. Politics and identity: the post independence era 17. Politics and identity at the close of the twentieth century 18. Contemporary politics and identity 19. Contemporary sociopolitical, economic, and cultural transformation 20. Summary and conclusion References Index.
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