'Civil Disorder is the Disease of Ibadan'
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African history
Author_Ruth Watson
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chieftaincy
colonial Nigeria
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Ibadan
political culture
Yoruba culture
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- ISBN 9780852554548
- Weight: 302g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jun 2003
- Publisher: James Currey
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Audrey Richards Prize Winner
This book is a study of chieftaincy and political culture in Ibadan, the most populous city in what was Britain's largest West African colony, Nigeria. Examining the period between 1829 and 1939, it shows how and why the processesthrough which Ibadan was made into a civic community shifted from the battlefield to a discursive field. Concentrating on the early-to-mid colonial period, the book's focus on political discourse encompasses Ibadan's pre-colonialpast, because forms of social action and political argument were always legitimated in terms of past precedents. This book offers a contribution to the social and cultural history of British colonial administration in Africa, aswell as to the field of urban history. It should be of interest to anthropologists and social scientists for its innovative approach to the study of political culture.
North America: Ohio U Press; Nigeria: HEBN
