Indigenous political structures and governance in Nigeria
By: edited by Olufemi Vaughan.
Contributors: Vaughan, Olufemi.
Publisher: Bookcraft Ltd.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Ibadan, Nigeria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9789782030368
Subjects: Tribal government -- Nigeria.; Local government -- Nigeria.; Chiefdoms -- Nigeria -- History.; Indigenous peoples -- Nigeria -- Politics and government.; Nigeria -- Politics and government.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Olufemi Vaughan; title: Traditional rulers, governance and the postcolonial state / F.O. Nyemutu Roberts; title: Chieftaincy politics in Nigeria / Olufemi Vaughan; title: Between "traditional" and "ruler" : the making of contested retribalizations / Eghosa E. Osaghae; title: Women chiefs in Ibadan public life, 1893-1997 / LaRay Denzer; title: Obas and party politics : the emergence of postcolonial political identity in Ijebu-Remo, 1948-1966 / Insa Nolte; title: Political appellation in Yoruba literature / Adélékè Adééko; title: "Elders-still-exist" : socio-cultural groups and political participation in colonial Ibadan / O.A. Adeboye; title: Cultural forms, social cohesion and Igbo political communities : the Aladinma Juridical Model in focus / Obinna I. Ihunna; title: Indigenous Igbo political philosophy and the quest for political legitimacy in Africa / Chris Okechukwu Uroh; title: Traditional rulers and governance : a case study of Igboland / Edlyne E. Anugwom; title: Indigenous political structures and the Nigerian State : the taming of the sultanate / Wale Adebanwi.