Obafemi Awolowo and the Making of Remo : : The Local Politics of a Nigerian Nationalist / / Insa Nolte.
This book examines the evolution of a distinctive Yoruba community, Remo, and the central role played in this process by the Remo-born Nationalist and Yoruba leader Obafemi Awolowo (1909-87). Since the Nineteenth Century, popular participation has played an important role in challenging or confirmin...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | International African Library : IAL
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 24 B/W illustrations 6 B/W line art |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- List of maps, tables and illustrations
- 1 Remo and Awolowo
- 2 The institutions of Precolonial Remo
- 3 The rise of Sagamu
- 4 Remo’s struggle for independence
- 5 Nationalist politics and the integration of traditional politics and party rivalry under Obafemi Awolowo
- 6 Remo united, Ikenne divided
- 7 Ethno-regional politics and popular rebellion in Remo
- 8 Self-reliance, development and civic pride in Remo
- 9 After Awolowo
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index