Yoráubâa identity and power politics

"Yoruba Identity and Power Politics" covers the major issues on Yoruba 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.

The contributors include: 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, and Olayiwola Abegunrin. Toyin Falola is the Francis Nalle Higgenbothom Centennial Professor of History and Distinuished Teaching at the University of Texas at Austin; Ann Genova is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Texas at Austin.