Yorb Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria by Wale Adebanwi - 9781107696662

Yorb Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria?bfemi Awlowo and Corporate Agency\nAuthor(s): Wale Adebanwi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107696662, 978-1107696662\nSynopsis\nYorb Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria investigates the dynamics and challenges of ethnicity and elite politics in Nigeria, Africa's largest democracy. Wale Adebanwi demonstrates how the corporate agency of the elite transformed the modern history and politics of one of Africa's largest ethnic groups, the Yorb. The argument is organized around the ideas and cultural representations of ?bfemi Awlowo, the central signifier of modern Yorb culture. Through the narration and analysis of material, non-material and interactional phenomena - such as political party and ethnic group organization, cultural politics, democratic struggle, personal ambitions, group solidarity, death, memory and commemoration - this book examines the.