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Contents Acknowledgements vii Contributors ix Introduction 1 Toyin Falola and Ann Genova Part A: Histories Reconstructed 1. Notes on Yor¥bç Newspapers, 1859-2002 19 TçÆwÿ Ol£nlçdÄ 2. Ile Iwe Ofe: Socialist Epistemology in Awolowo's 35 Reconstruction of Yoruba Identity and Nationalism ashimuneze heanacho 3. Urban Politics in a Yoruba Frontier: Mushin 141 Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani 4. The Metamorphosis of the Bamidele Movement 155 Lateef M. Adetona Part B: Identity at the Crossroads 5.Yoruba Ethnicity and the Pursuit of Western Education in 175 Southwestern Nigeria Ademola Babalola 6. Law Making in Pre-Colonial Yorubaland 187 Mojeed Olujinmi A. Alabi 7. Dispute Settlement under the Yoruba Culture: Lessons for the 206 Criminal Justice System Oluyemisi Bamgbose 8. The 419 Scam: Cybercrime and the Virtual World 242 Anne Webb 9. Motherhood as a Source of Empowerment of Women 268 Taiwo Makinde 10. Age Stratification and Marital Relations among the Yoruba 286 Jacob A. Adetunji 11. Understanding Demographic and Health Events through Yoruba Proverbs 301 Jacob Oni 12. Abortion among the Yoruba 351 Ibigbolade Simon Aderibigbe 13. Jinxed: On Being White and Yoruba 376 Elaine Neil Orr 14. Confronting the Future: The Yoruba at a Crossroads 392 Jare Ajayi 15. Confronting the Future: An Advocacy Agenda and Program 422 John Babatunde Bamidele Ojo Part C: The Future of Modernity 16. Road Traffic Accidents in Yoruba States 450 Bamidele Abiona Badejo 17. Aids Explosion in Yorubaland 482 Oluwatosin Ige Alo 18. The Oodua Peoples Congress and Crime Control in Lagos 496 Adewole Akinyemi Atere and Akeem Ayofe Akinwale 19. Storage of Grains: The Nigerian Perspective 512 B. O. Akintunde 20. Culture, Technology, and Gari Processing 530 T. Y. Tunde-Akintunde 21. Agriculture in Yoruba Society and Culture 540 Adebayo A. Lawal 22. Yoruba Associations: Sources of Empowerment 564 Julius O. Adekunle 23. Crisis and the Restoration of Older Values 582 'Tunji Azeez 24. Dual Residence Patterns in a Yoruba Community 610 Jacob A. Adetunji and Kefa Otiso 25. Women and Yoruba Culture 625 Mary E. Modupe Kolawole 26. Gender, Household Sex Roles, Work, and the Contemporary 658 Yoruba Family Asiyanbola R. Abidemi 27. Yoruba Cultural Influence on Junior and Secondary Curriculum 690 Jamaine Abidogun Index 733
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Yoruba (African people) -- History -- Congresses.
Yoruba (African people) -- Ethnic identity -- Congresses.
Yoruba (African people) -- Social conditions -- Congresses.
Nigeria -- Social conditions -- Congresses.
Nigeria -- Ethnic relations -- Congresses.