Kingdoms Of The Yoruba

By: Robert S. Smith

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Paperback | 15 July 1988 | Edition Number 3

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192 Pages

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This third edition of what has been described as "this minor classic" has been extensively revised to take account of advances in Nigerian historiography.
The twenty million Yorubas are one of the largest and most important groups of people on the African continent. Historically they were organized in a series of autonomous kingdoms and their past is richly recorded in oral tradition and archaeology. From the fifteenth century onwards there are descriptions by visitors and from the nineteenth century there are abundant official reports from administrators and missionaries.
Yoruba sculpture in stone, metal, ivory, and wood is famous. Less well-known are the elaborate and carefully designed constitutional forms which were evolved in the separate kingdoms, the methods of warfare and diplomacy, the oral literature, and the religion based on the worship of a "high god" surrounded by a pantheon of more accessible deities. Many of these aspects are shown in the drawings and photographs which have been used-for the first time-to illustrate this distinguished work.

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"An elegant and clear introduction to this complex history. It is based on a sound scholarly knowledge of the literature as well as the oral history--which is particularly rich for the Yoruba. It would be central to any course on Nigerian history . . . and stands in its own right as a scholarly work."--Michael Crowder, Amherst College

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List of illustrations	p. viii
List of abbreviations	p. viii
Preface to First Edition	p. ix
Preface to Second Edition	p. xi
Preface to Third Edition	p. xii
Maps	p. xiii

The Yoruba and their Homeland	p. 3
The Primacy of Ife	p. 13
The Rise of Oyo	p. 29
Kingdoms of the East: Ijesha, Ekiti, Igbomina, Owo, and Ondo	p. 42
Kingdoms of the West: Ketu, Shabe, and Dassa	p. 55
Kingdoms of the South: Ijebu, Egba, Egbado, and Lagos	p. 61

The Traditions Reviewed	p. 79
An Oba and his People	p. 87
War	p. 99

The Decline and Fall of Old Oyo	p. 109
The Wars and the New States	p. 125
On the Threshold of Nigeria	p. 141
Crowned Oba	p. 153
A Summary of Linguistic Evidence	p. 155
Sources and Bibliography	p. 157
Index	p. 167
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