Can there be unity in Nigeria
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Drums of the Yoruba of Nigeria. Ethnic Folkways Library (New York). P.AAI. LP.
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Historical Records of Nigeria
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NOTES AND NEWS established and six more had been planned, in addition to four village schools in Moslem areas.Where men from a village or group of hamlets have built a school by their own labour, they show a great interest in the school's development; parents' committees have bee…
State Power, Autarchy, and Political Conquest in Nigerian Federalism
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This book shows how specific historical events and societal forces within Nigeria transcend the choices its political leaders have made to influence the course of the state's political development. Kalu N. Kalu describes a variety of factors that have contributed to the challenge…
FOLKLORE, ART, MUSIC: Drums of the Yoruba of Nigeria. W illiam B ascom
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The Yoruba Lineage
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Opening Paragraph The Yoruba, a people numbering over 5½ million, living in south-west Nigeria, need little introduction. They are almost unique among African peoples in that they live in large settlements, many of which were capitals of chiefdoms; 42 per cent, of them live in to…
Kinship and Lineage among the Yoruba
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Opening Paragraph This paper presents an analytic description of the principles underlying the traditional kinship system of the Yoruba people of Western Nigeria in the community of Oshogbo. Aggregation into large-scale urban-like communities which are characterized by the close…
Field Notes on the Arabic Literature of the Western Sudan: Shehu Usumanu ḍan Fodio
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In January and February of 1954 the writer travelled some 4,000 miles through the Northern Eegion of Nigeria in search of Arabic manuscripts for the Library of the University College of Ibadan, and also to make a survey of the indigenous Arabic literature of the peoples of the We…
Margaret Wrong Medal, 1954
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From the point of view of the historian in Great Britain or the United States, it is unfortunate that most of this material is to be found only in Nigeria. It i also unfortunately true that there are as yet only a few qualified African historians. If the material is to be used at…
The Shantu music of the Harims of Nigeria
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Perhaps the most fascinating of all Nigerian music is the Shantu music and soft rhythmical singing which comes from the women’s courtyards of the Muslim Harims. I do not know of any other music either in Africa or the world which can be compared to it. Recently I have been able t…
Groundwork of Nigerian Law. By T. Olawale Elias. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1954. Pp. xxx + 374. 30s.
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OILING THE WHEELS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN EASTERN NIGERIA
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The Migration and Expansion of the Tiv
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Opening Paragraph One of the most obvious social situations in the middle Benue Valley is the expansion in all directions of the Tiv, who number some 800,000 and are the largest pagan tribe in Northern Nigeria. One of the most puzzling aspects of Tiv expansion has been that, alth…
Ikeŋga: the Ibo Ram‐headed God
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SYNOPSIS Among the Ibo of Southern Nigeria is a cult object known as Ikeŋga. It is associated with good fortune, success, ability and the strength of the right arm. It is represented by a carved wooden figure of a man with rams horns on his head and a machet in one hand and a hum…
African Political Systems: Indirect Rule and Democratic Processes
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DEMOCRACY, in the Western sense of government by a central legislative body nominated by the people, is, with the exception of Liberia, a recent development in West Africa. To date, the European colonies that have made the greatest strides in this direction have been the Gold Coa…
Federation for Nigeria
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The Nigeria Handbook
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Journal Article The Nigeria Handbook Get access The Nigeria Handbook. London: Crown Agents. 1954. Illustrated. Maps. 7 Appendices. 15s. Od. C. O. D. EKWENSI C. O. D. EKWENSI Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 53, Issue…
The ‘Descent’ of the Tiv from Ibenda Hill
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Opening Paragraph The Tiv, a semi-Bantu people numbering some 800,000 who live in the middle Benue Valley of Northern Nigeria, have not, according to their tradition, always lived in their present location. They account for their entrance into the territory they now occupy and th…
Book Review
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Insult as an Offence in African Customary Law
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The writer, who is Simon Research Fellow in Manchester University, is author of Nigerian Land Law and Custom, and has recently paid a visit to Uganda.
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