Yoruba Hometowns: Community, Identity, and Development in Nigeria

Table of contents

• Yoruba Hometowns *
• Title Page *
• Contents v
• Illustrations vii
• Acknowledgements ix
• 1 - Introduction 1
• Notes *
• 2 - Community-Day Celebrations: a New Tradition at Home 15
• Notes *
• 3 - Knowing Your Place: the Hometown and Identity 37
• Notes *
• 4 - We Are Just Sojourners Here: Ijesa Migration 59
• Notes *
• 5 - We Love Ourselves Abroad: Hometown Organizations and Their Members 89
• Notes *
• 6 - Ceremonies and Celebrations: the Symbolism of Hometown Links 119
• Notes *
• 7 - Local Development and the Economic Crisis 145
• Notes *
• 8 - Self-Help and the Practice of Local Development in Ijesaland 165
• Notes *
• 9 - The Elusive Goal of Unity: Politics, Conflict, and Morality 205
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• 10 - Conclusion: Communities and Development 235
• Notes *
• References 279
• Index 291
• About the Book 299

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