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Title:Administrative Integration and Conflict in Nigeria, 1840-1940: The Case of North-East Yorubaland
Author:Apata, Z.O.
Year:1995
Periodical:Transafrican Journal of History (ISSN 0251-0391)
Volume:24
Pages:106-122
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:Nigeria
West Africa
Great Britain
Subjects:Yoruba
colonialism
local government reform
History and Exploration
Politics and Government
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Ethnic and Race Relations
History, Archaeology
history
ethnic groups
Conflicts
public administration
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/24328657
Abstract:The sociopolitical system of the Yoruba in precolonial northeast Yorubaland, Nigeria, unlike that in central Yorubaland, was essentially decentralized. This article analyses Nupe (1840-1897) and British (1897-1940) colonial attempts at administrative integration of the area, which comprised Owe, Bunu, Oworo, Ijumu, and Yagba, now located in Kogi State, and Akoko in Ondo State. It shows that the integration process was difficult for four major reasons: 1) in spite of fundamental similarities in their traditional institutions, the people of northeast Yorubaland were not united politically and had never operated a unified administrative system; 2) the colonial authorities had not done enough homework and therefore could not avoid making mistakes in the implementation of their integration policy; 3) the local population did not adapt easily to the new order and preferred to stick to their traditional forms of government; 4) the colonial administrative groupings were not rooted in the fabric of the indigenous administrative systems. Nevertheless, these integration efforts did pave the way for the emergence of modern local government in the region in the 1950s. Bibliogr., sum.
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