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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. |