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Title: | The North Eastern Districts of the Yoruba Country and the Benin Kingdom |
Author: | Akintoye, S.A. |
Year: | 1969 |
Periodical: | Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria |
Volume: | 4 |
Issue: | 4 |
Period: | June |
Pages: | 539-553 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | Yoruba history Benin polity Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) History and Exploration |
Abstract: | The poor knowledge of the history of the eastern parts of the Yoruba country is due mostly to the fact that, unlike the western parts, documentary material for the history of this area before the 20th century is very slim. For instance, there is nothing comparable here to the references by Europeans along the coast to Old Oyo in the 18th century. And even in the 19th century the two agencies of European penetration - trade and Christian missionary activity - were denied to the eastern districts until as late as the 1870's. This, however, is no justification for a tacit assumption that the history of the Yoruba country is the history of its western parts only. This article aims to direct attention to this gap by provoking discussion of one of the most important themes in the history of most of the area its long close contacts with the kingdom of Benin. Specifically, it attempts to pin-point and review the evidence of Benin connections in the history of the Ekiti, Akoko and Owo. Notes. |