The mode of British expansion in Yorubaland in the second half of the nineteenth century: the Oyo episode

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Title:	The mode of British expansion in Yorubaland in the second half of the nineteenth century: the Oyo episode
Author:	Ayandele, E.A.
Year:	1967
Periodical:	Odù: Journal of Yoruba and Related Studies
Volume:	3
Issue:	2
Pages:	22-43
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Nigeria
Subjects:	history colonial history
Abstract:	Factors beyond the purview of scholars, many of whom have never been to Africa, determined Britsh colonial expansion in Yorubaland: missionary propaganda - the encouragement given to the Britsh by local chiefs under the illusion that the British would be willing tools for the chiefs' political advantages - the desire of the British officer to display the British bunting. To illustrate these factors a detailed examination of how the British intruded into, and ultimately acquired Oyo, is made. Notes.