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Yoruba Hometowns : Community, Identity and Development in Nigeria by Lillian Trager (2001, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRienner Publishers, Lynne
ISBN-101555879810
ISBN-139781555879815
eBay Product ID (ePID)1780681
Product Key Features
Number of Pages330 Pages
Publication NameYoruba Hometowns : Community, Identity and Development in Nigeria
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
SubjectSociology / General, Development / General, Customs & Traditions, Public Policy / Regional Planning
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Business & Economics
AuthorLillian Trager
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight15.2 Oz
Item Length8.7 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN00-066503
ReviewsThis is Trager's chef-d'oeuvre, a rich study of the strong ties Yoruba migrants maintain with their hometowns in Nigeria, and pioneering explorations of the implications for development. The case studies of hometown celebrations, organizations, and individual lives are wonderful. - Josef Gugler
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal305.896/3330669
Table Of ContentIntroduction. Community Day Celebrations: A New Tradition at Home.; Knowing Your Place: Hometown and Identity.; ""We Are Just Sojourners Here"": Ijesa Migration.; ""We Love Ourselves Abroad"": Hometown Organizations and Their Members.; Ceremonies and Celebrations: The Symbolism of Hometown Links.; Local Development and the Economic Crisis.; Self-Help and the Practice of Local Development in Ijesaland.; The Elusive Goal of Unity: Politics, Conflict, and Morality.; Conclusion: Communities and Development.
SynopsisThe pattern of migrants maintaining ties with their home communities is common in sub-Saharan Africa, where it has social, cultural, political, and economic implications. This book explores the significance of hometown connections for civil society and local development in Nigeria., The pattern of migrants maintaining strong ties with their home communities is particularly common in sub-Saharan Africa, where it has important social, cultural, political, and economic implications. This book explores the significance of hometown connections for civil society and local development in Nigeria. Rich ethnographic description and case studies illustrate the links that the Ijesa Yoruba maintain with their communities of origin - links that both help to shape social identity and contribute to local development. Trager also examines indigenous concepts of development, demonstrating how the Yoruba bring their understandings of development to efforts in their own communities. Placing her work in the context of national political and economic change, she raises questions about the motivations, implications, and consequences of local development efforts, not only for the communities and their members, but also for the larger polity., The pattern of migrants maintaining strong ties with their home communities is particularly common in sub-Saharan Africa, where it has important social, cultural, political, and economic implications. This book explores the significance of hometown connections for civil society and local development in Nigeria. Rich ethnographic description and case studies illustrate the links that the Ijesa Yoruba maintain with their communities of origin - links that both help to shape social identity and contribute to local development. Trager also examines indigenous concepts of ""development,"" demonstrating how the Yoruba bring their understandings of development to efforts in their own communities. Placing her work in the context of national political and economic change, she raises questions about the motivations, implications, and consequences of local development efforts, not only for the communities and their members, but also for the larger polity.
LC Classification NumberDT515.45.Y67T73 2001
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