Yoruba Hometowns : Community, Identity, and Development in Nigeria /
Trager, Lillian
Yoruba Hometowns : Community, Identity, and Development in Nigeria / Lillian Trager. - 1 online resource (299 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Community-Day Celebrations: A New Tradition at Home -- 3 Knowing Your Place: The Hometown and Identity -- 4 "We Are Just Sojourners Here": Ijesa Migration -- 5 "We Love Ourselves Abroad": Hometown Organizations and Their Members -- 6 Ceremonies and Celebrations: The Symbolism of Hometown Links -- 7 Local Development and the Economic Crisis -- 8 Self-Help and the Practice of Local Development in Ijesaland -- 9 The Elusive Goal of Unity: Politics, Conflict, and Morality -- 10 Conclusion: Communities and Development -- References -- Index -- About the Book
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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. Lillian Trager 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 Ijesa 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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781555879495 9781685855000
10.1515/9781685855000 doi
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African.
Yoruba Hometowns : Community, Identity, and Development in Nigeria / Lillian Trager. - 1 online resource (299 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Community-Day Celebrations: A New Tradition at Home -- 3 Knowing Your Place: The Hometown and Identity -- 4 "We Are Just Sojourners Here": Ijesa Migration -- 5 "We Love Ourselves Abroad": Hometown Organizations and Their Members -- 6 Ceremonies and Celebrations: The Symbolism of Hometown Links -- 7 Local Development and the Economic Crisis -- 8 Self-Help and the Practice of Local Development in Ijesaland -- 9 The Elusive Goal of Unity: Politics, Conflict, and Morality -- 10 Conclusion: Communities and Development -- References -- Index -- About the Book
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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. Lillian Trager 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 Ijesa 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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781555879495 9781685855000
10.1515/9781685855000 doi
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African.