Power relations in Nigeria : Ilorin slaves and their successors

This is the first study of slavery and its legacy in the Yoruba and incompletely Islamicised periphery of the Sokoto caliphate and of northern Nigeria. It shows the decline of slavery and the emergence of a small-scale peasantry at the end of the nineteenth century, and takes the story into the late-colonial and post-independence periods. Focusing on Ilorin, the city and emirate on the southern fringe of the caliphate, now in Nigeria, it shows how relations between the city elite and the ex-slaves and peasants they controlled have fluctuated during the long process of oppression and reaction. Ann O'Hear is Co-ordinator of Intercultural Studies at Niagara University, New York. This Study Provides, For The First Time, An Examination Of Slavery And Its Legacy In The Yoruba And Incompletely Islamicized Periphery Of The Sokoto Caliphate And Of Northern Nigeria. It Links The Story Of The Decline Of Slavery With The Emergence Of A Small-scale Peasantry, And Follows Its Fortunes Into The Late Colonial And Post-independence Periods.--book Jacket. Focusing On Ilorin, A City And Emirate On The Southern Fringe Of The Caliphate (now In Nigeria), This Study Uses The Concepts Of Resistance And Accommodation To Reveal The Evolution Of The Role Relations Between The Members Of The City Elite And The Slaves And Peasants They Controlled.--book Jacket. The Historiography Of Resistance And Accommodation -- Slavery In Nineteenth-century Ilorin -- Resistance And Accommodation Of Slaves And Others In Nineteenth-century Ilorin -- British Intervention And British Rule : Resistance And Accommodation Among The Slaves And Peasants Of Ilorin, C.1890-1920 -- The Metropolitan Districts Of Ilorin : Population, Administration, And Conditions -- The Metropolitan Districts : Accommodation And Resistance, 1920s To Early 1950s -- The Metropolitan Districts, The Ilorin Talaka Parapo And The Years Of Struggle, 1956-1960 -- The Metropolitan Districts And The Political Conflicts Of The 1970s And Early 1980s. Ann O'hear. Series Number Taken From Jacket. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 307-321) Adn Index. Study of slavery and its legacy in Nigeria from 19c through colonialism to independence and after.