Yoruba Hometowns

By - Trager, Lillian

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, Colo., 2001

ISBN 10 - 1555879810

ISBN 13 - 9781555879815

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Arbeidsmigratie

Shelf No - 14

Call Number - 305.896 TRA

Physical Description - x, 299 pages ; 24 cm

Book Information

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.

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