Adeagbo Akinjogbin (editor), War and Peace in Yorubaland, 1793 - 1893.
Paperback, 24 x 17.5 cm, xi + 526 pages, some illustrations.
Wraps a little rubbed, corners just beginning to curl, inscription on the half-title-page. Nigerian printing: a little offsetting in places. Still, clean and legible. Good condition.
Scarce text.
'War and Peace in Yorubaland contains selections from the papers presented at the centenary conference on the 1886 Kiriji/Ekitiparapo Peace Treaty which was held at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) Ile-Ife, from 21-28 September 1986.
'The volume, while not discussing all the issues connected with War and Peace in Yorubaland, raises and gives a coherent picture of different issues fundamental to the modern history of the Yorubas and aspects of the human drama that constituted the Yoruba Civil Wars which went on from 1793 to 1893.
'There is no doubt that this book is crucial to the understanding of Yoruba history in the last two hundred years. It is the first major effort since Samuel Johnson wrote in 1897 and an essential modern updating of his History of the Yorubas.
'Chapters 1 - 13 deals with a general view of the wars, their causes and the general populace who participated in the wars. Section B, Chapters 14 to 22, deals more specifically with the war generals and the various military tactics they employed during the wars. Section C, Chapters 23 - 27, looks at external involvement and the search for peace, while Section D, Chapters 28 - 43, deals with the consequences of the events of the century. To young people who are thirsty for a knowledge of their history as well as older people who always wanted to read something comprehensive on the history of Yorubaland, this book recommends itself.
'Professor Isaac Adeagbo Akinjogbin is Emeritus Professor of History of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He was Director, Institute of African Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University from 1965-68 and Head of Department of History from 1966-81. Professor Akinjogbin is one of the leading authorities on Yoruba History and Culture. He has written and co-authored various books among which are Dahomey and Its Neighbours 1708 - 1818 (1967); Topics on Nigerian Economic and Social History (1980) and The Cradle of a Race (1980). He also has a book on Yoruba poems titled Ewi Iwoyi (1967).'
West African history.
