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The Yoruba lineagearticle 1955 • Lloyd, Peter Cutt
Yoruba • Africa > Western Africa
The term lineage as discussed in this article is the patrilineal descent group whose residence is the compound. Because of the legendary nature of lineage origins in most cases, this group has been indexed as a sib. Centering his attention on this ki...Craft organization on Yoruba townsarticle 1953 • Lloyd, Peter Cutt
Yoruba • Africa > Western Africa
This study is a description of the organization of the traditional crafts of the Yoruba, primarily on a kinship basis, and of new crafts introduced by European contact. The latter have formed guild organizations which preserve some of the functions o...Some problems of tenancy in Yoruba land tenurearticle 1955 • Lloyd, Peter Cutt
Yoruba • Africa > Western Africa
This article presents a discussion of traditional patterns of Yoruba land tenure and the related social and political obligations. The changes in the tenancy obligations which followed increased immigration and the introduction of cocoa as a commerci...The traditional political system of the Yorubaarticle 1954 • Lloyd, Peter Cutt
Yoruba • Africa > Western Africa
The central theme of this article is the role of the lineage system in the relationship between the government and the mass of the people. Lineages, associations, and the state are found to be closely affiliated among the Yoruba. The author discusses...The integration of the new economic classes into local government in western Nigeriaarticle 1953 • Lloyd, Peter Cutt
Yoruba • Africa > Western Africa
According to the author, the new economic classes among the Yoruba are the wealthy farmers and traders, craftsmen, and literate youths who are being employed as government clerks and school teachers. Their integration into the traditional tribal syst...Some modern changes in the government of Yoruba townsarticle 1953 • Lloyd, Peter Cutt
Yoruba • Africa > Western Africa
In this article the author briefly outlines the traditional Yoruba political system as encountered in the towns, the changes brought about by the British administration directly and the changes effected directly and indirectly by a modern commercial ...The Yoruba of Nigeriaessay 1965 • Lloyd, Peter Cutt
Yoruba • Africa > Western Africa
This summary article on the Yoruba was written by a British social anthropologist especially for this volume. The author's descriptions are authentic and reliable, deriving as they do from a decade of primary field research among the Yoruba. Due to i...