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The integration of the new economic classes into local government in western Nigeria

African affairs, journal of the Royal African Society52Published In 1953 • Pages: 327-334

By: Lloyd, Peter Cutt.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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 system of town government through appointment or election to the local Native Authority Councils is the subject of this brief article. The author is a specialist on the traditional Yoruba system of government and is attached to the West African Institute of Social and Economic Research.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Accumulation of wealth
Status, role, and prestige
Sodalities
Classes
Tillage
Income and demand
Occupational specialization
Household
Lineages
Community councils
Towns
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Yoruba
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2009
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Africa
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Western Africa
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Robert Lee ; 1959
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
ca. 1952
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1950-1959
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Nigeria
NotesAdditional notes
P. C. Lloyd
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
44027207
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Yoruba (African people)