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Some modern changes in the government of Yoruba towns
West African Institute of Social and Economic Research Annual Conference; sociology • 2 (1) • Published In 1953 • Pages: 7-20
By: Lloyd, Peter Cutt.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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 economy. He concludes with a discussion of current problems of local government.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Towns
- Settlement patterns
- Sociocultural trends
- Clans
- Local officials
- Police
- Acculturation and culture contact
- External relations
- Taxation and public income
- Judicial authority
- Accumulation of wealth
- Classes
- 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.
- Social Anthropologist
- 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
- George R. Bedell ; 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
- 1950-1953
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Peter C. Lloyd
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf 83001072
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yoruba (African people)