|
| << previous | next >> |
Journal description
All volumes of the corresponding journal
All issues of the corresponding volume
All articles of the corresponding issues
Details for article 3 of 6 found articles
| Title: |
Identity and space in Ibadan politics, western Nigeria |
| Author: |
Ajala, Aderemi Suleiman |
| Appeared in: |
African identities |
| Paging: | Volume 6 (2008) nr. 2 pages 149-168 |
| Year: |
2008-05 |
| Contents: |
The democratic consolidation in Nigeria is threatened by ethnic politics in which Nigerians struggle to contest and win elections outside their ethnic domains. This situation aggravates political marginalization and exacerbates ethnic conflicts and exclusionary politics in Nigeria. Through qualitative methods of study, this paper examines the construction of political identity from ethnic nationalism and legitimization of space, by explaining how space and identity influence Ibadan politics. The study establishes that the Ibadan indigenes, that is, the bona fide indigenes of Ibadan, employ their civic nationalism and municipal consciousness as strategies for politicization, while the non-indigenes in the city perceive themselves as being in an unfavourable position with regard to having equal and equitable access to political powers in the city. The practice endangers equal participation in democratic politics, and leads to poor performance of the political elites in this Yoruba community. |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
Details for article 3 of 6 found articles
| << previous | next >> |