41. CHAPTER IV mainspring of Yoruba Society), Oshogbo, owo and Ogbomosho miscarriage of the traditional values of the people. grip of an exploitative indigenous class whose http://www.crvp.org/book/Series02/II-3/chapter_iv.htm

CHAPTER IV THE CITY IN MODERN NIGERIA: A FORCE IN RAPID SOCIAL CHANGE JOSEPH I. ASIKE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES It is commonly considered that the history of human civilization is really the history of urban life. Archaeological records indicate the cradle of urban development was located in the lower Middle Eastthe Fertile Crescent . Its beginnings have been dated between 9,000 B.C. and 6,000 B.C. in the Neolithic Age. Whether or not it was from the Middle East alone that this important revolution spread to other parts of the world, or whether there were other independent centers of urban growth, is still a matter of controversy among historians and anthropologists. However, somewhat later in time very important centers of urban civilization appeared in Northern China, in the Indus Valley of Northern India and in the lower Nile Valley. What was the thrust behind the slow development of these communities in which a large number of people lived in units much larger than a village of scattered homesteads? Is it appropriate to refer to these communities as towns? Were they perhaps no more than large-scale peasant settlements? After all, when does a village become a town? The last two questions in particular have relevance to the history of urban life in Africa. Though the archaeological record still is not complete, urban development has its roots in inventions and discoveries of very great magnitude and in changes from food-gathering and hunting to food-producing, from being preyed upon by animals to their domestication, and from an uncertain existence based upon a subsistence economy to the production of food surpluses. In short, urban development was rooted in the agricultural revolution which, in turn, gave rise eventually to yet another transformation of perhaps even greater significance, namely, industrial society.

42. Religion In Nigeria the programs were Edikworo Christ Nno Kpukpru owo in Efik The format of the programs is indigenous and feature The result is that more people are now aware http://www.lutheranmedia.net/nigeria/articles/religioninnigeria.htm

Religion in Nigeria Lutheran Hour Ministries - Nigeria Obot Idim, Ibesikpo, Uyo. Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. On January 5, 1935, a survey team consisting of three missionaries, Dr. Henry Nau, Rev. Emmanuel Albercht, and Rev. O. C. A. Boecler left the United States for Nigeria, and arrived Nung Udoe, Ibesikpo, on February 4, 1935. On their return to the United States, and after a thorough evaluation of their report a decision was reached to take up the work in the Ibesikpo area of Nigeria. Dr. Henry Nau and his wife arrived Nung Udoe on April 24, 1936 to begin the missionary work of the North American Lutheran Synodical Conference in Nigeria. The name of the Nigerian student was Jonathan Udo Ekong. Today, the Lutheran Church of Nigeria, a partner church of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and Lutheran Church - Canada, has grown to over 100,000 members, with more than 80 indigenous pastors and over 175 evangelists and lay preachers in active ministerial services. LUTHERAN HOUR MINISTRY IN NIGERIA.

43. Ecoi.net - Topics & Issues » Nigeria » Ethnicity (Yoruba) their members were only passing through owo, en route to The ROF is an indigenous African organisation that promotes IRIN Lagos At least 20 people killed in http://www.ecoi.net/doc/en/NG/content/7/11674-1061

Nigeria printerfriendly version ecoi.net homepage Ethnicity Overview Igbo (Ibo) ... Niger-Delta Yoruba Background information Ethnic interest groups OPC (O'odua People's Congress) Secret societies ... Clashes Background information 06.1991 - US Library of Congress: Yorubaland takes in most of southwestern Nigeria US Library of Congress: Nigeria - The Southern Area 29.05.1995 - University of Indiana: The term Yoruba describes a number of semi-independent peoples loosely linked by geography, language, history, and religion University of Indiana: The Yoruba - An Introduction 07.03.1999 - University of Iowa: Religion University of Iowa: The Yoruba 07.03.1999 - University of Iowa: The political system University of Iowa: The Yoruba The Yoruba Page: Information about the Yoruba People The Yoruba Page - Information about the Yoruba People 1980 - The Yoruba Today The Yoruba Today Ethnic interest groups OPC (O'odua People's Congress) OPC (O'odua People's Congress) 10.2003 - UK Home Office: The OPC continues to be involved in clasches with the police in and around Lagos Country Assessment - October 2003 UK Home Office printer friendly version (English, 597.8 kB)

44. Ecoi.net - Themenpapier » Nigeria » Ethnizität (Yoruba) their members were only passing through owo, en route von Aktivisten des O odua People s Congress (OPC 6.131 The ROF is an indigenous African organisation that http://www.ecoi.net/doc/de/NG/content/7/11674-1061

Haftungsausschluss Themenpapier Nigeria druckerfreundliche Version ecoi.net Homepage Ethnizität Überblick Igbo (Ibo) ... Niger-Delta Yoruba Hintergrundinformationen Interessensgruppen OPC (O'odua People's Congress) Geheimgesellschaften ... Zusammenstöße mit anderen ethnischen Gemeinschaften Hintergrundinformationen 06.1991 - US Library of Congress: Yorubaland nimmt Großteil der Fläche Südwest-Nigerias ein US Library of Congress: Nigeria - The Southern Area 29.05.1995 - University of Indiana: Die Bezeichnung Yoruba beschreibt etliche teilunabhängige Völker, die durch Geografie, Sprache, Geschichte und Religion lose miteinander verbunden sind University of Indiana: The Yoruba - An Introduction 07.03.1999 - University of Iowa: Religion 07.03.1999 - University of Iowa: Staatswesen University of Iowa: The Yoruba The Yoruba Page: Informationen über das Volk der Yoruba The Yoruba Page - Information about the Yoruba People 1980 - The Yoruba Today Interessensgruppen OPC (O'odua People's Congress) OPC (O'odua People's Congress) 10.2003 - UK Home Office: Zusammenstösse zwischen OPC und Polizei in und um Lagos

45. Odua Republic - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia The majority of Yorùbá people are Christians, with Catholic, Pentecostal, Methodist, and indigenous churches having AdoEkiti, Ondo State owo Polytechnic, owo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odua_republic

Odua republic From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Server will be down for maintenance on 2004-06-11 from about 18:00 to 18:30 UTC. Odua Republic is a Nation located in west Africa, with a population about 40 million. The majority of whom are Yorùbá live largely in the south-west of Nigeria, there are also substantial Yorùbá communities in Benin Togo Sierra Leone Cuba and Brazil The Yorùbá are the main ethnic group in the states of Ekiti Kwara Lagos Ogun ... Edo(Akoko Edo) , and Oyo ; they also constitute a sizable proportion of the citizens of the Republic of Benin . The majority of Yorùbá people are Christians, with the Church of Nigeria (Anglican) Catholic Pentecostal Methodist , and Indigenous churches having the largest memberships. Moslems comprise about a quarter of the Yoruba population, with the traditional Yorùbá religion accounting for the rest. The Yorùbá were the most urbanized Africans in the precolonial era, and have a history of town-dwelling that goes back to A.D. The chief Yorùbá cities are Lagos Ibadan Abeokuta Akure ... Oyo and Ilé-Ifè See picture of Yoruba cities http://www.geocities.com/seelagos

46. AllAfrica.com: Nigeria [interview]: Benin Dynasty Is An Offshoot Of Ife Dynasty and vocation after he had married an indigenous Benin woman of Lagos, the origin of Yoruba people, the origin Lagos after the Eweka Revolution in owo by Akoko http://allafrica.com/stories/200405100886.html

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47. AllAfrica.com: Nigeria: I'm Not In Hiding elders that A kii gba Akaka l owo Akiti, a 56 vehicles and unleashed terror on the people of Sango lack of respect or disregard for indigenous cultural values. http://allafrica.com/stories/200001240269.html

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48. African News 17-01-2002 - C killed last week in a dispute between indigenous farmers and 13 January At least 25 people have died in of the traditional ruler of the town of owo in Nigeria http://ospiti.peacelink.it/anb-bia/week_2k2/020117c.htm

ANB-BIA - Av. Charles Woeste 184 - 1090 Bruxelles - Belgium TEL **.32.2/420 34 36 fax /420 05 49 E-Mail: anb-bia@village.uunet.be WEEKLY NEWS ISSUE of: PART #3/4 From MALI to SIERRA L. Part #1/4: Africa Part #2/4: Congo Brazza ... To the Weekly News Menu * Mali. African Cup of Nations 16 January : As Africa gets ready to watch its finest football players in action in the African Cup of Nations, the host Mali is working to make sure the competition runs smoothly. «The biggest technological challenge is communication,» said Urbain Sangare, the president of logistics for the competition. «We took on the challenge to make sure all of Africa sees every step of each game, so we have had to work on the telecommunications for outside and the telecommunications for in the country itself,» he said. The three-week feast of football kicks off on 19 January (BBC News, UK, 16 January 2002) * Mauritius. China investment in Mauritius cotton — A Chinese company is to build a cotton spinning mill in Mauritius, taking advantage of laws that allow duty-free access to the US, the world’s biggest textiles market. Textiles exported from Mauritius qualify for duty-free access to the US under the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA). The act was signed into law by President Clinton to boost trade between Africa and the US, by offering African exporters trade advantages. This investment however highlights fears that Asian countries are using Africa as a gateway to the US, raising questions about whether this investment will evaporate when trade rules are completely liberalised. The cotton mill is expected to produce 18,000 tonnes of cotton a year. Very few African countries are developed enough to take advantage of these trade preferences, with South Africa and Mauritius being the notable exceptions, Razia Khan, an economist at Standard Chartered said.

49. CHRRD-Benin-City-2002.V.16 African civil society needs to identify indigenous solutions. Ti isu eni bajina, a ma nda owo boje”, or the accountability of the state to the people, but it http://www.chrrd.kabissa.org/CHRRD-Benin-City.htm

CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CHRRD CONFERENCE TITLE: Politics, Society and Rights in Traditional Societies: Models and Prescriptions for Contemporary Nation Building in Nigeria. A two-day conference organized by the Benin Institute in collaboration with the Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs, 16th-17th May, 2002. ARTICLE TITLE: CBO Involvement and Participation in Local Government Decision Making: the CHRRD Experience in Southwest Nigeria CO-AUTHORS: Comrade Mashood Erubami, Executive Director, Centre for Human Rights Research and Development, Ibadan Mr. Ian R. Young, Research and Documentation Officer, Centre for Human Rights Research and Development, Ibadan ( CUSO Coöperant AUTHORS’ ADDRESS: Centre for Human Rights Research and Development, 37, Old Ife Road, Opposite Green Springs Hotel, P.O. Box 1084, Agodi Post Office, Ibadan, Oyo State, NIGERIA, West Africa. Tel. ABSTRACT From 2000 to the present, the Centre for Human Rights Research and Development, a ten-employee independent NGO based in Ibadan, with financial support from the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Lagos, and the United States Information Service, Lagos, has embarked upon a unique series of civil society-building workshops at the local government level in Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Kogi and Kwara States. Approximately 800 individuals have attended these workshops, representing civil servants, councillors and chairs of local government administrations, traditional rulers, market women, farmers, labourers, NGOs and social activists, students, police, and others.

50. EDO-NATION : THE EDO OF BENIN, NIGERIA Edos have several traditions about how their people began life ruler of Lagos is the only indigenous king in of Akure, the Ekiti country, and owo were tributary http://www.edo-nation.net/stewart1.htm

Content Links News Search ... Tourism The premier web site of Edo speaking people. Nation of people who are mostly located in the Midwestern part of Nigeria, Western Africa. THE EDO OF BENIN, NIGERIA. BY OSAMUYIMEN STEWART, Ph.D This posting is a collection of oral tradition passed down to me, my critical evaluation of folklore, and ideas from a variety of written sources (Egharevba 1934, Bradbury 1957, Crowder 1962, Basil Davidson et al 1965, Akenzua 1979, Igbafe 1979, Erhagbe (class notes) 1983). Introduction Although Nigeria was the creation of European ambitions and rivalries in West Africa, it would be an error to assume that its peoples had little history before its final boundaries were negotiated by Britain, France and Germany at the turn of the twentieth century. According to Crowder, this newly created country had a number of great kingdoms that had evolved complex systems of government prior to contact with Europeans. Within its frontiers was the kingdom of the Edo, whose art had become recognized as amongst the most accomplished in the world. The twin kingdoms of Edo and Oyo (Yorubaland) remained two of the most powerful kingdoms on the west coast of Africa up until the establishment of the British Protectorate at the end of the nineteenth century. Though very little is known for certain about the early history of Edo and Oyo, there have fortunately survived from these ancient kingdoms some remarkable and very beautiful bronzes and terra cottas, some of which rank among the masterpieces of world sculpture.

51. E - Nigeria . Info Ibadan was until recently the largest indigenous African city Iloro waterfalls, Ebomi Lake and the museum at owo. and is the principal city of the Nupe people. http://www.e-nigeria.info/attract.htm

52. Cultural Policy In Nigeria is also important, as most indigenous languages do of the Craftmanships of the Nigerian People; or, Developing owo Museum Federal Dept of Antiquities POB 84 http://www.wwcd.org/policy/clink/Nigeria.html

Cultural Policy in Nigeria Prepared by Culturelink IN THIS DOCUMENT... Introduction General Directions of Cultural Policy Administrative and Institutional Structuress Public or Semi-public Bodies Non-governmental Cultural Institutions Instruments of Cultural Policy Financing and Planning of Cultural Activities Legislation Sectoral Policies Cultural Heritage Artistic and literary creation ... Recent evolution of cultural life International Cultural Cooperation Addresses Sources How This Document Was Prepared Introduction Nigeria is one of the largest (923,768 km2) and geographically, socially and culturally most diversified African countries. It is the most populous country of Africa (the population estimated at 110 million in 1990), and potentially one of the richest. Richly endowed with human and natural resources, benefiting of a large internal market, Nigeria is, however, highly dependant on external economic sector, particularly oil revenues (93 per cent of exports in 1989). The domestic industry is import dependant. More then 60 per cent of population is employed in agriculture, which provides the bulk of Nigeria's food and raw materials supply and non-oil exports. Rich resources, large internal market and human potentials did not prevent Nigeria from being a low income country with GDP per capita declining from about 1,000 US dollars in 1980 to about 250 dollars in 1990. The world oil crisis, poor agricultural development, and internal civil war are usually cited as the main reasons for such an economic decline.

53. ABC Books A Rustle in the Wood, and owo Olodumare (The she deals with the place of women, indigenous and foreign The people have emerged from the colonial situation with http://www.africanbookscollective.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_African_Literatu

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54. ★ Reviews Of Books About Nigeria 27) The deer Women of owo. Many people, especially Ibo (Igbo), came to America through have already developed pathways to indigenous intensification (p97 http://nigeria.vacationbookreview.com/nigeria_5.html

Related Vacation Book Subjects: VacationBookReview niger niue More Pages: nigeria Page 1 Books to read if you're planning a vacation in "nigeria" , sorted by average review score: Tales of Yoruba Gods and Heroes. Published in Hardcover by Crown Pub (March, 1973) Author: Harold, Courlander Average review score: The Ancient Paikis of Orishas and Egungun from West African. Harold Courlander, has written many books on African Legends and Folklore, but this one has to be one of his most important works, especially for the devotees of the Orishas, both here in the Americas as well as the world over. This book should be in the collection of every Aborisha, as it is the sacred Patikis that have been passed down from Elder to Elder from West Africa, unto the Diaspora, and present. These are the Stories as told buy the Santeros and Santeras in the New York barrios, as well as the Babalorisha and Iyalorishas of the Forest of the tropics. The Stories presented here are as colorful and as intriguing as the mythology of Greek and Rome, with the exception that the Greek Gods have lost their followers. While the Orishas portrayed in this classic book, as still loved and adorned buy Millions upon millions of Worshippers and Followers thought the world. The stories told in this book are Patikis, the sacred tales as told buy the Elders to teach moral lessons and also are used in Divination with Oracles. This book gives you a good selection of the folklore as passed down from the Yoruba culture. But not just the Yoruba orisa culture. There is a section titled, The Yoruba Culture of Cuba. A section of Yoruba music from Haiti, Cuba and Brazil.

55. The Churches, Provinces, And Extra-Provincial Dioceses Of The Communion Offa; OkeOsun; Ondo; Osun; owo; Remo; Sabongidda Roman Catholic, Protestant churches), African indigenous churches, Orthodox be owned by the people rather than http://www.calvarypgh.org/acp2.html

THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION The Churches, Provinces, and Extra-Provincial Dioceses of the Communion The extra-provincial Diocese of Bermuda. Extra-Provincial to the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Rt. Rev'd A. Ewen Ratteray. Bishop of Bermuda PO Box HM 769 Hamilton HM CX Bermuda Street Address: Bishop's Lodge 18 Ferrar's Lane Pembroke HM 08 Bermuda The Church of Myanmar. The Most Rev'd Samuel San Si Htay, Primate. Country: Myanmar Dioceses: 6 (Hpa-an; Mandalay; Mytikyina; Sittwe; Toungoo; Yangon) Provincial mailing address: Bishopscourt 140 Pyidaungsu Yeiktha Road Dagon PO (11191) Yangoon, Myanmar The Anglican Church of Australia. The Most Rev'd Peter Frederick Carnley, Primate. The Province was founded in 1876. Country: Australia Dioceses: 23 (Adelaide; Armidale; Ballarat; Bathurst; Bendigo; Brisbane; Bunbury; Canberra and Goulburn; Gippsland; Grafton; Melbourne; Newcastle; North Queensland; North West Australia; Northern Territory; Perth; Riverina; Rockhampton; Sydney; Tasmania; The Murray; Wangaratta; Willochra)

56. BNW : Biafra Nigeria World Message Board: The Voice Of A New Generation: Igbo La assumption that any town beyond owo was Igbo or Organization, an international coalition of indigenous Ibo tribespersons bombing in which 270 people died, most http://messageboard.biafranigeriaworld.com/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=00

57. The Rosetta Project: The 1000 Language Archive in sociology, social movements, international migrations, indigenous and acculturated in learning about the Igala people, nation and Ma m owo ma du n oji mi http://www.rosettaproject.org/live/search/addresourceform?ethnocode=IGL&langname

58. Riikka Korpela's Categorized And Commented Nigeria Links of Katsina, Oba of Benin, Olowo of owo, Oni of indigenous African Resource Management of a Tropical Rain Forest Yoruba People Information and Links by Art and http://media.urova.fi/~rkorpela/niglink.html

all links updated 13.12.98 This list includes links to websites made by Nigerians, on Nigeria and on Nigerians. I'm collecting this link list mainly because of my own interest. Still I hope it finds some other users too. One target group I hope find this list useful are people like me: those who want to know the country, maybe visit it. Also I hope the Nigerian children and other Nigerians in diaspora could use this to stay in contact with their homeland. As I am studying media studies, I have included some links to pages that have material I don't quite agree with. This is for the purpose to not only know about Nigeria but also to study the image Nigeria has in the net. So please bear in mind that some pages tell more about their author than about their topic. Note that I use the Finnish system in dates: dd.mm.yy. For example 1.3.99 means first of march. Send your suggestions and comments to rkorpela@levi.urova.fi . Thank you for visiting. See also Riikka's home general politics women ... RIIKKA'S TOP TEN GENERAL Nigeria Country Study by the Library of Congress. Large collection of short texts about the country, learn about the history, society, economy or politics for example. Good source to have an overview of the country. Visited 29.1.99.

59. Art Africain Info The city of owo, to the southeast of Yorubaland near the The ndako gboya appears to be indigenous; a spirit that during the 7th century by people related to http://artafricain.ifrance.com/artafricain/art-africain-info.htm

Start Statues masques africains Objects ... sculptures info [ Art Africain Info ] News Formulaire Tuyaux d'achats Fon iron image of Gun, the god of iron and war, Dahomey. Museum Pottery head found at Sokoto, Nigeria. Height 45cm Bambara dance wood headdress in the form of an antelope African arts West Africa Scholars divide the visual arts of West Africa into three broad areas: the western Sudan, the Guinea Coast, and Nigeria. This is done partly to enable the outsider to comprehend the diversity of styles and traditions within the region, while recognizing that there are themes common to all of the areas. Western Sudan This is the name conventionally given to the savanna region of West Africa. It is an area dominated by Islamic states situated at the southern ends of the trans-Saharan trade routes. The sculpture here is characterized by schematic styles of representation. Some commentators have interpreted these styles as an accommodation to the Islamic domination of the area, but this is probably not an adequate explanation since Islam in West Africa has either merely tolerated or actually destroyed such traditions while exerting other influences. Among the better-known sculptural traditions of the western Sudan are those of the following peoples.

60. Nigeria, Map And Flag HIV/AIDS people living with HIV/AIDS 2.7 Ethnic groups Nigeria, which is africa s most populous Religions Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10 http://www.greatestcities.com/Africa/Nigeria

login or join City Name World Africa Nigeria Nigeria hotels Map Africa, Nigeria SmartPages : Real Estate Schools Restaurants Nigeria Hotels ... info Nigeria People - photo journals about Nigeria Nigeria Journals: wolekraft josh4real in Nigeria The Nigeria Police.............. The Nigeria Police was established over 130 years ago,it all started in Lagos when the British were at the helms of Authority in Nigeria. Comment on this Nigeria Forum Introduction ... Transnational Issue Introduction Nigeria Background: Following nearly 16 years of military rule, a new constitution was adopted in 1999, and a peaceful transition to civilian government was completed. The president faces the daunting task of rebuilding a petroleum-based economy, whose revenues have been squandered through corruption and mismanagement, and institutionalizing democracy. In addition, the OBASANJO administration must defuse longstanding ethnic and religious tensions, if it is to build a sound foundation for economic growth and political stability. Despite some irregularities the April 2003 elections marked the first civilian transfer of power in Nigeria's history. Geography Nigeria Location: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon

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