A RE-ASSESSMENT OF GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS OF OLD OYO EMPIRE

Oyo Empire was the most politically organized entity founded by the Yoruba speaking people in present-day Nigeria. The empire was well organized, influential and powerful. At a time it controlled the politics and commerce of the area known today as Southwestern Nigeria. It, however, serves as a para...

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Published inQuaestus (Timio̦ara) no. 16; pp. 19 - 31
Main Authors Osadola, Oluwaseun Samuel, Adeleye, Oluwafunke Adeola
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Timisoara Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University, Faculty of Management in Tourism and Commerce Tourism 01.04.2020
Subjects
Colonialism
International relations
Native peoples
Political systems
Politics
Towns
Benin
Yorubaland
Nigeria
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Summary:Oyo Empire was the most politically organized entity founded by the Yoruba speaking people in present-day Nigeria. The empire was well organized, influential and powerful. At a time it controlled the politics and commerce of the area known today as Southwestern Nigeria. It, however, serves as a paradigm for other sub-ethnic groups of Yoruba derivation which were directly or indirectly influenced by the Empire before the coming of the white man. To however understand the basis for the political structure of the current Yorubaland, there is the need to examine the foundational structure from which they all took after the old Oyo Empire. This paper examines the various political structures that made up government and governance in the Yoruba nation under the political control of the old Oyo Empire before the coming of the Europeans and the establishment of colonial administration in the 1900s. It derives its data from both primary and secondary sources with a detailed contextual analysis.
ISSN:2285-424X
2343-8134