Difference between revisions of "Yoruba identity in Nigeria"
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at least in part the products of colonialism, which had to create its objects | at least in part the products of colonialism, which had to create its objects | ||
in order to control its subjects.'" | in order to control its subjects.'" |
Revision as of 13:59, 25 September 2007
Colonial formation of local ethnicity: the case of the Yoruba
Waterman:
"It appears that a good number of the societies represented in authoritative books about Africa...are at least in part the products of colonialism, which had to create its objects in order to control its subjects.'"