 | ISBN: 978-1-55587-949-5 $62.00 | |
| ISBN: 978-1-55587-981-5 $25.00 | ||
| 2001/299 pages/LC: 00-066503 | ||
Trager also examines indigenous concepts of "development," demonstrating how the Ijesa Yoruba bring their understandings of development to efforts in their own communities. Placing her work in the context of national political and economic change, she raises questions about the motivations, implications, and consequences of local development efforts, not only for the communities and their members, but also for the larger polity.
A companion video is also available. For information, contact Kate Pietri at [email protected].
"This richly detailed study of Ijesa community development, which focuses on recent innovetions as well as on continuities with the past, is an important addition to Yoruba studies and to processes of change in southwestern Nigeria."—Elisha P. Renne, International Journal of African Historical Studies
"Useful and thought-provoking ... a very well-written account."—Aili Mari Tripp, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"This is Trager's chef-d'oeuvre, a rich study of the strong ties Yoruba migrants maintain with their hometowns in Nigeria, and a pioneering explorations of the implications for development. The case studies of hometown celebrations, organizations, and individual lives are wonderful."—Josef Gugler