The History of the Yorubas: From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the British ProtectorateSamuel Johnson (1846-1901) was an Anglican minister and historian renowned for his magisterial history of the Yoruba people. Born in Freetown in Sierra Leone and educated by the Church Missionary Society, Johnson was sent with his family to Idaban in Nigeria in 1857. He was ordained in 1880 and by 1897 had finished the manuscript for The History of the Yorubas. However the original publisher mysteriously misplaced the manuscript. After Johnson's death his brother, Dr Obadiah Johnson, recompiled the text from Samuel's notes. This volume, first published in 1921, contains that reconstructed edition. This pioneering volume brought together various oral and recorded accounts of Yoruba history, describing not only political history but also social customs, language and laws. Although recent analysis of the text has revealed some inaccuracies, this volume remains the standard reference for the history of the Yoruba people. |
Contents
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3 A SKETCH OF YORUBA GRAMMAR | 3 |
4 The Arakanga or Jabara | 4 |
5 The Onidese and Oke Işero Wars | 5 |
6 The Iperu | 6 |
7 The fall of | 7 |
CHAPTER II | 15 |
CHAPTER III | 26 |
2 The Igbajo campaign | 368 |
4 Ogedemgbe and the fall of Ilesa | 377 |
Two ADMINISTRATIONS OF OPPOSITE POLICIES | 383 |
3 An unprovoked war | 390 |
A NEW REIGN AND EVIL PROGNOSTICATION | 396 |
2 The Wokuti expedition | 403 |
5 Plot against the Seriki Iyapó | 410 |
3 Insurrection against the Are and the death of Seriki Iyapo | 417 |
CHAPTER IV | 40 |
CHAPTER V | 79 |
CHAPTER VI | 90 |
CHAPTER VIII | 98 |
b Facial marks | 106 |
e Marriage | 113 |
g Learning | 125 |
k | 131 |
1 | 137 |
REVOLUTIONARY WARS AND DISRUPTION | 141 |
SECOND PERIOD | 155 |
THE KINGS OF OYO IGBOHO | 161 |
A SUCCESSION OF DESPOTIC KINGS | 168 |
8 Ojigi | 174 |
4 Alaje ogbe | 180 |
6 Abioduns peaceful reign | 186 |
1 Aolę surnamed Arogangan | 188 |
THE RISE OF THE FULANIS TO POWER | 197 |
1 The Owu | 210 |
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANARCHY | 217 |
1 Devastation of Egba towns and villages | 226 |
THE REVOLUTION IN THE EPO DISTRICTS | 234 |
4 The Settlement of Ibadan | 244 |
1 Civil war at Abemo 2 The destruction of Abemo | 250 |
FOURTH PERIOD ARREST OF DISINTEGRATION INTERTRIBAL WARS BRITISH PROTECTORATE | 274 |
2 Atibas accession | 279 |
3 Conferring of titles | 280 |
4 The Osogbo War 5 The expulsion of Elêpo from Ibadan CHAPTER XVI FRATRICIDAL WARS 1 The Osu War Aaye and Otun 2 The Egbas and ... | 285 |
1 The Opin | 308 |
2 Subjugation of the Ijesas | 309 |
3 The first Dahomian invasi invasion of Abeokuta | 313 |
4 The Ará War and relief of Otun 5 Raids by minor chiefs of Ibadan 6 Social reforms | 324 |
TWO REIGNS | 328 |
1 The Awayè | 355 |
4 The second Dahomian invasion of Abeokuta | 361 |
5 The revolt of the Ekiti tribes | 423 |
2 The results of the Jalumi | 436 |
5 The Are to the front | 444 |
1 Home defences | 450 |
4 New developments clouds and sunshine | 457 |
2 The Alâfins messenger | 464 |
4 The lion at bay | 473 |
A RIFT IN THE CLOUD | 479 |
3 Desperate movements | 490 |
2 The death of Latosisa the A O K | 500 |
THE INTERVENTION OF THE BRITISH | 508 |
2 The Ilorins and peace proposals | 515 |
3 The messengers and preliminary arrangements | 521 |
4 The treaty of peace | 527 |
DISPERSAL OF THE COMBATANTS BY SPECIAL | 538 |
3 The Proclamation of Peace and firing of the camps | 547 |
12 Proclamation | 548 |
DISTURBANCE IN EVERY PART OF | 561 |
2 Revolutionary movements at Ijebu | 567 |
4 The exploits of Esan and the controversy thereupon | 576 |
ABORTIVE MEASURES TO TERMINATE | 584 |
THE DARK BEFORE THE DAWN | 606 |
6 Causes that led to the Ijebu | 613 |
THE END OF THE | 626 |
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BRITISH | 638 |
3 Ijesa | 645 |
APPENDIX | 651 |
APPENDIX | 669 |
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