Ijapa and Igbin: A Discursive Meditation On Politics, PublicCulture And Moral

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‘This book is a triumph of eclecticism. In the story of a country that oscillates between high hope and terrible frustration, the author has demonstrated a rare vigour and creativity that captures in one breath our age-old folklores, sociological imagination and political behaviours – all of which have impelled historical actions. This book will enrich our understanding of the forces that have shaped the destiny of Africa’s most populous nation. Scholars and the general reader will be fascinated by the indigenous stories used here to make sense of our modernity.

– Olutayo C. Adesina
Professor of History, University of Ibadan

Olatunde Bayo Lawuyi trained at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA, for a PhD in Anthropology and later became visiting Professor to the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Ibadan. He is at present Professor and Head of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan. He has served as Professor and Head of the Department of General Studies, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, and of the Department of Anthropology, Walter Sisulu University, Umtata, South Africa.

He is the author of numerous articles and essays in many learned
journals, books and other scholarly fora on sundry topics relating to development, politics, culture and society.