The history of the Yorubas: From the earliest times to the beginning of the British Protectorate

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Educated natives of Yoruba are well acquainted with the history of England and with that of Rome and Greece, but of the history of their own country they know nothing whatever! This reproach is one of the author’s objects to remove. Whilst the author could claim to be a pioneer in an untrodden field, he can by no means pretend to have exhausted the subject, but he hopes by this to stimulate among his more favored brethren the spirit of patriotism and enquiry into the histories of the less known parts of the country. It may be that oral records are preserved in them which are handed down from father to son, as in the case of the better known Royal bards in the Metropolis, such records though imperfect should surely not be under-rated. In the perusal of this feeble attempt, the author craves the forbearance of his readers; he deprecates the spirit of tribal feelings and petty jealousies now rife among us.