An analysis of how traditional power structures in Nigeria have
survived the forces of colonialism and the modernization processes
of postcolonial regimes. This book analyzes how indigenous
political power structures in Nigeria survived both the
constricting forces of colonialism and the modernization programs
of postcolonial regimes. With twenty detailed case studies on
colonial andpostcolonial Nigerian history, the complex interactions
between chieftaincy structures and the rapidly shifting
sociopolitical and economic conditions of the twentieth century
become evident. Drawing on the interactions between the state and
chieftaincy, this study goes beyond earlier Africanist scholarship
that attributes the resilience of these indigenous structures to
their enduring normative and utilitarian qualities. Linked to
externally-derived forces, and legitimated by neotraditional
themes, chieftaincy structures were distorted by the indirect rule
system, transformed by competing communal claims, and legitimated a
dominant ethno-regional power configuration. Olufemi Vaughan is
Professor in the Department of Africana Studies and the Department
of History, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Winner of
the 2001 Cecil B. Currey Book-length Award from the Association
ofThird World Studies.
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