ELITE LIFESTYLE AND CONSUMPTION IN COLONIAL IBADAN

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dc.contributor.authorAdeboye, O.
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-18T14:21:53Z
dc.date.available2022-11-18T14:21:53Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.descriptionScholarly articleen_US
dc.description.abstractEvery society has its own elite, whether represented as its "cream" (as in Western societies) or as eekan ("pegs") as in Yoruba thought. The crucial thing is that the elite constitute the movers of the society, the pacesetters and the leaders. The rest of society looks up to the elite and the values which it holds in esteem are generally considered imitable by the masses. The colonial period in Ibadan, as in other Nigerian cities and communities, witnessed the introduction of novel ideas, particularly in the guise of Western values. But more importantly, it was a time of interaction of cultures. Traditional values interacted with Western values. The outcome was a "hybrid" that was partly traditional and partly modern. It was a culture undergoing transformation, laying, as it were, the foundations of a new society. This chapter looks at the elite lifestyle and consumption in colonial Ibadan with a view toward identifying the antecedents of our modern culture of consumption. The basic assumption is that the elite in Ibadan in the period of study constituted an easily identifiable group with shared characteristics and common tendencies. Furthermore , three main issues are examined here. First is the definition and identification of the Ibadan elite in the colonial period and the factors responsible for its emergence. Secondly, there is the analysis of the indices for measuring lifestyle, and lastly is the mutation in values and styles of life over the years.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAdeboye, O. A. (2003). Elite Lifestyle and Consumption in Colonial Ibadan” in Adebayo Oyebade (ed.), The Foundations of Nigeria: Essays in Honor of Toyin Falola, Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2003, 281-304en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/11899
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTrenton, NJ: Africa World Pressen_US
dc.subjectElitesen_US
dc.subjectSocietyen_US
dc.subjectLifestyle and Consumptionen_US
dc.subjectTraditional valuesen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::History and philosophy subjectsen_US
dc.titleELITE LIFESTYLE AND CONSUMPTION IN COLONIAL IBADANen_US
dc.title.alternativein Adebayo Oyebade (ed.), The Foundations of Nigeria: Essays in Honor of Toyin Falolaen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US
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