Toyin Falola and Yoruba Historiography
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Date
2010
Authors
Adeboye, O.
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Durham: Carolina Academic Press
Abstract
This chapter analyses Falola’s contributions to Yoruba historiography. The emphasis
here is not really to review all his publications on Yoruba history (and these are quite
numerous) but to identify specifically his major contributions to the wider terrain of Yoruba
historiography. The term ‘Yoruba historiography’ as used here incorporates the craft
(techniques and methodology) of writing Yoruba history; trends in Yoruba historical writing
(which include other scholars’ interpretations of the Yoruba past); and major issues and
themes of Yoruba history. It is important to add here that the canons of Yoruba
historiography are not necessarily different from those of say, African historiography where
philosophical issues such as objectivity, explanation and nature of knowledge are
concerned. General issues that revolve round the creation of knowledge and other
epistemological matters are basically the same. What varies are the particular themes and
topics pursued and the methodologies and sources that are tailored to suit them.
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Scholarly article
Keywords
Yoruba , Toyin Falola , Historiography , Africa
Citation
Adeboye, O. “Toyin Falola and Yoruba Historiography” in Niyi Afolabi (ed.) Toyin Falola The Man, The Mask, The Muse (Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2010), 283-302.