Rabi “Alaso Oke” of Colonial Lagos: A Female Textile Merchant Commemorated in a Yoruba Proverb
| dc.contributor.author | Akimwumi, T | |
| dc.contributor.author | Otusanya, T | |
| dc.contributor.author | Adeboye, O. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-14T14:47:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-11-14T14:47:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description | Scholarly article | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study illustrates how oral evidence, when properly situated within its social context, continues to provide information and a rich understanding of the African past. The commercial career of Rabi Alaso Oke, a female textile merchant in colonial Lagos, condensed in a Yoruba proverb, is analyzed in this work. This analysis of an oral text provides us with valuable insight, not only into the Yoruba worldview and social values that informed the proverb, it also enables us to appreciate the active role of women in this milieu. In order words, this study underscores the economic independence of Yoruba women using the career of Rabi Alaso Oke as a case study. It argues that despite the limitations and restric - tions of the colonial period, African women, just like their male counterparts, demonstrated remarkable resourcefulness and ingenuity, to rise above socio-economic barriers and amass for great wealth, which in many cases translated to social prestige. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Adeboye. O. Akimwumi, T. and Otusanya, T. Rabi Alaso Oke of Colonial Lagos A Female. Textile Merchant Commemorated in a Yoruba Proverb", Jenda: A Journal of Culture of African Women Studies (New York, USA), 16(2010), 85-102 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1530-5686 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/11883 | |
| dc.publisher | Jenda: A Journal of Culture of African Women Studies | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | A Journal of Culture of African Women Studies (New York, USA);16 | |
| dc.subject | Gender | en_US |
| dc.subject | Colonial economy | en_US |
| dc.subject | Textile merchant | en_US |
| dc.subject | Oral traditions | en_US |
| dc.subject | late nineteenth century | en_US |
| dc.subject | Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::History and philosophy subjects | en_US |
| dc.title | Rabi “Alaso Oke” of Colonial Lagos: A Female Textile Merchant Commemorated in a Yoruba Proverb | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |