Politics in colonial Ijebu, 1921-51: the role and challenge of the educated elite (1).

From: Canadian Journal of History | Date: September 22, 2006| Author: Oduwobi, Tunde | Copyright information

As is well known, the distinctive feature of British colonial rule in most of tropical Africa was the utilization of indigenous authorities as the linchpin of local administration: the system of Indirect Rule whereby the British ruled their colonial subjects through their indigenous institutions. But one concomitant of the British presence was the introduction of Western education, and therefore the emergence of an educated class. The contrasting situation therefore developed in which the B...

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