Examining the status of traditional rulers in pre-post colonial Yoruba Society
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2019
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Journal of Living Together
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Traditional rulers in Yoruba society have over the years played significant roles in the social, political and
economic development of the traditional society. What constitutes the major roles of traditional rulers
as they affect the society generally have been discussed by various scholars. However, there was little
or no attention on the dwindling in status of traditional rulers in the modern society due to modernity
and civilization which has relegated them. This has over the years rendered them and the institution
almost irrelevant and mere figureheads. It has also contributed in no small measure to the security threat,
unbridled recklessness and instability in the nation. The paper therefore examines the change in status
and prestige of traditional rulers in the pre- and post-colonial periods in Yorubaland and how their status
could be re-invigorated and re-energized to play a complementary role in addressing various problems
facing the nation today.
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Oke Olusegun Peter