The Political Economy of Village Level Theocracies in the Ìlàjẹ Coastline, Southwest Nigeria
In 1947, a group of fishermen from the coastal area of Ìlàjẹ, Ondo State, Nigeria who were members of the Aládúrà, an independent Church movement in southwest of Nigeria, came together to establish a theocratic settlement, which they named Ayétòrò. A few years after, other theocratic settlements em...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
LibraryPress@UF
2021-12-01
|
| Series: | Yoruba Studies Review |
| Online Access: | https://ojs.test.flvc.org/ysr/article/view/129857 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1825206040006754304 |
|---|---|
| author | Babajide Ololajulo |
| author_facet | Babajide Ololajulo |
| author_sort | Babajide Ololajulo |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description |
In 1947, a group of fishermen from the coastal area of Ìlàjẹ, Ondo State, Nigeria who were members of the Aládúrà, an independent Church movement in southwest of Nigeria, came together to establish a theocratic settlement, which they named Ayétòrò. A few years after, other theocratic settlements emerged in quick succession and by 1980 there were more than fifty such villages along the Ìlàjẹ coastline. The pertinent question is why this form of community organization is pervasive among the Ìlàjẹ. The main argument of this article, following ethnographic data collected from four theocratic settlements, which are regarded as the core village theocracies, is that a flexible land tenure regime and a loose traditional political system, among other factors of environment
and kinship structure, ensured easy access to land and served to authenticate the spiritual leadership claims of founders of theocratic settlements. The conclusion reflects on the future of theocratic settlements against the background of increasing modernization along the Ìlàjẹ coastline.
|
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-db08644244d04c608283fb28a4f32658 |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 2473-4713 2578-692X |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2021-12-01 |
| publisher | LibraryPress@UF |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Yoruba Studies Review |
| spelling | doaj-art-db08644244d04c608283fb28a4f326582025-02-07T13:45:53ZengLibraryPress@UFYoruba Studies Review2473-47132578-692X2021-12-0121The Political Economy of Village Level Theocracies in the Ìlàjẹ Coastline, Southwest NigeriaBabajide Ololajulo0University of Ibadan In 1947, a group of fishermen from the coastal area of Ìlàjẹ, Ondo State, Nigeria who were members of the Aládúrà, an independent Church movement in southwest of Nigeria, came together to establish a theocratic settlement, which they named Ayétòrò. A few years after, other theocratic settlements emerged in quick succession and by 1980 there were more than fifty such villages along the Ìlàjẹ coastline. The pertinent question is why this form of community organization is pervasive among the Ìlàjẹ. The main argument of this article, following ethnographic data collected from four theocratic settlements, which are regarded as the core village theocracies, is that a flexible land tenure regime and a loose traditional political system, among other factors of environment and kinship structure, ensured easy access to land and served to authenticate the spiritual leadership claims of founders of theocratic settlements. The conclusion reflects on the future of theocratic settlements against the background of increasing modernization along the Ìlàjẹ coastline. https://ojs.test.flvc.org/ysr/article/view/129857 |
| spellingShingle | Babajide Ololajulo The Political Economy of Village Level Theocracies in the Ìlàjẹ Coastline, Southwest Nigeria Yoruba Studies Review |
| title | The Political Economy of Village Level Theocracies in the Ìlàjẹ Coastline, Southwest Nigeria |
| title_full | The Political Economy of Village Level Theocracies in the Ìlàjẹ Coastline, Southwest Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | The Political Economy of Village Level Theocracies in the Ìlàjẹ Coastline, Southwest Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Political Economy of Village Level Theocracies in the Ìlàjẹ Coastline, Southwest Nigeria |
| title_short | The Political Economy of Village Level Theocracies in the Ìlàjẹ Coastline, Southwest Nigeria |
| title_sort | political economy of village level theocracies in the ilaje coastline southwest nigeria |
| url | https://ojs.test.flvc.org/ysr/article/view/129857 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT babajideololajulo thepoliticaleconomyofvillageleveltheocraciesintheilajecoastlinesouthwestnigeria AT babajideololajulo politicaleconomyofvillageleveltheocraciesintheilajecoastlinesouthwestnigeria |