Aribidesi Usman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4065438 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aribidesi Usman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aribidesi |
| FAMILY NAME | Usman |
| SIGNATURE | USMAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Economic Production and Exchange of States and Societies in Precolonial Nigeria
This chapter explains the economic production and exchanges in states and societies in precolonial Nigeria. It highlights the prehistoric period in modern-day Nigeria's territories, from the earliest archaeological findings in the Late Stone Age (LSA) to the Iron Age. It also describes socio-political complexity, and cultural and economic changes that took place in various territories that later became modern-day Nigeria from the year 1000 CE. Th…
The Yoruba from Prehistory to the Present
The Yoruba are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa, with significant populations in Nigeria, Benin and Togo, as well as a sizeable diasporic community around the world. By considering the art, religion, economics and political systems of the Yoruba, Aribidesi Usman and Toyin Falola chart the history of the Yoruba through the lens of the group's diverse and dynamic cultural and social practices. Using archaeological data, oral, and arc…
Current Archaeological Research in Ghana
"Current Archaeological Research in Ghana." Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 45(3), pp. 334–335
Introduction
Movements, Borders, and Identities in Africa
A groundbreaking interrogation of the myriad causes and effects of African migration, from the pre-colonial to the modern era. Migration, whether forced or voluntary, continues to be an issue vital to Africa, arguably the continent most affected by internal displacement. Over centuries -- in groups or as individuals -- Africans have been forced to leave their homes to escape unfavorable natural, social, or political circumstances, or simply to se…
Ìlá Kingdom Revisited
An Initial Assessment of Prehistoric Ceramic Production and Exchange in Northern Yoruba, North Central Nigeria
Sociopolitical formation on the Yoruba northern frontier
The 15th – 17th century AD was a period of sociopolitical changes throughout Yorubaland. A critical review of the traditional histories and the results of recent archaeological research in Igbomina reveal that these changes were not restricted to the central Yoruba areas but also manifested in the Yoruba periphery. Ila has been described as a major regional polity in northern Yoruba, whose early development may have followed a similar trajectory …
On the frontier of empire
The Ethnohistory and Archaeology of Warfare in Northern Yoruba
The location of Igbomina in the middle belt of Nigeria and as a frontier Yoruba region opened it to the influence from powerful, competing states of Oyo, Nupe, Fulani, and Ibadan. The expansion of the Oyo Empire in the 16th century, which was accompanied by the large migration of Yoruba northward, led to frequent military aggression on the northern boundary with the Nupe. This paper examines military aggressions in the Igbomina area of north cent…
Ceramic Seriation, Sites Chronology, and Old Oyo Factor in Northcentral Yorubaland, Nigeria
A View from the Periphery
The 15th to late 17th centuries A.C. in Yorubaland, Nigeria, witnessed the rise and expansion of the Oyo Empire, a development that also left its mark on its peripheries. This paper examines village activities and changes in settlement patterns on the periphery of the Oyo Empire, primarily the Igbomina area of north-central Yorubaland, and to what extent these changes can be attributed to regional sociopolitical change, especially the rise and ex…
A View from the Periphery
The 15th to late 17th centuries A.C. in Yorubaland, Nigeria, witnessed the rise and expansion of the Oyo Empire, a development that also left its mark on its peripheries. This paper examines village activities and changes in settlement patterns on the periphery of the Oyo Empire, primarily the Igbomina area of north-central Yorubaland, and to what extent these changes can be attributed to regional sociopolitical change, especially the rise and ex…
An Initial Assessment of Prehistoric Ceramic Production and Exchange in Northern Yoruba, North Central Nigeria
Sociopolitical formation on the Yoruba northern frontier
The 15th – 17th century AD was a period of sociopolitical changes throughout Yorubaland. A critical review of the traditional histories and the results of recent archaeological research in Igbomina reveal that these changes were not restricted to the central Yoruba areas but also manifested in the Yoruba periphery. Ila has been described as a major regional polity in northern Yoruba, whose early development may have followed a similar trajectory …
Ceramic Seriation, Sites Chronology, and Old Oyo Factor in Northcentral Yorubaland, Nigeria
The Ethnohistory and Archaeology of Warfare in Northern Yoruba
The location of Igbomina in the middle belt of Nigeria and as a frontier Yoruba region opened it to the influence from powerful, competing states of Oyo, Nupe, Fulani, and Ibadan. The expansion of the Oyo Empire in the 16th century, which was accompanied by the large migration of Yoruba northward, led to frequent military aggression on the northern boundary with the Nupe. This paper examines military aggressions in the Igbomina area of north cent…
A View from the Periphery
The 15th to late 17th centuries A.C. in Yorubaland, Nigeria, witnessed the rise and expansion of the Oyo Empire, a development that also left its mark on its peripheries. This paper examines village activities and changes in settlement patterns on the periphery of the Oyo Empire, primarily the Igbomina area of north-central Yorubaland, and to what extent these changes can be attributed to regional sociopolitical change, especially the rise and ex…
The Ethnohistory and Archaeology of Warfare in Northern Yoruba
The location of Igbomina in the middle belt of Nigeria and as a frontier Yoruba region opened it to the influence from powerful, competing states of Oyo, Nupe, Fulani, and Ibadan. The expansion of the Oyo Empire in the 16th century, which was accompanied by the large migration of Yoruba northward, led to frequent military aggression on the northern boundary with the Nupe. This paper examines military aggressions in the Igbomina area of north cent…
Ceramic Seriation, Sites Chronology, and Old Oyo Factor in Northcentral Yorubaland, Nigeria
On the frontier of empire
An Initial Assessment of Prehistoric Ceramic Production and Exchange in Northern Yoruba, North Central Nigeria
Sociopolitical formation on the Yoruba northern frontier
The 15th – 17th century AD was a period of sociopolitical changes throughout Yorubaland. A critical review of the traditional histories and the results of recent archaeological research in Igbomina reveal that these changes were not restricted to the central Yoruba areas but also manifested in the Yoruba periphery. Ila has been described as a major regional polity in northern Yoruba, whose early development may have followed a similar trajectory …
Ìlá Kingdom Revisited
Introduction
Movements, Borders, and Identities in Africa
A groundbreaking interrogation of the myriad causes and effects of African migration, from the pre-colonial to the modern era. Migration, whether forced or voluntary, continues to be an issue vital to Africa, arguably the continent most affected by internal displacement. Over centuries -- in groups or as individuals -- Africans have been forced to leave their homes to escape unfavorable natural, social, or political circumstances, or simply to se…
Current Archaeological Research in Ghana
"Current Archaeological Research in Ghana." Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 45(3), pp. 334–335
The Yoruba from Prehistory to the Present
The Yoruba are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa, with significant populations in Nigeria, Benin and Togo, as well as a sizeable diasporic community around the world. By considering the art, religion, economics and political systems of the Yoruba, Aribidesi Usman and Toyin Falola chart the history of the Yoruba through the lens of the group's diverse and dynamic cultural and social practices. Using archaeological data, oral, and arc…
Economic Production and Exchange of States and Societies in Precolonial Nigeria
This chapter explains the economic production and exchanges in states and societies in precolonial Nigeria. It highlights the prehistoric period in modern-day Nigeria's territories, from the earliest archaeological findings in the Late Stone Age (LSA) to the Iron Age. It also describes socio-political complexity, and cultural and economic changes that took place in various territories that later became modern-day Nigeria from the year 1000 CE. Th…
Geography (12 works) · Archaeology (10 works) · History (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Excavation (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Yoruba (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Art (4 works)