Morenikeji Asaaju
Biographic Data
| ID | 4189972 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Morenikeji Asaaju |
| GIVEN NAMES | Morenikeji |
| FAMILY NAME | Asaaju |
| SIGNATURE | ASAAJU M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bayreuth |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“The Native Court Way”
This article examines surviving native court records from 1905–1957 in Abeokuta, Southwest Nigeria, to argue that what constituted marriage, marital rights, and sexual access to wives was changing readily in this period of socioeconomic and political change. In this period, Britain established the native court system, stressing African and British judges, to apply rigid ideas of native law and customs concerning marriage. Men and women—husbands, …
They Gave Me Nothing’
During the early twentieth century, several hundred women in colonial Abeokuta initiated divorce proceedings against their husbands, who were also frequently their masters. The legal records associated with their cases offer important clues about how women – both freeborn and slave – contested the terms of their marriages using the colonial courts. This article examines how and why these women used new interpretations of marriage, which were intr…
Getting Our Universities Back on Track
"Getting Our Universities Back on Track: Reflections and Governance Paradigms from My Vice-Chancellorship." Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 52(3), pp. 415–417
Culture and Customs of the Yorùbá
Culture and Customs of the Yorùbá." Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 52(3), pp. 414–415
Culture and Customs of the Yorùbá
Culture and Customs of the Yorùbá." Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 52(3), pp. 414–415
Getting Our Universities Back on Track
"Getting Our Universities Back on Track: Reflections and Governance Paradigms from My Vice-Chancellorship." Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 52(3), pp. 415–417
Culture and Customs of the Yorùbá
Culture and Customs of the Yorùbá." Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 52(3), pp. 414–415
They Gave Me Nothing’
During the early twentieth century, several hundred women in colonial Abeokuta initiated divorce proceedings against their husbands, who were also frequently their masters. The legal records associated with their cases offer important clues about how women – both freeborn and slave – contested the terms of their marriages using the colonial courts. This article examines how and why these women used new interpretations of marriage, which were intr…
“The Native Court Way”
This article examines surviving native court records from 1905–1957 in Abeokuta, Southwest Nigeria, to argue that what constituted marriage, marital rights, and sexual access to wives was changing readily in this period of socioeconomic and political change. In this period, Britain established the native court system, stressing African and British judges, to apply rigid ideas of native law and customs concerning marriage. Men and women—husbands, …
Political science (4 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Adultery (1 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 works) · Cohabitation (1 works) · Colonialism (1 works)