Yoruba women in Nigerian public sphere

The Nexus and Changing Dynamics

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ID6030830
AuthorsSamuel Wycliff (0000-0002-5332-3271, Veritas University, corresponding author)
Year2025
Pages1-15
Publication date2025-01-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrican Identities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1472-5843 • E-ISSN: 1472-5851
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14725843.2025.2454304
OpenAlexW4406624581
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

Discussions on Yoruba women usually centre on the role of women in the economy. However, the changing roles of women in the diverse fields of politics, education, governance, warfare, and diplomacy are partially discussed. Using largely secondary sources that are augmented with a historical research methodology, this paper investigates Yoruba women in public sphere. Some of the works done on women’s scholarship such as Awe, Falola, and Yonlonfon cited in the journal of African studies were of relevance. However, this paper argues that Yoruba women since the precolonial era had made incalculable contributions to every aspect of their country, particularly in the domains of politics, diplomacy, and warfare. It further argued that the Yoruba nation already had a form of group representation in the government of the society, where women, though not numerically equal, have always taken an active part in the political decision-making and that this existed before the principles of modern democracy was introduced into Africa. The study concludes that rather than remaining dormant throughout the three historical epochs in African history, Yoruba women made a name for themselves as exceptional candidates who stood out for the success of all the events that had impact on their communities

Linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Sociology · Yoruba · African Education and Politics · Gender Studies · Gender, Education, and Development Issues · Law · Philosophy · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

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