This bibliography presents the patterns of writings in the Yoruba language  between 1820-1970 and so traces the intellectual development of that  society. It includes early publications, printed works, bibles, religious  tracts, readers and some modern works written in Yoruba. Some writings  about the language in English are also included. Most of the entries have  been sourced from the Ibadan University library, the IAI and SOAS  institutions in London, and the Schomberg Collection and the Library of  Congress in the USA; or from publishers catalogues in Nigeria, the CSS  Press and University Press Plc. The editor provides for each item,  organised by subject discipline and also listed alphabetically, a  bibliographic description, and location of the work. Additionally the  volume includes a contents list of important rare works, or works of  literary significance; and the bibliography is fully indexed.

Bibliographical Survey of Sources for Early Yoruba Language

Reference

Ogunsheye, F Adetowun

Words, Language & Grammar

Ibadan Univ. Press

<p>Claude Ake's study is primarily concerned with what he terms 'the most perinicious form of imperialism' namely scientific knowledge. Ake analyses how Western social sciences, whether consciously or inadvertently, foist capitalist values and capitalist development on the Third World, and serve imperialist ends. He unravels the theory of political development/'westernisation', exposing its ideological character and condemning 'Western development studies as worse than useless'. He then develops his analysis of the imperialist and ideological characteristics of Western social sciences to posit alternatives which may more successfully overcome permanent underdevelopment; and advocates a struggle for a new model of social sciences which is socialist-orientated, and that developing countries reject Western models. The study was first published in 1979, revised in 1982, is newly reissued, and for the first time, widely available outside Africa. Claude Ake (1939-1996) was one of Africa's most distinguished political and social scientists and democrats of the twentieth century, writing widely and polemically on what were his life-long concerns of democracy and the future of the African continent.</p>

Social Science as Imperialism. the Theory of Political Development

History

Ake, Claude

Africa

The author is a prominent linguistics scholar. The study of sociolinguistics of the English language in Nigeria has assumed great importance in Nigerian universities. Against the background of key works from 1971 to 1991, and the growing debate over an optimal language policy for Nigeria, he looks at the perspectives of an individual writer, to provide an overview of the language since its earliest contacts with what is now known as Nigeria. One important gap which he identifies is the paucity of illustrative data even from the three main Nigerian languages.

Making a Virtue of Necessity: An Overview of the English Language in Nigeria (Studies in African Past, 1, 1) (Swahili Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Banjo, Avo

Banjo, L Ayo

Banjo, Ayo

Social Sciences

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