Current Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CJHASS)

ORGANIZATION OF THE HAUSA COMMUNITY AND THE CHANGING PATTERNS OF HAUSA-YORUBA RELATIONS IN AKINYELE TOWN, 1960-2002

Authors

  • Hazzan, Moses Kayode, Ph. D. University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Abstract

Human society is usually conceived of as the collectivism of individuals’ economic, social, political, and cultural activities, giving them access to life’s necessities. There is nothing unusual about this precisely because man, by nature, is a dependent creature: he depends on his environment and others for food, shelter, and clothing, all of which provide him with a feeling of meaning in life. Hausa-Yoruba relations spanned several centuries before colonialism emerged in Ibadan, Nigeria. Indeed, the extension of the railway in the 1920s and the presence of multinational companies in Ibadan made it possible to assume a cosmopolitan outlook and undoubtedly attracted Hausa migrants, who were pulled in by attendant economic opportunities among the Yoruba communities in Ibadan. A community where Hausa settled after a period of peregrination for their business activities was Akinyele town in Ibadan. In this study, the researcher employed a multidisciplinary approach to gather essential information, which was subsequently subjected to descriptive and critical analysis. Primary and secondary sources were used to gather information, while corroboration was employed to confirm the veracity of the information obtained from the respondents. This study investigated Hausa-Yoruba relations in Akinyele from 1960 to 2002 in the context of the socio-political and economic dynamics and structures of the Hausa community as well as interrogated the changing patterns of the Hausa-Yoruba relations in Akinyele within the aforementioned periods. The study concludes that despite conflict or dispute between the two ethnic groups within the study period, cordial relations remained

Keywords:

Hausa community, organization, changing patterns, Hausa-Yoruba relations, Akinyele town

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Published

2024-11-11

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14073190

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 6 (2024): November-December

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Articles

How to Cite

Hazzan, M. K. (2024). ORGANIZATION OF THE HAUSA COMMUNITY AND THE CHANGING PATTERNS OF HAUSA-YORUBA RELATIONS IN AKINYELE TOWN, 1960-2002. Current Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CJHASS), 11(6), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14073190

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