PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN PRE-COLONIAL NIGERIA: THE OLD OYO EMPIRE IN RETROSPECT

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dc.contributor.authorAdebiyi, Oluwashina Moruf
dc.contributor.authorIsiaq, Atanda Abdulwaheed
dc.contributor.authorAbubakar, Abdulrahman
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-07T08:48:42Z
dc.date.available2022-02-07T08:48:42Z
dc.date.issued2015-12
dc.description.abstractPrior to the end of the 20th century, democracy was the most sought after system of governance. The commencement of the present millennium also signal the consolidation and establishment of democratic practices in authoritarian polities. Today, only few countries have not embraced democratic rule. States which do not practice Democracy in contemporary times are regarded as pariah states. However, the Western proponents of democracy are of the opinion that such difficulty to establish Democracy in Africa can be attributed to the level of development of respective African states. These Western scholars portrays Africa as strangers to democracy. While it may be asserted that African countries may encounter occasional setbacks in their democratization process, they have made remarkable success. It is also important to note that while it is incontestable that the notion of the modern democracy is a product of western idea, it can equally be argued that democratic practices is not completely alien to Africa. A retrospective analysis of pre-colonial African political structure will reveal that traditional African societies and is devoid of what may be regarded as the practice of democracy. These indigenous societies had political practices which bears semblance with what is obtained today. Using the pre-colonial old Oyo empire as a point of reference and a careful investigation of relevant secondary data and multidisciplinary approach, the paper argued that what can be described as democratic practices actually existed in the empire. These paper however concludes that these democratic practices were abolished by the adventure of colonial rule.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAPA STYLEen_US
dc.identifier.issn1115 - 960X
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/7446
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIlorin Journal of Business and Social Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 17;No 1
dc.subjectPARTICIPATORYen_US
dc.subjectDEMOCRACYen_US
dc.subjectPRE-COLONIALen_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.subjectOYOen_US
dc.subjectEMPIREen_US
dc.titlePARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN PRE-COLONIAL NIGERIA: THE OLD OYO EMPIRE IN RETROSPECTen_US

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