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Clientelism and social structure: an analysis of patronage in Yoruba social thought

Klientelismus und Sozialstruktur: eine Analyse der Patronage im sozialen Denken der Yoruba
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Omobowale, Ayokunle Olumuyiwa

Abstract

"Soziale Beziehungen bei den Yoruba wurden von jeher durch Sprichwörter, Redewendungen und Lieder (re-)strukturiert. In ihnen spiegelt sich das Denken der Gruppe wider. Dies zeigt sich insbesondere beim Blick auf die Beziehungen zwischen Patron und Klient und den Erwartungen, wie diese Beziehungen a... view more

"Soziale Beziehungen bei den Yoruba wurden von jeher durch Sprichwörter, Redewendungen und Lieder (re-)strukturiert. In ihnen spiegelt sich das Denken der Gruppe wider. Dies zeigt sich insbesondere beim Blick auf die Beziehungen zwischen Patron und Klient und den Erwartungen, wie diese Beziehungen aussehen sollten. Durch die Analyse von Sprichwörtern, Redewendungen und Liedern der Yoruba wird gezeigt, wie indigenes gesellschaftliches Denken Werte, Normen und Erwartungen in klientelistischen Beziehungen festlegt." (Autorenreferat)... view less


"From time immemorial, social relations among the Yoruba have been structured and restructured through proverbs, idioms and songs that reflect the social thought of the group. This is especially shown in the kind of relationships that ought to exist between the patron and the client. The aim of this... view more

"From time immemorial, social relations among the Yoruba have been structured and restructured through proverbs, idioms and songs that reflect the social thought of the group. This is especially shown in the kind of relationships that ought to exist between the patron and the client. The aim of this paper is to undertake an analysis of Yoruba proverbs, idioms and songs with a view to giving insights into how the indigenous social thought stipulates norms, values and expectations within clientelistic relationships among the Yoruba." (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
Africa; Nigeria; ethnic relations; ethnic group; social structure; expectation; language; language usage; hierarchy; authoritarianism; authority; thinking; social attitude; social indicators; social position; social stratification; standard; normality; action orientation; West Africa; English-speaking Africa; developing country; Africa South of the Sahara

Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology

Method
descriptive study; empirical; qualitative empirical; theory application

Document language
English

Publication Year
2008

Page/Pages
p. 203-224

Journal
Afrika Spectrum, 43 (2008) 2

ISSN
0002-0397

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works


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