Stephen Adebanji Akintoye
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Stephen Adebanji Akintoye, also known as S. Banji Akintoye (born 1935), is a
Second Republic.[2]
He currently lives in Cotonoue, Benin Republic.
Akintoye is one of the current leading scholars on the history of the Yoruba people.[3] His most recent work, A History of the Yoruba People (Amalion, 2010), draws on decades of new findings and thinking on Yoruba studies that challenges some previously dominant notions about the origins of the Yoruba. This work dispels the Middle Eastern and Arabia origins propounded by such scholars as the late Samuel Johnson (1846–1901) and also gave prominence to the works on the Pre-Oduduwa Period by Ulli Beier among others.[4][5] Akintoye also gave prominence to the role of Ilé-Ifè over that of Oyo. A reviewer, Wale Adebanwi, notes: "...this book directly contests and shifts th
e focus of Yoruba history away from what many have called the Oyo-centric account of Samuel Johnson... Where Johnson avoids the creation myth that positions Ife as the sacred locus of Oduduwa's original descent and the orirun (creation-source), Akintoye, justifiably, restores Ile-Ife to its proper place as "ibi ojumo ti mon wa'ye" (where the dawn emerges)..."[6]
Works
- A History of the Yoruba People, Amalion, 2010; ISBN 978-2-35926-005-2;
- Revolution and Power Politics in Yorubaland 1840-93, Longman, 1971; ISBN 978-0-582-64533-2;
- Ten Years of the University of Ife, 1962-72. Ife University Press, 1973;
- Emergent States of Africa: Topics in 20th Century African History, Longman, 1976; ISBN 978-0-582-60127-7
References
- ^ "Alumni Directory". christsschoolalumni.org. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2010. search for Akintoye
- ^ "Prof Stephen Adebanji Akintoye – DAWN Commission". Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ editor (2019-08-23). "Akintoye Emerges New Yoruba Leader". THISDAYLIVE. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Jamiu, Hakeem (2010-04-28). "Nigeria: The Latest History of the Yorubas (1)". Daily Independent (Lagos). Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- ^ "Punch Newspaper - Breaking News, Nigerian News & Multimedia". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- ^ Wale Adebanwi, "A Handle on History: Review of Professor Adebanji Akintoye's A History of the Yoruba People", Dakar: Amalion Publishing, 2010; Premier Hotel, Ibadan, Nigeria. 22 April 2010.