THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE TRADITIONAL POLITICAL INSTITUTION IN IBADAN IN THE TWENTIETH (20TH) CENTURY.
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The need to examine the changing role of Traditional Political Institution in Ibadan is considered to complement the existing literature on Ibadan as a polity.
Indeed, various aspects of Ibadan history have been documented and by dierent
scholar but a sequential appraisal of the changes witnessed by the
Traditional Political Institution have been treated in passing. The desire to dedicate this project to the issue is to further illuminate an important aspect of
Ibadan history.
Even though, the project focuses on the 20th century. The events before the period, where the Traditional Institution played prominent role, will be
accommodated to provide an holistic appraisal of the changes witnessed by the Traditional Political Institution at Ibadan.
1.2 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The objective of writing on this topic is to examine the different
changes that occurred within the Traditional Political Institution of Ibadan in the 20th
century.
Generally, change is the transformation of an event, a system, an object or a process. It may either be qualitative or quantitative or both. The concern of this
essay project is primarily with the transformation and modification of an important event in the Institution of Ibadan society. These Institutions or units are the voices
of the Traditional Ruler in Ibadan which bestows an identifiable status on the incumbent.
Although, many scholars both Historians and non-Historians have given considerable attention to the Period Colonial Administration, not only in Ibadan but
also in the whole of Yoruba land.
Yet, there is no work which has studied the theme of this essay in the context of the changing role of the Traditional Political Institution of Ibadan in the 20th
century.
