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Article: Toyin Falola and Ann Genova (eds), Yoruba Identity and Power Politics.(Book review)
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TOYIN FALOLA AND ANN GENOVA (eds), Yoruba Identity and Power Politics. Rochester NY: University of Rochester Press (hb 45.00 [pounds sterling]/$75.00--978 15804 6219 8). 2006, 384 pp.
Without Toyin Falola, the state of Nigerian and especially Yoruba studies would not be what it is. Publishing at least a book per year and usually more, Falola is of fabled productivity. Recently, the first volume of Falola's autobiography, A Mouth Sweeter than Salt (2004), was critically acclaimed and it is, along with Wole Soyinka's Ake, one of the most appealing books on a Yoruba childhood I have read. As most of Falola's books are edited volumes, his contribution to the subject ...