8 - Actors and Institutions in Urban Politics in Nigeria: Agege (Lagos) Since the 1950s

Ayodeji Olukoju

doi:10.57054/az.vi13-14.1910

Résumé

A la différence de Lagos Island et Mushin, par exemple, Agege, une circonscription multi-ethnique et densément peuplée de la métropole de Lagos (naguère une zone autonome), a connu une certaine négligence dans la littérature extensive produite sur Lagos. Cet article, par conséquent, analyse la dynamique des rela- tions de pouvoir entre les différents groupes d’intérêts concernés, les personnalités et les institutions dans cette ‘circonscription’ de Lagos depuis les années 1950. En combinant l’approche chronologique et l’approche thématique, il présente l’évolution de la communauté et du système du gouvernement local depuis le XIXe siècle. L’article examine les interactions des institutions traditionnelles et modernes (chefferies et bureaux politiques modernes au niveau du gouvernement local), la dynamique des relations inter-échelons (Etat-local du gouvernement), la composition et les activités des groupes d’intérêts (en particulier de type religieux, de métiers, ethniques, de jeunes et d’associations résidentielles) et la gestion des biens publiques (marchés) et des problèmes (conflits communautaires et insécurité). Cet article compare Agege avec Ajegunle, une circonscription similaire que l’auteur a également étudiée.

Actors and Institutions in Urban Politics in Nigeria: Agege (Lagos) Since the 1950s

Unlike Lagos Island and Mushin, for example, Agege, a multi-ethnic and densely populated ward of metropolitan Lagos (originally an autonomous settlement, has suffered relative neglect in the extensive literature on Lagos. This article analyses the dynamics of power relations among the various interest groups, personalities and institutions in this ‘ward’ of Lagos since the 1950s. Combining chronological and thematic approaches, it outlines the evolution of the commu- nity and its local government system since the nineteenth century, examines the interactions of traditional and modern institutions (chieftaincy and modern po- litical offices at the local government level), the dynamics of inter-tier (state– local government) relations, the composition and activities of interest groups (specifically, religious, occupational, ethnic, youth and residential associations), and the management of common facilities (markets) and problems (communal conflict and insecurity). The study co pares Agege with a similar ward, Ajegunle, which this author has also studied.

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Acteur Institutions Politique urbaine Nigéria

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Biographie de l'auteur/ice

Ayodeji Olukoju

Professor, Department of History and Strategic Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Lagos, Nigeria.

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