The Role of M.J.P. Koledade Book

	Foreword
	Acknowledgement
Pt. I	The Context
Ch. 1	The Land, The People, Issues and Developments to c.1900	1
	The Environment	5
	The O'kun Society	11
	Theory of Incorporation	15
	Indigenous Forms of Integration	18
	Response to the 19th Century Impositions	27
Ch. 2	The Colonial Regime in Northeast Yorubaland	39
	The Establishment of Colonial Administration	42
	The Domestic Economy in the early Colonial Era	48
	The Reforms of the 1930s	53
	Impact of British Overrule	58
Ch. 3	Christianity and the Rise of a New Elite	65
	The Coming of the Missions	66
	The Emergence of a New Educated Elite	68
	The Elite and the Colonial Government	71
	Visions of a New Social Order	78
	Urbanization Dreams	86
Ch. 4	The Incorporation of the O'kun Society	93
	The Evolving "Nationalist" Backdrop	94
	The Coming of the Second World War	99
	Echoes of the War	100
	The Escalation of Social Stress	103
	The O'kun Incorporated	109
Pt. II	The Man and His Times	115
Ch. 5	M. J. P. Koledade: The Formative Years	117
	Birth and Early Life	119
	Conversion to Christianity	122
	Mission Education and Certification	131
Ch. 6	Koledade and the Planting of Evangelical Christianity in Yagbaland	135
	The Evangelicals	136
	Missionary Success	143
	Emergence of Christian Congregations	145
	Christian Fundamentalism in Practice	152
	Growth Pains	157
	Call for Revival	165
Ch. 7	Raising a Christian Family	170
	The Church on the Family	174
	Choice of Life Partner	178
	Father and His Children	181
	Role of The Extended Family	187
Ch. 8	Koledade and the Development of Western Education in Yagbaland	191
	Missionary Attitudes	192
	The Egbe School	195
	The Expansion of Primary Education	202
	Conclusion	205
Ch. 9	The Colonial Economy and Koledade's Business Pursuits	207
	The Expansion of the Commercial Frontier	208
	The Motor Transport "Revolution"	214
	The Set-back and the Revival Bid	217
	Produce Buying and Marketing	220
	The Textile Industry	222
	The Return to the Fold	223
Ch. 10	Koledade and the E.C.W.A. Organization	227
	Birth of the National Church	228
	Relations Between the Mission and the New Church	231
	The E.C.W.A Workers Association	234
	The E.C.W.A Yoruba District Church	242
Ch. 11	Nigerian Patriot	247
	Service to the New Nation	248
	Member, Northern Nigeria Scholarship Board	250
	The West-Merger Campaign	253
	The Willink Commission	257
	Party Politics	258
	Honours Awards	260
Ch. 12	Koledade's Last Years	265
	Retirement	266
	Death	267
	Epilogue to a Career of Service	274
	Concluding Remarks	283
	Bibliographical Notes	287
	Index	295