International Journal of Research in Social Sciences Vol. 11 Issue 04, April 2021 ISSN: 2249-2496 Impact Factor: 7.081 Journal Homepage: http://www.ijmra.us, Email:
[email protected] Double-Blind Peer Reviewed Refereed Open Access International Journal - Included in the International Serial Directories Indexed & Listed at: Ulrich's Periodicals Directory ©, U.S.A., Open J-Gate as well as in Cabell‟s Directories of Publishing Opportunities, U.S.A THE INFLUENCE OF YORUBA WOMEN ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF YORUBALAND IN PRE AND COLONIAL NIGERIA: LESSONS FOR YORUBA WOMEN IN POST-COLONIAL NIGERIA. Olugbemi Victoria Kikelomo (PhD), Department of History& International Studies, Faculty of Arts, Akungba-Akoko. G.S.M- 08034996167, 09031224136. Email Addresses: stancydg@gmail. com
[email protected] Omoniyi, Mary BankeIyabo (PhD), Faculty of Education, Department of Guidance and Counsel08ling, AdekunleAjasin University, Akungba-Akoko. G.S.M-08034732226,08111450107.
[email protected] ABSTRACT From the time of state formations, women in Yorubaland were parts of policy and decision making processes in the development of the Yoruba society. However, the system of integrating the male and female child into the customs and traditions of their community with a view to empower them for nation-builders became deteriorated after independence and this has affected the fortune of Yorubaland in the Nigerian state. The paper therefore, examines the causes, effects and ways by which Yorubaland can regain its past position. Through primary and secondary sources, it reveals those factors such as colonial policy against women, western education, non-teaching of history led to the decline on the influence of women in Yorubalnd.