Pre-colonial origins of the national question in Nigéria: the yoruba identity as a case study

Résumé

The author tries to put in evidence the pre-colonial origins of Nigerian national questions. Based on the Yoruba identity as case study, he deals with aspects relations whit the importance of the State in the interior of Yoruba groups in the pre-colonial era, as well as with the territorial domination, with the survival of the identity of the Yoruba in the pre and post-colonial era, and also with the emergency of a Yoruba conscience post-colonial, stimulated by the contact with the English