Identity, Neighbourhood Cultures and the Re-definition of Social Values in Colonial Lagos

• Authors: Monsuru Olalekan Muritala
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Colonial Lagos has enjoyed enormous scholarly historical interrogations and interpretations. The existing body of knowledge cut across social, political and economic history. Despite this however, there is a huge gap to be filled in the cultural and social history of Lagos. Thus, this paper examined identity neighbourhood cultures and the re-definition of social values in colonial Lagos. I argue in this paper that British socioeconomic policies and political manipulations impacted greatly on the sub-structure and super-structure of the society. Besides, the heterogeneous society of Lagos experienced identity formations and dilution in cultures, which fostered re-definition of social values. The paper concludes that colonialism re-defined neighbourhood cultures by introducing new urban life and culture as well as provided the platform for the growth in crime, begging culture, destitution, prostitution and juvenile delinquency.

Keywords

EN

Identity; Neighbourhood Cultures; Social Values; Colonial Lagos

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY
• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic
• Journal: West Bohemian Historical Review
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 21-40

Contributors

author

Monsuru Olalekan Muritala

• Department of History, University of Ibadan, Nigeria