If you want to download Samuel Johnson’s Yoruba History in PDF format, you have come to the right place. This is a very detailed book about the origins, history and traditions of the Yoruba people of southwest Nigeria. The book entitled “History of the Yoruba: From the Earliest Times to the Origins of the British Protectorate” was written by the famous historian Samuel Johnson and published in 1921 by C.M.S. published.(Nigeria) Bookstores. You can download the book in PDF format below.
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Samuel Johnson, PDF Book Description Samuel Johnson (1846-1901) was an Anglican clergyman and historian known for his masterful history of the Yoruba people. Johnson was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone and educated by the Church Missionary Society. In 1857 he was sent with his family to Ibadan, Nigeria. He was ordained a priest in 1880 and completed the manuscript of the History of the Yoruba in 1897.However, the original editor mysteriously lost the manuscript. After Johnson’s death, his brother, Dr. Obadiah Johnson, reassembled the text from Samuel’s notes. This volume, first published in 1921, contains this reconstructed edition. This groundbreaking volume brings together diverse oral and recorded accounts of Yoruba history, describing not only political history but also social customs, language and laws. Although recent analysis of the text has revealed some inaccuracies, this volume remains a standard source of information on the history of the Yoruba people.
