The book explores the relevance of youths in the context of their contributions and the challenges they pose to the security and development of Ile-Ife and Modakeke communities. It assesses the impact of the renewed communal clashes on the youth and the security and development of their communities in the conflict and post-conflict eras. The book contributes to the understanding of how intercommunal conflicts in Ile-Ife and Modakeke turned youths into both security assets and liabilities. It provides a critical link in scholarship on the youth as a phenomenon in different cultures and contexts. It shows that a clearer understanding of militarised youths in search of identity and given limited opportunities has the capability of providing a sound basis for policy formulation that could provide a logical solution to security-related problems, not only in the study area but in the whole of Nigeria and even elsewhere in the world.
Abimbola Adesoji is a Professor of History in the Department of History, Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He is a George Forster Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany. His research interests are Traditional and Contemporary Yoruba History and Socio-Political History of Nigeria. He co-edited The Chieftaincy Institution in Nigeria (2010) and Security Challenges and Management in Modern Nigeria (2018). He has published over 60 articles in highly rated local and international outlets. His latest publications are "Aso Ebi: Appraising the Changing Nature of the Culture and Practice of Uniform Social Clothing for Celebrations among the Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria" in Rajendra Baikady et al. (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Change (co-authored); "Historical Scholarship and Training at Ife: Contemporary Progress, Historical Legacies, and Positive Future, 19622022"; and History in Africa: A Journal of Debates, Methods and Source Analysis (First View 2023) (co-authored).
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