![]() ![]() For the Athenians, democracy involves rotation in office, and the filling of offices by lot and enlargement of governing bodies (Sabine 1973: 28). ![]() And while it may be true that some tension exists between the monarchic nature of society and its democratic features, it remains that the social and political organization of traditional Yoruba society demonstrated some democratic values, and thus traditional was established on what can be called a participatory democracy.ĭemocracy emphasizes that power should be shared among people of different categories, and that sharing of power must also be acknowledged by those who hold power directly and those whose ownership of power is by mere inference. ![]() Looking through the pre-colonial epoch in Yoruba political and cultural history, one can see some elements of democracy featured in pre-colonial and traditional Yoruba social and political organization. ![]()
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