A HISTORY OF THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF FAST FOOD CULTURE IN THE ONDO-EKITI OF SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA, 1900-1960

Ondo-Ekiti is located to modern-day South-western Nigeria. It was a subsistent economy with its food culture as a great determinant of its general heritage prior to colonial influence. The long existed tradition shifted base sooner than western education was imbibed and adopted as a major economic factor through which the old culture changed for new ideas. The indigenous fast food contents became threatened by foreign fast food as a result of urban deals and quest for capital economy under the British imperialists. Research methodology comprised of primary and secondary sources of data collection. Primary source included Archival materials and oral interviews. Chief Secretary’s Office documents (CSO), data about the colonial influence on the fast food were collected. Oral interviews were conducted with fifty (50) adults from age fifty (50) and above in the Ondo-Ekiti area. Secondary source included printed materials such as books, journals, bulletins and the internet. Data collected were interpreted from the historical perspective. Findings showed that the indigenous fast food of Ondo-Ekiti have been threatened to disappearance, and the modern youths can no longer see and identify them. The study concluded that Ondo-Ekiti cannot avoid the influence of modernity but should adjust profitably to its benefits.