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Book Synopsis A Portrait of Osun, a Yoruba Goddess in Osogbo and the Americas by : Adewale Kuyebi
Download or read book A Portrait of Osun, a Yoruba Goddess in Osogbo and the Americas written by Adewale Kuyebi and published by . This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides us with more information about Osun Osogbo and Osun in Americas. Our three areas of study are myth as a form of oral literature and poetic elements for religious studies; the Osun annual festival in Osogbo and continuity of Osun in existence in the New World today. In this book we bring the two side of the Atlantic together in dialogue through the spread of myth.
Download or read book Osun Osogbo Festival written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Osogbo and the Art of Heritage by : Peter Probst
Download or read book Osogbo and the Art of Heritage written by Peter Probst and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why has the home of a Yoruba river goddess become a UNESCO World Heritage site and a global attraction? Every year, tens of thousands of people from around the world visit the sacred grove of Osun, Osogbo's guardian deity, to attend her festival. Peter Probst takes readers on a riveting journey to Osogbo. He explores the history of the Osogbo School, which helped introduce one style of African modern art to the West, and investigates its intimate connection with Osun, the role of art and religion in the changing world of Osogbo, and its prominence in the global arena.
Download or read book Osun Osogbo written by Kayode Afolabi and published by Booksurge Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With about three hundred powerful pictures, this book identifies and highlights all the Sacred Places and Sacred People attached to the benevolent living river goddess. It is a scholarly treatise on one of the most significant traditional deity in South-Western Nigeria, namely; Osun Osogbo, who has won for herself the appellation 'A Lady of 10,000 names' - across the waters!"--Back cover
Author :University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Department of Africana Studies Publisher : ISBN 13 :9780984344949 Total Pages :18 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (449 download)
Book Synopsis Ancestral Legacies in Osun Grove by : University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Department of Africana Studies
Download or read book Ancestral Legacies in Osun Grove written by University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Department of Africana Studies and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Osun Osogbo Festival written by and published by . This book was released on 200? with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Biodiversity of Osun Osogbo Grove (a Unesco World Heritage Site), Osogbo, Osun State, South West, Nigeria by : Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency
Download or read book Biodiversity of Osun Osogbo Grove (a Unesco World Heritage Site), Osogbo, Osun State, South West, Nigeria written by Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History of Osogbo by : Osogbo Cultural Heritage Council
Download or read book History of Osogbo written by Osogbo Cultural Heritage Council and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Comprehensive History of Osogbo by : S. Ade Falade
Download or read book The Comprehensive History of Osogbo written by S. Ade Falade and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Osun-Osogbo written by Brown Steve and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-01-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the enchanting world of the Osun-Osogbo festival, a celebration of Yoruba culture and spirituality like no other. In this captivating book, delve into the rituals, art and devotion that honor the goddess Osun. Explore the timeless traditions, intricate sculptures and the profound impact the festival has on its devotees. Immerse yourself in the mystic splendor of the Goddess Grove Festival and unlock the secrets of an ancient tradition that resonates with spirituality, beauty and sacred wisdom.
Book Synopsis Osun across the Waters by : Joseph M. Murphy
Download or read book Osun across the Waters written by Joseph M. Murphy and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001-10-09 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ã’sun is a brilliant deity whose imagery and worldwide devotion demand broad and deep scholarly reflection. Contributors to the ground-breaking Africa's Ogun, edited by Sandra Barnes (Indiana University Press, 1997), explored the complex nature of Ogun, the orisa who transforms life through iron and technology. Ã’sun across the Waters continues this exploration of Yoruba religion by documenting Ã’sun religion. Ã’sun presents a dynamic example of the resilience and renewed importance of traditional Yoruba images in negotiating spiritual experience, social identity, and political power in contemporary Africa and the African diaspora. The 17 contributors to Ã’sun across the Waters delineate the special dimensions of Ã’sun religion as it appears through multiple disciplines in multiple cultural contexts. Tracing the extent of Ã’sun traditions takes us across the waters and back again. Ã’sun traditions continue to grow and change as they flow and return from their sources in Africa and the Americas.
Book Synopsis Our Mothers, Our Powers, Our Texts by : Teresa N. Washington
Download or read book Our Mothers, Our Powers, Our Texts written by Teresa N. Washington and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2005-06-27 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Washington writes supple and thoughtful prose and creatively integrates African and African-derived terminology, which never distract the reader. I consider Our Mothers, Our Powers, Our Texts not only a brilliant study, but also a model to be emulated." —Ousseynou B. Traore, William Patterson University Àjé is a Yoruba word that signifies a spiritual power of vast potential, as well as the human beings who exercise that power. Although both men and women can have Àjé, its owners and controllers are women, the literal and cosmic Mothers who are revered as the gods of society. Because of its association with female power, its invisibility and profundity, Àjé is often misconstrued as witchcraft. However, as Teresa N. Washington points out in Our Mothers, Our Powers, Our Texts, Àjé is central to the Yoruba ethos and cosmology. Not only does it underpin the concepts of creation and creativity, but as a force of justice and retribution, Àjé is essential to social harmony and balance. As Africans were forced into exile and enslavement, they took Àjé with them and continued its work of creating, destroying, harming, and healing in the New World. Washington seeks out Àjé’s subversive power of creation and re-creation in a diverse range of Africana texts, from both men and women, from both oral and contemporary literature, and across space and time. She guides readers to an understanding of the symbolic, methodological, and spiritual issues that are central to important works by Africana writers but are rarely elucidated by Western criticism. She begins with an examination of the ancient forms of Àjé in Yoruba culture, which creates a framework for innovative readings of important works by Africana writers, including Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, Ben Okri, Wole Soyinka, Jamaica Kincaid, and Ntozake Shange. This rich analysis will appeal to readers of Africana literature, African religion and philosophy, feminist studies, and comparative literature.
Book Synopsis Sacred Groves, Cultural Ecosystems and Conservation by : Rena Laisram
Download or read book Sacred Groves, Cultural Ecosystems and Conservation written by Rena Laisram and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-03 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sacred Groves, Cultural Ecosystems and Conservation addresses the increasing contemporary relevance of ecosystems being depleted at an alarming rate worldwide. The purpose of this collection of essays is to bring together different perspectives on sacred groves in the context of the cultural and spiritual dimensions of biodiversity conservation. In offering an experience of sacred natural sites in varied cultural contexts of Africa and Asia, it raises a common concern for natural resource management. Based on the long-term research of the contributing authors, the nine chapters reflect a continuous process of redefining sacred spaces within an interdisciplinary framework grounded on existing literature and ethnographic field research. The highlight of the discourse is the complex interactions and negotiations between the ‘sacred’ and the ‘secular’; which brings center-stage the subject of sacred status that communities have given to nature. This book will be of interest to researchers and general audience alike interested and concerned with earth ecosystems and the spiritual world, creating a space for critical enquiry and future hopes in the face of threatening habitat loss.
Book Synopsis Introduction to Nigeria by : Gilad James, PhD
Download or read book Introduction to Nigeria written by Gilad James, PhD and published by Gilad James Mystery School. This book was released on with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nigeria is a country located in West Africa and is known for its rich cultural heritage and diversity. With a population of over 200 million people, it is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous country in the world. The country is divided into 36 states and one Federal Capital Territory, with Abuja being the capital city. Nigeria has a highly diversified economy with a mix of agriculture, industry, and natural resources. It is the largest producer and exporter of crude oil in Africa and has the ninth-largest natural gas reserves in the world. The country also has a vibrant music and film industry known as Nollywood that is popular across the continent. However, Nigeria has faced a number of challenges including poverty, corruption, terrorism, and ethnic/religious tensions. Since gaining independence from Britain in 1960, Nigeria has experienced several military coups and a civil war. Nigeria's political system is currently based on a federal republic with a presidential system of government. The country is also a member of the African Union, Commonwealth of Nations, and the United Nations. With its diverse population and rich resources, Nigeria remains an important player in African politics and a key country in global affairs.
Book Synopsis A Study of Eyo & Osun Osogbo Festival Performances in a Changing World by : Ogunkoya Ninilola Jennifer
Download or read book A Study of Eyo & Osun Osogbo Festival Performances in a Changing World written by Ogunkoya Ninilola Jennifer and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The need to grapple with the effects of the historical events that have shaped the world people's cultures has been a frightening reality to cope with . The Africans, without doubt, daily stair back into their past with rippling emotions. From the East Africa, to the West, North and South; it has been the same labeling and blaming of the colonial masters on their several missions to the African's soil and the attendants effects- their trades, evangelism, colonialism, rebuilding exercises, modernization and the now-globalization. Today, the Africans are having mixed feelings of both bitterness and relief at the new trends in their cultures. This work may just be a window for the world to see how the old have become new
Download or read book Osun in Colours written by Kayode Afolabi and published by Booksurge Llc. This book was released on 2006 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Osun in colours is a compendium on one of the most significant traditional deity in Africa, the Caribbean Islands and the Americas. It is a searchlight to the diversified stories of the river goddess through its more than three hundred pictorial analysis and illustrations from Igede to Osogbo where the goddess groves. The book traces the biographical origin of the goddess from her humble beginning at Igede Ekiti and goes further to exhibit the exact source of her waters - the popular river Osun in Yorubaland till the point she crossed the Atlantic. Among other things, the book highlights Osun grove and its festival celebrations in selected Yoruba towns, discusses her relationship with other Yoruba pantheons and shows its readers the location where the two great rivers in Yorubaland, namely, river Oba and river Osun met. It goes further again, to discuss some ingredients peculiar to her worship, sacrifice and initiation. Two chapters are on her sojourn overseas and her beautiful songs across the waters. Osun in colours is extremely useful for Orisa worshippers in diaspora, valuable for tourists' and a reference point for researchers' and students' of religion worldwide. Intending readers and buyers should note that the book has scored so many 'FIRSTS'.The book is the first powerful book to trace the SOURCE of Osun waters.The first to highlight in pictorial form how it meanders through thick forests from Ekiti land through Ijesaland, Osogbo, Ibadan, Abeokuta and many other Yoruba communities until the point she crossed the Atlantic! The first to research into Osun's votary maids in Yoruba communities.The first to make a distinction between the Osun the divinity and the Osun the deity.....and lots more! Finally, the book is full of information and insight and it is a good source for continuous research, debate, seminars and discussion for any doubtful issue or issues that may be considered otherwise by any individual or group of person
