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Understanding Yoruba Life and Culture

Author : Nike Lawal
Publisher : Africa Research and Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 730 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Yoruba Life and Culture written by Nike Lawal and published by Africa Research and Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a population of about thirty million, the Yoruba people constitute one of the largest single ethnic groups in sub-Saharan Africa. They are internationally acclaimed for their high art, complex system of government, religion, and philosophy. This multi-authored book written by distinguished scholars like Ayo Bamgbose, Toyin Falola, Stephen Akintoye, Omofolabo Soyinka-Ajayi, Emmanuel Babatunde, H.O. Danmole, Akinbiyi Akinlabi, and Agbo Folarin, is the first of its kind to cover all the important topics and issues in Yoruba culture. Who were the Yoruba? Where did they come from? What is Yoruba society like? What is the role of women in the society? What is the nature of their art forms? What is Yoruba philosophy? These questions and many more are answered in this significant book. (Back cover).

The Yoruba

Author : Akinwumi Ogundiran
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253051525
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Yoruba written by Akinwumi Ogundiran and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Yoruba: A New History is the first transdisciplinary study of the two-thousand-year journey of the Yoruba people, from their origins in a small corner of the Niger-Benue Confluence in present-day Nigeria to becoming one of the most populous cultural groups on the African continent. Weaving together archaeology with linguistics, environmental science with oral traditions, and material culture with mythology, Ogundiran examines the local, regional, and even global dimensions of Yoruba history. The Yoruba: A New History offers an intriguing cultural, political, economic, intellectual, and social history from ca. 300 BC to 1840. It accounts for the events, peoples, and practices, as well as the theories of knowledge, ways of being, and social valuations that shaped the Yoruba experience at different junctures of time. The result is a new framework for understanding the Yoruba past and present.

Yoruba Culture

Author : Kola Abimbola
Publisher : iroko academic publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781905388004
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Yoruba Culture written by Kola Abimbola and published by iroko academic publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful

Author : B. Hallen
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253338068
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful written by B. Hallen and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hallen asks the Yoruba onisegun - the wisest and most accomplished herbalists or traditional healers - what it means to be good and beautiful. The onisegun explain the subtleties and intricacies of Yoruba language use and philosophy behind particular word choices. Their instructions reveal the depth of Yoruba aesthetics and ethics.

Ifá Will Mend Our Broken World

Author : ʼWande Abimbọla
Publisher : iroko academic publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780965973908
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book Ifá Will Mend Our Broken World written by ʼWande Abimbọla and published by iroko academic publishers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Arts of Being Yoruba

Author : Adélékè Adéèkó
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253026725
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Book Synopsis Arts of Being Yoruba by : Adélékè Adéèkó

Download or read book Arts of Being Yoruba written by Adélékè Adéèkó and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-17 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a culturally significant way of being Yorùbá that is expressed through dress, greetings, and celebrations—no matter where in the world they take place. Adélékè Adék documents Yorùbá patterns of behavior and articulates a philosophy of how to be Yorùbá in this innovative study. As he focuses on historical writings, Ifá divination practices, the use of proverbs in contemporary speech, photography, gendered ideas of dressing well, and the formalities of ceremony and speech at celebratory occasions, Adéékó contends that being Yorùbá is indeed an art and Yorùbá-ness is a dynamic phenomenon that responds to cultural shifts as Yorùbá people inhabit an increasingly globalized world.

Yoruba Art and Language

Author : Rowland Abiodun
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139992872
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book Yoruba Art and Language written by Rowland Abiodun and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-13 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Yoruba was one of the most important civilizations of sub-Saharan Africa. While the high quality and range of its artistic and material production have long been recognized, the art of the Yoruba has been judged primarily according to the standards and principles of Western aesthetics. In this book, which merges the methods of art history, archaeology, and anthropology, Rowland Abiodun offers new insights into Yoruba art and material culture by examining them within the context of the civilization's cultural norms and values and, above all, the Yoruba language. Abiodun draws on his fluency and prodigious knowledge of Yoruba culture and language to dramatically enrich our understanding of Yoruba civilization and its arts. The book includes a companion website with audio clips of the Yoruba language, helping the reader better grasp the integral connection between art and language in Yoruba culture.

Understanding African Philosophy

Author : Richard H. Bell
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415939379
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (393 download)

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Download or read book Understanding African Philosophy written by Richard H. Bell and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Yoruba from Prehistory to the Present

Author : Aribidesi Usman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107064600
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Yoruba from Prehistory to the Present written by Aribidesi Usman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich and accessible account of Yoruba history, society and culture from the pre-colonial period to the present.

Yoruba

Author : Henry John Drewal
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yoruba written by Henry John Drewal and published by Abrams. This book was released on 1989 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Yoruba people of Nigeria and Benin, over 15 million strong, are heirs to one of the oldest and greatest artistic traditions in West Africa. This text offers a look at Yoruba civilization. Over 200 photographs illustrate rarely seen objects from museums and private collections.

Divining the Self

Author : Velma E. Love
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271061456
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Divining the Self written by Velma E. Love and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divining the Self weaves elements of personal narrative, myth, history, and interpretive analysis into a vibrant tapestry that reflects the textured, embodied, and performative nature of scripture and scripturalizing practices. Velma Love examines the Odu—the Yoruba sacred scriptures—along with the accompanying mythology, philosophy, and ritual technologies engaged by African Americans. Drawing from the personal narratives of African American Ifa practitioners along with additional ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Oyotunji African Village, South Carolina, and New York City, Love’s work explores the ways in which an ancient worldview survives in modern times. Divining the Self also takes up the challenge of determining what it means for the scholar of religion to study scripture as both text and performance. This work provides an excellent case study of the sociocultural phenomenon of scripturalizing practices.

Print Culture and the First Yoruba Novel

Author : Isaac Babalọla Thomas
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004229159
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Print Culture and the First Yoruba Novel written by Isaac Babalọla Thomas and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-05-25 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents an edition and translation of I.B. Thomas's pioneering work, "The Life-Story of Me, Segilola", first published as a series of realistic letters to a local Lagos newspaper in 1929-30, but now acclaimed as the first Yoruba novel.

The Yoruba Diaspora in the Atlantic World

Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253003016
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Yoruba Diaspora in the Atlantic World written by Toyin Falola and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2005-05-02 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative anthology focuses on the enslavement, middle passage, American experience, and return to Africa of a single cultural group, the Yoruba. Moving beyond descriptions of generic African experiences, this anthology will allow students to trace the experiences of one cultural group throughout the cycle of the slave experience in the Americas. The 19 essays, employing a variety of disciplinary perspectives, provide a detailed study of how the Yoruba were integrated into the Atlantic world through the slave trade and slavery, the transformations of Yoruba identities and culture, and the strategies for resistance employed by the Yoruba in the New World. The contributors are Augustine H. Agwuele, Christine Ayorinde, Matt D. Childs, Gibril R. Cole, David Eltis, Toyin Falola, C. Magbaily Fyle, Rosalyn Howard, Robin Law, Babatunde Lawal, Russell Lohse, Paul E. Lovejoy, Beatriz G. Mamigonian, Robin Moore, Ann O'Hear, Luis Nicolau ParÃ©s, Michele Reid, João JosÃ© Reis, Kevin Roberts, and Mariza de Carvalho Soares. Blacks in the Diaspora -- Claude A. Clegg III, editor Darlene Clark Hine, David Barry Gaspar, and John McCluskey, founding editors

Vigilant Things

Author : David Todd Doris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vigilant Things written by David Todd Doris and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Throughout southwestern Nigeria, Yoruba men and women create objects called ààlè to protect their properties from the ravages of thieves. Ààlè are objects of such unassuming appearance that a non-Yoruba viewer might not register their important presence in the Yoruba visual landscape. David T. Doris argues that ààlè are keys to understanding how images function in Yoruba social and cultural life."--Publisher description.

Singing Yoruba Christianity

Author : Vicki L. Brennan
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253032083
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Singing Yoruba Christianity written by Vicki L. Brennan and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Singing the same song is a central part of the worship practice for members for the Cherubim and Seraphim Christian Church in Lagos, Nigeria. Vicki L. Brennan reveals that by singing together, church members create one spiritual mind and become unified around a shared set of values. She follows parishioners as they attend choir rehearsals, use musical media—hymn books and cassette tapes—and perform the music and rituals that connect them through religious experience. Brennan asserts that church members believe that singing together makes them part of a larger imagined social collective, one that allows them to achieve health, joy, happiness, wealth, and success in an ethical way. Brennan discovers how this particular Yoruba church articulates and embodies the moral attitudes necessary to be a good Christian in Nigeria today.

A History of the Yoruba People

Author : Stephen Adebanji Akintoye
Publisher : Amalion Publishing
ISBN 13 : 2359260278
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (592 download)

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Download or read book A History of the Yoruba People written by Stephen Adebanji Akintoye and published by Amalion Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of the Yoruba People is an audacious comprehensive exploration of the founding and growth of one of the most influential groups in Africa. In this commendable book, S. Adebanji Akintoye deploys four decades of historiography research with current interpretation and analyses to present the most complete and authoritative volume on the Yoruba to date. This exceptionally lucid account gathers and imparts a wealth of research and discourses on Yoruba studies for a wider group of readership than ever before. Very few attempts have tried to grapple fully with the historical foundations and development of a group that has contributed to shaping the way African communities are analysed from prehistoric to modern times. “A wondrous achievement, a profound pioneering breakthrough, a reminder to New World historians of what ‘proper history’ is all about – a recount which draws the full landed and spiritual portrait of a people from its roots up – A History of the Yoruba People is yet another superlative work of brilliant chronicling and persuasive interpretation by an outstanding scholar and historiographer of Africa.~ Prof Michael Vickers, author of Ethnicity and Sub-Nationalism in Nigeria: Movement for a Mid-West Stateand Phantom Trail: Discovering Ancient America. “This book is more than a 21st century attempt to (re)present a comprehensive history of the Yoruba ... shifting the focus to a broader and more eclectic account. It is a far more nuanced, evidentially-sensitive, systematic account.” ~ Wale Adebanwi, Assist. Prof., African American and African Studies, UC Davis, USA. “Akintoye links the Yoruba past with the present, broadening and transcending Samuel Johnson in scope and time, and reviving both the passion and agenda that are over a century old, to reveal the long history and definable identity of a people and an ethnicity...Here is an accessible book, with the promise of being ageless, written by the only person who has sustained an academic interest in this subject for nearly half a century, providing the treasures of accumulated knowledge, robust encounters with received wisdom, and mature judgement about the future.” ~ Toyin Falola, The Frances Higginbotham Nalle Professor in History, University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Yoruba Creativity

Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher : Africa World Press
ISBN 13 : 9781592213368
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Yoruba Creativity written by Toyin Falola and published by Africa World Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In songs, dance and drama the fame of the Yoruba of Nigeria is firmly established and universally acknowledged. Also an established writing and literary tradition, the Yoruba have asserted themselves as a dominant force in the world of creativity. Such stars are represented here, as in the works of Wole Soyinka and Zulu Sofola. The future of language in the making of new idioms and dictionaries is also examined in an attempt to position the Yoruba and their cultures in the ever-changing world of cultural inventions.