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Where Gods and Mortals Meet

Author : Wilson Perkins Foss
Publisher : Snoeck
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Where Gods and Mortals Meet written by Wilson Perkins Foss and published by Snoeck. This book was released on 2004 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Urhobo peoples occupy the western fringe of the Niger River delta in southern Nigeria, an area rich with oil reserves. Since the 1970s, the petroleum industry has brought worldwide wealth and attention to Nigeria, but tragically has also detracted from broad-based economic progress as flow stations, flare-offs, drilling platforms and pipelines have proliferated. As rural economies suffered an inevitable decline, the custom of maintaining traditional Urhobo art has experienced a parallel atrophy. The resultant decline in Urhobo culture has prompted a response among many Urhobo who want to celebrate and preserve their traditions for future generations. The Museum for African Art in New York makes a major contribution to this effort through the presentation of "Where Gods and Mortals meet," the first exhibition to showcase Urhobo arts. The exhibition introduces never-before-seen Urhobo art and footage of cultural performances, from yesterday and today. This accompanying catalogue includes approximately 80 works of art: traditional art from the historical period 1850 to 1975, including monumental wood figures, metal and clay sculpture, and masks and costumes with accompanying poetry and song; a small selection of contemporary work by Bruce Onobrakpeya, an Urhobo by birth and one of Africa's foremost artists; plus photos and video footage of extraordinary multimedia masquerades.

Where Gods and Mortals Meet

Author : Wilson Perkins Foss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780945802365
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Where Gods and Mortals Meet written by Wilson Perkins Foss and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Literature and Arts of the Niger Delta

Author : Tanure Ojaide
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000379051
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Literature and Arts of the Niger Delta written by Tanure Ojaide and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-04-19 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the depiction of the Delta region of Nigeria through literature and other cultural art forms. The Niger Delta has been thrust into the global limelight due to resource extraction and conflict, but it is also a region with a rich culture, environment, and heritage. The creative imagination of the area’s artists has been fuelled by the area’s pressing concerns of indigenous peoples, minority discourse, environmental degradation, climate change, multinational corporations' greed, dictatorship, and people’s struggle for control of their resources. Taking a holistic approach to the Niger Delta experience, this book showcases artistic responses from literature, visual arts, and performances (such as masquerades, dances, and festivals). Chapters cover authors, artists, and performers such as Ben Okri, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Isidore Okpewho, J.P. Clark, and Bruce Onobrakpeya, as well as topics like the famous Benin bronze figures and Urhobo Udje dance. Affirming the wealth and diversity of the region which continues to inspire creative artistic productions, The Literature and Arts of the Niger Delta will be of interest to researchers of African literature, arts, and other cultural productions.

Humanities

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Humanities written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Companion to Modern African Art

Author : Gitti Salami
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444338374
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Modern African Art written by Gitti Salami and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-12-24 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a wealth of perspectives on African modern and Modernist art from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, this new Companion features essays by African, European, and North American authors who assess the work of individual artists as well as exploring broader themes such as discoveries of new technologies and globalization. A pioneering continent-based assessment of modern art and modernity across Africa Includes original and previously unpublished fieldwork-based material Features new and complex theoretical arguments about the nature of modernity and Modernism Addresses a widely acknowledged gap in the literature on African Art

Nigerian Gods

Author : Erubu Otobo
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9786020464
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Nigerian Gods written by Erubu Otobo and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2023-05-05 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nigerian Gods is an enlightening and sobering review of the impact of the introduction of the three main Abrahamic religions on Nigeria's traditional religions, culture and way of life, viewed through the prism of its eleven largest and two of the smallest ethnic groups. Kome Otobo, gives here a factual and acute description and presentation of the main characteristics of the major ethnic groups in Nigeria - historical background and socio-political structures, demography, traditional religions, differing impacts of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and major occupations and modes of existence - which should serve to propel all to a fuller assessment of the complexities of the directions which a Post-Covid-19 World is tending rapidly, ethnically and racially exploited differences jumping to the fore to question erstwhile dominant political ideologies and political arrangements based on them.

The Universe, the Gods, and Mortals

Author : Jean-Pierre Vernant
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 9781861973993
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book The Universe, the Gods, and Mortals written by Jean-Pierre Vernant and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this engrossing retelling of Greek myth, Jean-Pierre Vernant combines his profound knowledge of the subject with brilliant and original story-telling. Beginning with the creation of Earth out of Chaos, Vernant continues with the castration of Uranus, the war between the Titans and the gods of Olympus, the wily ruses of Prometheus and Zeus, and the creation of Pandora, the first woman. His narrative takes us from the Trojan War to the voyage of Odysseus, from the story of Dionysus to the terrible destiny of Oedipus and to Perseus's confrontation with the Gorgons. Jean-Pierre Vernant has devoted himself to the study of Greek mythology. In recounting these tales, he unravels for us their multiple meanings and brings to life cherished figures of legend whose stories lie at the origin of our civilization.

Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to the Later Heidegger

Author : George Pattison
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134634021
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to the Later Heidegger written by George Pattison and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Heidegger is one of the most controversial thinkers of the twentieth century. His writings are notoriously difficult: they both require and reward careful reading. The Later Heidegger introduces and accesses: * Heidegger's life and the background to his later works * The ideas and texts of some of his influential later works, including The Question concerning Technology, The Origin of the Work of Art, and What is Called Thinking? * Heidegger's continuing importance to philosophy and contemporary thought.

Mortal Gods

Author : Kendare Blake
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466812222
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Mortal Gods written by Kendare Blake and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As ancient immortals are left reeling, a modern Athena and Hermes search the world for answers in Mortal Gods, the second Goddess War novel by Kendare Blake, acclaimed author of Anna Dressed in Blood. Ares, god of war, is leading the other dying gods into battle. Which is just fine with Athena. She's ready to wage a war of her own, and she's never liked him anyway. If Athena is lucky, the winning gods will have their immortality restored. If not, at least she'll have killed the bloody lot of them, and she and Hermes can die in peace. Cassandra Weaver is a weapon of fate. The girl who kills gods. But all she wants is for the god she loved and lost to return to life. If she can't have that, then the other gods will burn, starting with his murderer, Aphrodite. The alliance between Cassandra and Athena is fragile. Cassandra suspects Athena lacks the will to truly kill her own family. And Athena fears that Cassandra's hate will get them all killed. The war takes them across the globe, searching for lost gods, old enemies, and Achilles, the greatest warrior the world has ever seen. As the struggle escalates, Athena and Cassandra must find a way to work together. Because if they can't, fates far worse than death await. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Corn Tassels

Author : William Reed Hopper Dunroy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Corn Tassels written by William Reed Hopper Dunroy and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dunroy was influenced by Oscar Wilde and the The Yellow Book. Two of the poems contain explicit references to Aubrey Beardsley.

Cape Clear

Author : Theodore Deppe
Publisher : Salmon Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781903392287
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (922 download)

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Download or read book Cape Clear written by Theodore Deppe and published by Salmon Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Scholarship and Commitment

Author : Omoko, Peter E.
Publisher : Malthouse Press
ISBN 13 : 978555788X
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Scholarship and Commitment written by Omoko, Peter E. and published by Malthouse Press. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Darah turned seventy on Wednesday November 22, 2017 and to celebrate his very productive career, his colleagues and many of those he has mentored thought it appropriate to mark his official exit from the university in a dignified way by commissioning for publication, in the now acceptable festschrift tradition, the highly compelling and outstanding collection of essays titled: Scholarship and Commitment: Essays in Honour of G.G. Darah. The book is a ground-breaking collection of essays; some are couched as tributes to the ebullient celebrant, there are others on more serious discourses in the areas of literary theories and criticism, language and linguistics, popular literature and politics, the African woman, identity and contemporary realities, oral literature, the news media and cultural studies. The essays, on their own, attest to the vivacity and liveliness as well as the encouraging state of health of publishing in the Nigerian academia, which in this collection alone, parades forty-two essays in different fields or discourses.

Festivalising!

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9401204535
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Festivalising! written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the world festivals are growing – in numbers, in size, in significance – and serve as spaces where aesthetic encounters, religious and political celebrations, economic investments and public entertainment can take place. In this sense, festivals are theatrical events. This volume contains discussions of 14 diverse festival events from five continents across the globe, written by members of the IFTR/FIRT Working Group on the Theatrical Event, the same group that has produced the ground-breaking study Theatrical Events – Borders Dynamics Frames in 2004 (also published by Rodopi). The events discussed here range from traditional carnivals and festivals to more controversial theatre, dance and opera festivals, children’s festivals and community events, as well as saints’ and workers’ festivities. All of these constitute part of the local playing cultures and take on significant political roles, nationally and regionally. The authors explore and extend the theoretical frames of reference for any contemporary discussion of theatrical events and festivals, in order to provide a new and fresh perspective on past and present festival culture across the globe.

Studies in Urhobo Culture

Author : Peter Palmer Ekeh
Publisher : Urhobo Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 9789780677695
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (776 download)

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Download or read book Studies in Urhobo Culture written by Peter Palmer Ekeh and published by Urhobo Historical Society. This book was released on 2005 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book is the product of pioneering research carried out by scholars native to the Urhobo culture and language. Unlike many of the other major ethnic cultures in Nigeria, which were studied by Western anthropologist in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the Urhobo language and culture remained neglected. Studies in Urhobo Culture represents a comparatively new area of research, approached from an indigenous perspective. The result is a wide-ranging survey of Urhobo culture in Nigeria, offering diverse perspectives on topics such as: naming traditions and practices of the Urhobo; religious beliefs, values and movements; traditions of marriage; artistic productions, food and dress subcultures; and the geography of Urhoboland and agricultural practices. In-depth consideration is given to Urhobo traditional poetry and the intellectual aspects of Urhobo culture and language, within the wider complex of the Edoid languages and cultures. The contributors further situate the language question within the global context of language endangerment, arguing the Urhobo case is an example of how English and Pidgin are imperilling small and medium-sized languages in Africa, and weakening the hold of indigenous cultures on the younger generation.

Valeria and Other Poems

Author : Harriet Monroe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Valeria and Other Poems written by Harriet Monroe and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Indigeneity, Globalization, and African Literature

Author : Tanure Ojaide
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137560037
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Indigeneity, Globalization, and African Literature written by Tanure Ojaide and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-07 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literature remains one of the few disciplines that reflect the experiences, sensibility, worldview, and living realities of its people. Contemporary African literature captures the African experience in history and politics in a multiplicity of ways. Politics itself has come to intersect and impact on most, if not all, aspects of the African reality. This relationship of literature with African people’s lives and condition forms the setting of this study. Tanure Ojaide’s Indigeneity, Globalization, and African Literature: Personally Speaking belongs with a well-established tradition of personal reflections on literature by African creative writer-critics. Ojaide’s contribution brings to the table the perspective of what is now recognized as a “second generation” writer, a poet, and a concerned citizen of Nigeria’s Niger Delta area.

In the Light of Christ

Author : Lucy Beckett
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1586171070
Total Pages : 918 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book In the Light of Christ written by Lucy Beckett and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The good, the true and the beautiful--it is for these that our souls long. Though they reside in unity and perfection in God alone, the written word is one place we can discover glimmers of divine light. The writings of great souls can turn our gaze toward God as he is revealed in Jesus Christ. Even authors who do not know Christ or who reject Christ can still point to him, for anyone who seeks the truth finds it; and any one who turns his back on the truth turns away from a someone whose presence can often be more keenly felt in his absence. In this volume, Lucy Beckett illuminates some of the finest writings in the Western tradition and trains our eye to discover in them the Christian vision of God. She masterfully guides us through Sophocles, Plato, Augustine, Dante, Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky and many others, deftly demonstrating each author's worth as a bearer of truth.