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Author: Andrew Apter Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 022650641X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 217
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Herskovits's heritage -- Creolization and connaissance -- Notes from Ekitiland -- The blood of mothers -- Ethnogenesis from within -- Afterword: beyond the mirror of narcissus
Author: Andrew Apter Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 022650641X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 217
Book Description
Herskovits's heritage -- Creolization and connaissance -- Notes from Ekitiland -- The blood of mothers -- Ethnogenesis from within -- Afterword: beyond the mirror of narcissus
Author: Tokunbo Ogunbanjo Publisher: Pyxidia House Publishers ISBN: 1946530271 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 101
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The Return of Odu’a captures an extraordinary tale about the strength of loyalty to a people and the power of custom and tradition, unveiling an enchanting African folktale with a savvy, trado-contemporary twist. When a menacing danger threatens the existence of Yorubaland, resulting from a curse that had the children of Odu’a scattered to the four corners of the globe, a courageous young Poet, Lagbaja, accepts the daunting task to embark on an arduous, unpredictable journey to save the land of his fathers. But his path is littered with many riddles, puzzles, and thorns; he encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including his black horse, Serubawon, who accompanies him. Lagbaja must overcome these obstacles to chart the course for the children of Odu’a to find their way back home. But is he ready for that which was not in the plan? The author, Tokunbo Ogunbanjo, fashions this primeval tale with brilliant use of language, and stays true to the myths in envisioning the major Yorubaland pantheon, and through his deft and witty prose, these characters emerge with their fiercely competitive natures, making these long-ago myths breathe pungent life again.
Author: Raphael Nyemachi Njoku-Andie Publisher: Raphael Nyemachi NjokuAndie ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 83
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Doctor Ovu and his family are stuck in a war-torn Odua, they are trying the best they can to survive the ordeal and make their way to Ida, where Damien, their other son has been waiting for them.
Author: Jude Idada Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781490425801 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 236
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ODUDUWA, KING OF THE EDOS is a play which explores the true identity of an ancient African King who was believed amongst numerous competing historical accounts to have come down from the heavens (skies) to found the present day Yoruba people of South Western Nigeria. It attempts to draw congruence between mythical accounts of his origin which are found in the oral traditions of the Edos of present day Mid-Western Nigeria, those of the Yorubas of Ile-Ife in particular, and Western Nigeria in general, while imagining an explanation as to the divergence in their accounts. It seeks to answer the questions: was Oduduwa a god that ruled men, the fi-rst creation of the supreme God, an exiled Edo prince or was he a mere mortal whose leadership qualities became legendary and thus exalted him to the status of the progenitor of the Yorubas? Set in the kingdoms of Igodomigodo and Ile-Ife, it journeys across time into the more recent pre-colonial Benin city and Ile-Ife, while using well rounded characters, loftily crafted language, deep cultural mores, scintillating music, dance, fast paced action and intrigue in bringing to life a captivating period in the history of the Yorubas and Edos.
Author: William W. Bascom Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 0253114659 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 605
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"The sacred texts of Ifa, repository of the accumulated wisdom of countless generations of Yoruba people, are an invaluable source not only for all students of African oral literature and Yoruba civilization, but also for future generations interested in the continuing vitality of Ifa divination and a Yoruba way of life and thought." -- Henry Drewal This landmark study of Ifa, the most important and elaborate system of divination of the Yoruba people of Nigeria, remains a monumental contribution to scholarship in anthropology, folklore, religion, philosophy, linguistics, and African and African-American studies.
Author: Omololu Eyitayo Agesin Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 316
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This book, among others, in a series of six volumes, is an attempt at digging into the antiquities of the Yoruba people, to give information and enlightenment to generations of men and women whose world is fast disappearing. A deep understanding of the past will therefore, provide a linkage with the missing unknown for posterity to develop wings. This book will also be useful for the reading pleasure of Yorubas in the diaspora, students, researchers, and tourists, who are interested in taking a peep into the history of the Yoruba Nation.
Author: Lanre Alayande Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 9781450206099 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 208
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Lanre Alayande holds advanced degrees in communication and marketing. Following the completion of his Ph.D., Lanre will begin work as the executive director of knowledge Impact; an educational marketing company in South Africa as he is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Lanre has worked in the publishing industry for the last ten years, he has provided consulting services to large corporations in Western Europe, Asia and provisional government, particularly, Gauteng government of South Africa.
Author: Festus Wale Ogunbitan Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 9781436302722 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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This is an epic play written in free verse on the Yoruba mythology which believes that Oduduwa, the first Ooni (ruler) of Ife (the earth) sent his sixteen sons to go and fetch the ocean water to cure his eyes which was going blind. The sixteen sons left home to search for the ocean water after the Ifa oracle foretold that the ocean water was the only source of regeneration for the blindness. The alternative was if the high priest of Orishanla, bestowed his divine healing through a special soap that foamed like the ocean water. Unfortunately, Orishanla's sacred soap was not available to perform this ritual; therefore, Oduduwa had no other means but to send his sixteen sons to the ocean, which had moved far away from Ile-Ife since Oduduwa created the earth on top of the ocean water from the sacred landing spot in Ife. The sixteen sons left home riding horses for the journey in search of the ocean water. On their way through the forest, they were unexpectedly dispersed and took separate routes through the act of God, who dispersed them with whirlwind and clouds. In the end, only the youngest of the sixteen sons, named Obokun, came back home with the ocean water to cure the blind eyes of their father. The remaining fifteen stayed away on the road and founded new Kingdoms Obokun later went back and founded his own kingdom in Ilesha.
Author: Andrew Apter
Author: Andrew Apter
Author: Tokunbo Ogunbanjo
Author: Raphael Nyemachi Njoku-Andie
Author: Aribidesi Usman
Author: Jude Idada
Author: William W. Bascom
Author: Omololu Eyitayo Agesin
Author: Lanre Alayande
Author: Festus Wale Ogunbitan
Author: Tokunbo Ajasin