Funeral Dirges of Yoruba Hunters
Author : Bade Ajuwon
Publisher :
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 12,78 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN :
Author : Bade Ajuwon
Publisher :
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 12,78 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN :
Author : Bade Ajuwon
Publisher :
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 48,12 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Africa, West
ISBN :
Author : Bádé Ajùwòn
Publisher :
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 41,64 MB
Release : 1984
Category :
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Author : Ted Gioia
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 36,34 MB
Release : 2006-04-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780822337263
DIVThe place of music in different forms of work from the earliest hunting and planting to the contemporary office./div
Author : Margaret Read MacDonald
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 41,39 MB
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1135917140
Traditional Storytelling Today explores the diversity of contemporary storytelling traditions and provides a forum for in-depth discussion of interesting facets of comtemporary storytelling. Never before has such a wealth of information about storytelling traditions been gathered together. Storytelling is alive and well throughout the world as the approximately 100 articles by more than 90 authors make clear. Most of the essays average 2,000 words and discuss a typical storytelling event, give a brief sample text, and provide theory from the folklorist. A comprehensive index is provided. Bibliographies afford the reader easy access to additional resources.
Author : Adeduntan, Ayo
Publisher : NISC (Pty) Ltd
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 32,10 MB
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1920033416
Studies of Yoruba culture and performance tend to focus mainly on standardised forms of performance, and ignore the more prevalent performance culture which is central to everyday life. What the Forest Told Me conveys the elastic nature of African cultural expression through narratives of the Yoruba hunters' exploits. Hunters' narratives provide a window on the Yoruba understanding and explanation of their world; a cosmology that negates the anthropocentric view of creation. In a very literal sense, man, in this peculiar world, is an equal actor with animal and nature spirits with whom he constantly contests and negotiates space. Adeduntan offers new insights into key aspects of Yoruba culture, while providing a close appraisal of particular texts and contexts of oral performance forms. In doing so, he presents a fresh view of the poetics of oral performance, rising above generalisation and mere description.
Author : Isidore Okpewho
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 40,83 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253214942
"This book examines the character of New World black cultures and their relationships with the plural societies within which they function. This volume seeks a balanced look at the fate of the African presence in Western society as well as insights into the sources of periodic conflict between blacks and others."--Résumé de l'éditeur.
Author : Howard James Jordan
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 723 pages
File Size : 14,59 MB
Release : 2024-04-10
Category : History
ISBN :
African Oral Literature: Its Philosophical Thoughts Conveyed in Yuruba Society explores the ways that the Yoruba people of Nigeria have made remarkable contributions to the world’s civilization. Yoruba philosophical, religious tenets, artistic tenets, ideas, and icons have helped to transform religious beliefs and practices and the arts. When considering the study of Yoruba oral traditions, one learns how its philosophical concepts are the bases for an interpretation of what constitutes their aesthetic performance in art forms. This book introduces distinguished Yoruba cultural historians documenting the full spectrum, which extends beyond the visual art form. Through oral tradition, the effigy with its ako naturalism is not judged for its photographic realism, but for its efficacy within the context of the ako traditional ceremony, which is intended to make the end of this life and the beginning of the next one honorable and dignifying for one's parents where good will is needed by those still on earth. About the Author Howard James Jordan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1948. He is a lifetime member of the following associations: The Buffalo Soldiers, 24th Infantry Regiment of New Jersey; The Buffalo Soldiers 9th & 10th Horse Cavalry Association of Baltimore, MD and Los Angeles, CA; Disabled American Veterans (DVA) and Veterans of Foreign Wars, Dept. of New Jersey. Howard’s hobbies include writing, reading history, dancing, roller skating, horseback riding, traveling, wood carving, and painting. He also taught art in Nigeria Secondary Schools, was a research assistant at Nigerian University, and taught special education in Philadelphia Public Schools.
Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Page : 1898 pages
File Size : 19,95 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Copyright
ISBN :
Author : Robert Sydney Smith
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 15,43 MB
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299116040
This third edition of what has been described as "this minor classic" has been extensively revised to take account of advances in Nigerian historiography. The twenty million Yorubas are one of the largest and most important groups of people on the African continent. Historically they were organized in a series of autonomous kingdoms and their past is richly recorded in oral tradition and archaeology. From the fifteenth century onwards there are descriptions by visitors and from the nineteenth century there are abundant official reports from administrators and missionaries. Yoruba sculpture in stone, metal, ivory, and wood is famous. Less well-known are the elaborate and carefully designed constitutional forms which were evolved in the separate kingdoms, the methods of warfare and diplomacy, the oral literature, and the religion based on the worship of a "high god" surrounded by a pantheon of more accessible deities. Many of these aspects are shown in the drawings and photographs which have been used-for the first time-to illustrate this distinguished work.