Author : Wale Sasamura Owoeye
Publisher : Oysters Press
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 49,2 MB
Release : 2022-06-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :
VINTAGE YORUBA PROVERBS (Òwe Ilẹ̀ Yorúbá) VOLUME 2 continues the collection of wise sayings from Yoruba tribe of West Africa featured with English translation and short explanatory notes for the understanding and enjoyment of global readers. Full of wisdom, poetry and unrivaled beauty, enjoy and share the classic heritage from the heart of Africa.
Author : Oyekan Owomoyela
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 22,52 MB
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0803204957
"Yoruba Proverbs is the most comprehensive collection to date of more than five thousand Yoruban proverbs that showcase Yoruba oral tradition. Following Oyekan Owomoyela's introduction, which provides a framework and description of Yoruba cultural beliefs, the proverbs are arranged by theme into five sections: the good person; the fortunate person (or the good life); relationships; human nature; rights and responsibilities; and truisms. Each proverb is presented in Yoruba with a literal English translation, followed by a brief commentary explaining the meaning of the proverb within the oral tradition." "This definitive source book on Yoruba proverbs is the first to give such detailed, systematic classification and analysis alongside a careful assessment of the risks and pitfalls of submitting this genre to the canons of literary analysis."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Wale Sasamura Owoeye
Publisher : Oysters Press
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 15,68 MB
Release : 2016-07-16
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1535334940
AKUDAYA (Living-Wraith) is a book about supernatural entity reputed to live on as an incarnate being in a place after being concurrently affirmed as a dead person in another place. The phenomenon occupies a central place in Yoruba cultural traditions regarding reincarnation and mysterious sightings. Alternatively referred to as "Abarameji" in Yoruba culture, this well researched monograph spotlights features and significance of the mysterious phenomenon that affects awe and fear amongst Yoruba people and wherever its variant is found in the global culture.
Author : Wale Owoeye
Publisher : Oysters Press
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 34,50 MB
Release : 2021-05-06
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN :
EJIRE (MYTHICAL TWINS) is a monograph about the phenomenon of twins and their deification as cognized and practiced in Yoruba culture. The book in concise headings explore the spiritual, artistic and modernist aspects of the Ibeji tradition, highlighting its peculiarities and the special place twins occupy in the scheme of traditional society. Featured with illustration, the book is written by foremost Neo Negritudian, Wale Sasamura Owoeye.
Author : B. A. M. I. Ogumefu
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 27,14 MB
Release :
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1465517324
Author : Wale Sasamura Owoeye
Publisher : Oysters Press
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 32,26 MB
Release : 2016-06-02
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN :
Elere-Omo (The Spirit-Child) is a monograph made to espouse an aspect of Yoruba culture relating to persons fated to have alliance with spiritual confraternity that have influence on their corporeal existence on earth. Alternatively referred to as Abiku, Emere or Elegbe-Omo, the phenomenon of persons having predetermined ties with extra-terrestrial confraternity that exacts devotion and propitiation from the spirit-child is still extant in Africa and in the Diaspora. It is hoped that at the end of this highly insightful book, the reader will emerge more enlightened about these special class of children gifted to the world for special purposes.
Author : Wale Owoeye
Publisher : Pipit Inc.
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 10,98 MB
Release :
Category : Education
ISBN :
VINTAGE YORUBA PROVERBS (Owe Ile Yoruba) is a collection of wise sayings from Yoruba tribe of West Africa featured with English translation for the understanding of global readers. Full of wisdom and lyricism, it is a classic heritage from the heart of Africa.
Author : Library of Congress
Publisher :
Page : 1004 pages
File Size : 16,14 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Ruth Finnegan
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 14,17 MB
Release : 2012-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1906924708
Ruth Finnegan's Oral Literature in Africa was first published in 1970, and since then has been widely praised as one of the most important books in its field. Based on years of fieldwork, the study traces the history of storytelling across the continent of Africa. This revised edition makes Finnegan's ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images and an updated bibliography, as well as its original chapters on poetry, prose, "drum language" and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background of oral literature in Africa. This book is the first volume in the World Oral Literature Series, an ongoing collaboration between OBP and World Oral Literature Project. A free online archive of recordings and photographs that Finnegan made during her fieldwork in the late 1960s is hosted by the World Oral Literature Project (http: //www.oralliterature.org/collections/rfinnegan001.html) and can also be accessed from publisher's website.
Author : Samuel Crowther
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 30,42 MB
Release : 1852
Category : Yoruba language
ISBN :
