Author: Akinwumi Ogundiran
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253051509
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
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.
The Yoruba
Author: Akinwumi Ogundiran
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253051509
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253051509
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
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.
Data-Rich Linguistics
Author: Oluseye Adesola
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527518450
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
This collection was compiled by an international group of scholars in recognition of Professor Yiwola Awoyale’s contributions to African language and linguistic studies. Based at University of Pennsylvania, Professor Awoyale is particularly celebrated as a great field linguist, who pays special attention to data and data documentation. This edited volume presents current research on topics concerning the syntax, semantics, phonology, applied- and socio-linguistics of African languages, providing a state-of-the-art account of contemporary issues in African linguistics today.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527518450
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
This collection was compiled by an international group of scholars in recognition of Professor Yiwola Awoyale’s contributions to African language and linguistic studies. Based at University of Pennsylvania, Professor Awoyale is particularly celebrated as a great field linguist, who pays special attention to data and data documentation. This edited volume presents current research on topics concerning the syntax, semantics, phonology, applied- and socio-linguistics of African languages, providing a state-of-the-art account of contemporary issues in African linguistics today.
Yoruba Hometowns
Author: Lillian Trager
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN: 9781555879815
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The pattern of migrants maintaining strong ties with their home communities is particularly common in sub-Saharan Africa, where it has important social, cultural, political, and economic implications. This book explores the significance of hometown connections for civil society and local development in Nigeria. Rich ethnographic description and case studies illustrate the links that the Ijesa Yoruba maintain with their communities of origin - links that both help to shape social identity and contribute to local development. Trager also examines indigenous concepts of development, demonstrating how the Yoruba bring their understandings of development to efforts in their own communities. Placing her work in the context of national political and economic change, she raises questions about the motivations, implications, and consequences of local development efforts, not only for the communities and their members, but also for the larger polity.
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN: 9781555879815
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The pattern of migrants maintaining strong ties with their home communities is particularly common in sub-Saharan Africa, where it has important social, cultural, political, and economic implications. This book explores the significance of hometown connections for civil society and local development in Nigeria. Rich ethnographic description and case studies illustrate the links that the Ijesa Yoruba maintain with their communities of origin - links that both help to shape social identity and contribute to local development. Trager also examines indigenous concepts of development, demonstrating how the Yoruba bring their understandings of development to efforts in their own communities. Placing her work in the context of national political and economic change, she raises questions about the motivations, implications, and consequences of local development efforts, not only for the communities and their members, but also for the larger polity.
The Yoruba from Prehistory to the Present
Author: Aribidesi Usman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107064600
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
A rich and accessible account of Yoruba history, society and culture from the pre-colonial period to the present.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107064600
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
A rich and accessible account of Yoruba history, society and culture from the pre-colonial period to the present.
Global Yorùbá
Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253070562
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 595
Book Description
In Global Yorùbá, renowned scholar Toyin Falola covers the history, people, traditions, environment, religion, spirituality, cosmology, culture, and philosophy of one of Africa's largest cultural groups, the Yorùbá, all while considering the people's relationship with their immediate and distant neighbors. Falola examines how the Yorùbán people have adapted to their environment and tapped it to (re)invent their civilization, shape their culture and traditions, and inform their socioeconomic relations with their neighbors. These interactions have guided the Yorùbá philosophy that developed over time, expressing their conviction regarding society's evolution and the place that humans occupy within it. This web of knowledge can present a more coherent account than any other text yet produced regarding Yorùbá civilization. This volume demonstrates how global dynamics have been adopted in the creation of a Yorùbá community across different times and spaces.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253070562
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 595
Book Description
In Global Yorùbá, renowned scholar Toyin Falola covers the history, people, traditions, environment, religion, spirituality, cosmology, culture, and philosophy of one of Africa's largest cultural groups, the Yorùbá, all while considering the people's relationship with their immediate and distant neighbors. Falola examines how the Yorùbán people have adapted to their environment and tapped it to (re)invent their civilization, shape their culture and traditions, and inform their socioeconomic relations with their neighbors. These interactions have guided the Yorùbá philosophy that developed over time, expressing their conviction regarding society's evolution and the place that humans occupy within it. This web of knowledge can present a more coherent account than any other text yet produced regarding Yorùbá civilization. This volume demonstrates how global dynamics have been adopted in the creation of a Yorùbá community across different times and spaces.
Inter-ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution in Nigeria
Author: Ernest E. Uwazie
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9780739100332
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Since 1982, Nigeria has experienced more than ten large scale ethnic or religious riots in its major cities. These violent clashes have wreaked economic, political, and social havoc; caused an enormous number of deaths and injuries; and posed serious obstacles to Nigeria's sociopolitical development as well as retarded efforts at nation-building. The papers collected in this book serve as a critical part of an overall objective to develop and promote mechanisms for the understanding and resolution of ethnic and religious conflicts in Nigeria. Both academic and community leaders address various aspects of these conflicts, and Uwazie offers several thoughtful options for their successful resolution. Inter-Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution in Nigeria will interest students of African history and current affairs, scholars of anthropology and ethnicity studies, and those involved in international relations and peace studies.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9780739100332
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Since 1982, Nigeria has experienced more than ten large scale ethnic or religious riots in its major cities. These violent clashes have wreaked economic, political, and social havoc; caused an enormous number of deaths and injuries; and posed serious obstacles to Nigeria's sociopolitical development as well as retarded efforts at nation-building. The papers collected in this book serve as a critical part of an overall objective to develop and promote mechanisms for the understanding and resolution of ethnic and religious conflicts in Nigeria. Both academic and community leaders address various aspects of these conflicts, and Uwazie offers several thoughtful options for their successful resolution. Inter-Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution in Nigeria will interest students of African history and current affairs, scholars of anthropology and ethnicity studies, and those involved in international relations and peace studies.
General Catalogue
Author: Santa Barbara State Teachers College
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
International Programs and Studies
Author: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Office of International Programs and Studies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign study
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign study
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Speak Yoruba in 24 Hours
Author: Adedamola Olofa
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781973551690
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This Yoruba grammar book is for the use of beginners who want to learn Yoruba and those who want to speak it as a second language (L2). Target Users are: ■ Those who marry to Yoruba spouses ■ Yoruba children born abroad ■ Yorubas in diaspora ■ Secondary school children (Nigeria, West Africa and Brazil) learning Yoruba as a second language. ■ Non-Yoruba university students learning Yoruba as a second language. ■ Those who have interest in speaking the language.It is written in a Teach-Yourself format. It is highly interractive. A reader studies a lesson and tests himself through series of "Brainwork" provided in this book. Because it is a book meant for beginners, some basic grammatical rules and orthography are adjusted to make learning easier for users. This book is to be viewed as an introductory to learning Yoruba.
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781973551690
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This Yoruba grammar book is for the use of beginners who want to learn Yoruba and those who want to speak it as a second language (L2). Target Users are: ■ Those who marry to Yoruba spouses ■ Yoruba children born abroad ■ Yorubas in diaspora ■ Secondary school children (Nigeria, West Africa and Brazil) learning Yoruba as a second language. ■ Non-Yoruba university students learning Yoruba as a second language. ■ Those who have interest in speaking the language.It is written in a Teach-Yourself format. It is highly interractive. A reader studies a lesson and tests himself through series of "Brainwork" provided in this book. Because it is a book meant for beginners, some basic grammatical rules and orthography are adjusted to make learning easier for users. This book is to be viewed as an introductory to learning Yoruba.
Education as Mutual Translation
Author: Ranjana Thapalyal
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004367276
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
In Education as Mutual Translation, the author recounts recent research conducted at a UK Art School, then examines and applies Hindu Vedantist (Ancient Indian) and Yoruba (West African) philosophical concepts of self and mutuality with others to an environment that expects high levels of individuality. Yoruba and Vedantic analyses of mind are shown to have startling resonance with each other, with Paulo Freire’s critical consciousness, and Ronald Barnett’s student being. Placing these sources in theoretical dialogue with each other the author proposes “critical autobiographic reflection” as a tool for locating cultural, political and ontological self; she suggests that a more resilient original voice emerges from awareness of society and community than from individualism, and that genuine pedagogic exchange changes student, tutor, and the work of both.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004367276
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
In Education as Mutual Translation, the author recounts recent research conducted at a UK Art School, then examines and applies Hindu Vedantist (Ancient Indian) and Yoruba (West African) philosophical concepts of self and mutuality with others to an environment that expects high levels of individuality. Yoruba and Vedantic analyses of mind are shown to have startling resonance with each other, with Paulo Freire’s critical consciousness, and Ronald Barnett’s student being. Placing these sources in theoretical dialogue with each other the author proposes “critical autobiographic reflection” as a tool for locating cultural, political and ontological self; she suggests that a more resilient original voice emerges from awareness of society and community than from individualism, and that genuine pedagogic exchange changes student, tutor, and the work of both.