Author: Oswald Eckles Jr
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595376169
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The Philosophy of Olodumare and Shango is a work designed for the thinking man. It details the thorny issue of black metaphysics. Oswald Eckles Jr treats of the nature of the black man versus the other. It contains some hard truths about the white and black races. Oswald Eckles Jr penetrating insights into Western philosophy details where African Philosophy has gone wrong and the road African Philosophers should now take. In The Philosophy of Olodumare and Shango, Shango is the black man, God is the white man, and Shango and God are equal. His philosophy of States states that the finite State is the infinite State whereas the finite is illusory and the infinite is real; consequently, man is two States in one. The two States are one being called Shango! Mr. Eckles treats of Aesthetics, and makes the attempt to integrate Black metaphysics with the metaphysics of the Western world by deconstructing the categories of Aristotle! And creating a daring and original philosophy of mind!
The Philosophy of Olodumare and Shango
Author: Oswald Eckles Jr
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595376169
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The Philosophy of Olodumare and Shango is a work designed for the thinking man. It details the thorny issue of black metaphysics. Oswald Eckles Jr treats of the nature of the black man versus the other. It contains some hard truths about the white and black races. Oswald Eckles Jr penetrating insights into Western philosophy details where African Philosophy has gone wrong and the road African Philosophers should now take. In The Philosophy of Olodumare and Shango, Shango is the black man, God is the white man, and Shango and God are equal. His philosophy of States states that the finite State is the infinite State whereas the finite is illusory and the infinite is real; consequently, man is two States in one. The two States are one being called Shango! Mr. Eckles treats of Aesthetics, and makes the attempt to integrate Black metaphysics with the metaphysics of the Western world by deconstructing the categories of Aristotle! And creating a daring and original philosophy of mind!
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595376169
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The Philosophy of Olodumare and Shango is a work designed for the thinking man. It details the thorny issue of black metaphysics. Oswald Eckles Jr treats of the nature of the black man versus the other. It contains some hard truths about the white and black races. Oswald Eckles Jr penetrating insights into Western philosophy details where African Philosophy has gone wrong and the road African Philosophers should now take. In The Philosophy of Olodumare and Shango, Shango is the black man, God is the white man, and Shango and God are equal. His philosophy of States states that the finite State is the infinite State whereas the finite is illusory and the infinite is real; consequently, man is two States in one. The two States are one being called Shango! Mr. Eckles treats of Aesthetics, and makes the attempt to integrate Black metaphysics with the metaphysics of the Western world by deconstructing the categories of Aristotle! And creating a daring and original philosophy of mind!
Shango
Author: James R. Curtis
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
ISBN: 9781611922837
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Miguel is Cuban-American, with the accent on American. But beneath the surface of his sun-drenched Miami lifestyle lurks an evil that threatens to destroy him. The chance reading of a newspaper article reporting a stolen skull and the ritualistic murder of a petty drug dealer pushes Miguel into an underworld where his cultural roots grab him like tentacles. His newly kindled compulsion to learn more about his culture brings him pleasure in the sensuous beauty of Ileana and pain in the enticing danger of voodoo. Thrust into a tailspin world dominated by santerÕa, the Afro-Caribbean religion of his native island, Miguel and Ileana must find their way among mysterious cult initiations, drum ceremonies to invoke African deities, and ultimately, a hair-raising confrontation with the terrible god ShangÑ. Chock full of fascinating characters, from the absent minded professor to the touch but sentimental detective, from the inept thugs Hermàn and Dago to the malevolent Rosa, and with the added intrigue of Afro-Caribbean religious rituals, ShangÑ is spellbinding and engrossing.
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
ISBN: 9781611922837
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Miguel is Cuban-American, with the accent on American. But beneath the surface of his sun-drenched Miami lifestyle lurks an evil that threatens to destroy him. The chance reading of a newspaper article reporting a stolen skull and the ritualistic murder of a petty drug dealer pushes Miguel into an underworld where his cultural roots grab him like tentacles. His newly kindled compulsion to learn more about his culture brings him pleasure in the sensuous beauty of Ileana and pain in the enticing danger of voodoo. Thrust into a tailspin world dominated by santerÕa, the Afro-Caribbean religion of his native island, Miguel and Ileana must find their way among mysterious cult initiations, drum ceremonies to invoke African deities, and ultimately, a hair-raising confrontation with the terrible god ShangÑ. Chock full of fascinating characters, from the absent minded professor to the touch but sentimental detective, from the inept thugs Hermàn and Dago to the malevolent Rosa, and with the added intrigue of Afro-Caribbean religious rituals, ShangÑ is spellbinding and engrossing.
Shango Son
Author: Dian Frankson
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1496923464
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Shango Son is not your traditional Love story. It is a sense tingling depiction of the love between a mother and son, as the pair tries to find themselves in the midst of ancestral misperception. Athena the main character is an African American woman born in the era of revolutionary hip hop to a multi-cultural afro-Caribbean family. Athena's Caribbean blood line runs deeply in her veins however growing up in Brooklyn NY USA has made her foreign to her roots. Her addiction to her teenage love gave life to a son, the realities of parenthood and the consequences of lust in addition to the formation of another cultural identity. As life forces Athena to address her roots she finds that the story of the slave brings her Caribbean and American cultures together causing her to realize that her lack of knowledge about her history has disturbing consequences. Athena struggles with her sons needs as Tim stumbles blindly through a lack of self-affirmation into his own manhood. In the end the love between the two has made them spiritually connected in a way that supersedes death.
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1496923464
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Shango Son is not your traditional Love story. It is a sense tingling depiction of the love between a mother and son, as the pair tries to find themselves in the midst of ancestral misperception. Athena the main character is an African American woman born in the era of revolutionary hip hop to a multi-cultural afro-Caribbean family. Athena's Caribbean blood line runs deeply in her veins however growing up in Brooklyn NY USA has made her foreign to her roots. Her addiction to her teenage love gave life to a son, the realities of parenthood and the consequences of lust in addition to the formation of another cultural identity. As life forces Athena to address her roots she finds that the story of the slave brings her Caribbean and American cultures together causing her to realize that her lack of knowledge about her history has disturbing consequences. Athena struggles with her sons needs as Tim stumbles blindly through a lack of self-affirmation into his own manhood. In the end the love between the two has made them spiritually connected in a way that supersedes death.
Volume 5 The Warrior Series: Oya Saves Shango
Author: Lynn Gross
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387978756
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
This is a book for anyone (children, adults, teens...) wanting to learn about this beautiful Orisha how giving up should never be an option and how valuable team work really is.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387978756
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
This is a book for anyone (children, adults, teens...) wanting to learn about this beautiful Orisha how giving up should never be an option and how valuable team work really is.
Encyclopedia of African Religion
Author: Molefi Kete Asante
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1412936365
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
Collects almost five hundred entries that cover the African response to spirituality, taboos, ethics, sacred space, and objects.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1412936365
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
Collects almost five hundred entries that cover the African response to spirituality, taboos, ethics, sacred space, and objects.
The Long Mile
Author: Clyde W. Ford
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780738707853
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Framed for murder and released from prison on appeal, former police detective John Shannon is determined to clear his name, a task complicated by an ex-CIA agent with mob connections and the abduction of his son.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780738707853
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Framed for murder and released from prison on appeal, former police detective John Shannon is determined to clear his name, a task complicated by an ex-CIA agent with mob connections and the abduction of his son.
Sixteen Cowries
Author: William Russell Bascom
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253208477
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
" . . . a landmark in research of African oral traditions." —African Arts " . . . a significant contribution to the understanding of Yoruba religious belief, magic, and art." —Journal of Religion in Africa Yoruba texts and English translations of a divination system that originated in Nigeria and is widely practiced today by male and female diviners in the diaspora. A landmark edition.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253208477
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
" . . . a landmark in research of African oral traditions." —African Arts " . . . a significant contribution to the understanding of Yoruba religious belief, magic, and art." —Journal of Religion in Africa Yoruba texts and English translations of a divination system that originated in Nigeria and is widely practiced today by male and female diviners in the diaspora. A landmark edition.
Shango's Son
Author: Dr Winmilawe
Publisher: Gazing in Publishing
ISBN: 9780983931843
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Shango's Son is a short story based on ancient African knowledge (Yoruba Ifa). Shango has a son who becomes his companion and protector. The son has amazing abilities that help Shango succeed. The story, the colorful imagery, and even some African Yoruba vocabulary will enrich young and older readers alike!
Publisher: Gazing in Publishing
ISBN: 9780983931843
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Shango's Son is a short story based on ancient African knowledge (Yoruba Ifa). Shango has a son who becomes his companion and protector. The son has amazing abilities that help Shango succeed. The story, the colorful imagery, and even some African Yoruba vocabulary will enrich young and older readers alike!
Modernity and Its Malcontents
Author: Jean Comaroff
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226114392
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
What role does ritual play in the everyday lives of modern Africans? How are so-called "traditional" cultural forms deployed by people seeking empowerment in a world where "modernity" has failed to deliver on its promises? Some of the essays in Modernity and Its Malcontents address familiar anthropological issues—like witchcraft, myth, and the politics of reproduction—but treat them in fresh ways, situating them amidst the polyphonies of contemporary Africa. Others explore distinctly nontraditional subjects—among them the Nigerian popular press and soul-eating in Niger—in such a way as to confront the conceptual limits of Western social science. Together they demonstrate how ritual may be powerfuly mobilized in the making of history, present, and future. Addressing challenges posed by contemporary African realities, the authors subject such concepts as modernity, ritual, power, and history to renewed critical scrutiny. Writing about a variety of phenomena, they are united by a wish to preserve the diversity and historical specificity of local signs and practices, voices and perspectives. Their work makes a substantial and original contribution toward the historical anthropology of Africa. The contributors, all from the Africanist circle at the University of Chicago, are Adeline Masquelier, Deborah Kaspin, J. Lorand Matory, Ralph A. Austen, Andrew Apter, Misty L. Bastian, Mark Auslander, and Pamela G. Schmoll.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226114392
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
What role does ritual play in the everyday lives of modern Africans? How are so-called "traditional" cultural forms deployed by people seeking empowerment in a world where "modernity" has failed to deliver on its promises? Some of the essays in Modernity and Its Malcontents address familiar anthropological issues—like witchcraft, myth, and the politics of reproduction—but treat them in fresh ways, situating them amidst the polyphonies of contemporary Africa. Others explore distinctly nontraditional subjects—among them the Nigerian popular press and soul-eating in Niger—in such a way as to confront the conceptual limits of Western social science. Together they demonstrate how ritual may be powerfuly mobilized in the making of history, present, and future. Addressing challenges posed by contemporary African realities, the authors subject such concepts as modernity, ritual, power, and history to renewed critical scrutiny. Writing about a variety of phenomena, they are united by a wish to preserve the diversity and historical specificity of local signs and practices, voices and perspectives. Their work makes a substantial and original contribution toward the historical anthropology of Africa. The contributors, all from the Africanist circle at the University of Chicago, are Adeline Masquelier, Deborah Kaspin, J. Lorand Matory, Ralph A. Austen, Andrew Apter, Misty L. Bastian, Mark Auslander, and Pamela G. Schmoll.
Yoruba Myths
Author: Ulli Beier
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521229951
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
This mysterious, poetic and often amusing collection of myths illustrates the religion and thought of the West African Yoruba People.
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521229951
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
This mysterious, poetic and often amusing collection of myths illustrates the religion and thought of the West African Yoruba People.