The Rare Leaf Yorùbá Legends and Love Stories

The Rare Leaf Yorùbá Legends and Love Stories PDF Author: O̩lábò̩dé Ògúnlàna
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ISBN: 9781977243232
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 528

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The Rare Leaf Yorùbá Legends and Love Stories

The Rare Leaf Yorùbá Legends and Love Stories PDF Author: O̩lábò̩dé Ògúnlàna
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781977243232
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 528

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The Quest for the Rare Leaf and Other Yoruba Tales

The Quest for the Rare Leaf and Other Yoruba Tales PDF Author: Olola Olabode Ogunlana
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ISBN: 9780992686321
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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The Rare Leaf

The Rare Leaf PDF Author: Olola Olabode Ogunlana
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ISBN: 9780992686369
Category : Remo (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 275

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"There is a rich tradition of storytelling within Yoruba culture, with stories passed down through the generations but never written down .... This book sets out to present a particular sub-group of these: oral stories which have some kind of historical basis, handed down in the Ogere-Remo area (now in Ogun State) in the Remo dialect of Yoruba."--Page 10.

My Hair Grows Like a Tree

My Hair Grows Like a Tree PDF Author: Tamika Phillip
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ISBN: 9780993503634
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 62

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Yoruba Love Stories

Yoruba Love Stories PDF Author: Olola Olabode Ogunlana
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ISBN: 9780992686338
Category : Love stories, African (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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Orature and Yoruba Riddles

Orature and Yoruba Riddles PDF Author: A. Akinyeme
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137502630
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274

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Orature and Yorùbá Riddles takes readers into the hitherto unexplored undercurrents of riddles in Africa. Because of its oral and all too often ephemeral nature, riddles have escaped close scrutiny from scholars. The strength of the Yorùbá as the focus of this study is impressive indeed: a major ethnic group in Africa, with established connections with the black diaspora in North America and the Caribean; a rich oral and written culture; a large and diverse population; and an integrated rural-urban society. The book is divided into six chapters for readers' convenience. When read in sequence, the book provides a comprehensive, holistic sense of Yorùbá creativity where riddles are concerned. At the same time, the book is conceived in a way that each chapter could be read individually. Therefore, those readers seeking understanding of a specific type of riddle may target a single chapter appearing most relevant to her/his curiosity.

Samuel Eto'o

Samuel Eto'o PDF Author: Joëlle Esso
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ISBN: 9780956638083
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 49

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What the forest told me

What the forest told me PDF Author: Adeduntan, Ayo
Publisher: NISC (Pty) Ltd
ISBN: 1920033416
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 156

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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.

Amana, the Child Who Was a God

Amana, the Child Who Was a God PDF Author: Kama Sywor Kamanda
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ISBN: 9780992686390
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Art and Risk in Ancient Yoruba

Art and Risk in Ancient Yoruba PDF Author: Suzanne Preston Blier
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107729173
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 793

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In this book, Suzanne Preston Blier examines the intersection of art, risk and creativity in early African arts from the Yoruba center of Ife and the striking ways that ancient Ife artworks inform society, politics, history and religion. Yoruba art offers a unique lens into one of Africa's most important and least understood early civilizations, one whose historic arts have long been of interest to local residents and Westerners alike because of their tour-de-force visual power and technical complexity. Among the complementary subjects explored are questions of art making, art viewing and aesthetics in the famed ancient Nigerian city-state, as well as the attendant risks and danger assumed by artists, patrons and viewers alike in certain forms of subject matter and modes of portrayal, including unique genres of body marking, portraiture, animal symbolism and regalia. This volume celebrates art, history and the shared passion and skill with which the remarkable artists of early Ife sought to define their past for generations of viewers.