Arts of Being Yoruba: Divination, Allegory, Tragedy, Proverb, Panegyric

There is a culturally significant way of being Yorùbá that is expressed through dress, greetings, and celebrations--no...
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Author: Adélékè Adéèkó
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Arts of Being Yoruba: Divination, Allegory, Tragedy, Proverb, Panegyric by Adéèkó, Adélékè

Arts of Being Yoruba: Divination, Allegory, Tragedy, Proverb, Panegyric

CHF 59.19

Arts of Being Yoruba: Divination, Allegory, Tragedy, Proverb, Panegyric

CHF 59.19
Author: Adélékè Adéèkó
Format: Paperback
Language: English

There is a culturally significant way of being Yorùbá that is expressed through dress, greetings, and celebrations--no matter where in the world they take place. Adélékè Adék documents Yorùbá patterns of behavior and articulates a philosophy of how to be Yorùbá in this innovative study. As he focuses on historical writings, Ifá divination practices, the use of proverbs in contemporary speech, photography, gendered ideas of dressing well, and the formalities of ceremony and speech at celebratory occasions, Adéékó contends that being Yorùbá is indeed an art and Yorùbá-ness is a dynamic phenomenon that responds to cultural shifts as Yorùbá people inhabit an increasingly globalized world.



Author: Adélékè Adéèkó
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 07/17/2017
Pages: 226
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9780253026491


Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2018

About the Author

Adélékè Adéèk is Humanities Distinguished Professor in the English and African American and African Studies departments at Ohio State University. He is the author of Proverbs, Textuality, and Nativism in African Literature and The Slave's Rebellion: Literature, History, Orature (IUP).


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