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The Little Regent
A little girl is tasked with ruling her West African village in this empowering story about breaking from tradition and leading with your heart After the king of a West African village dies, his eight-year-old daughter Abioye is made...
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The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality (Hardcopy)
Edited and translated by Mercer Cook. Laymen and scholars alike will welcome the publication of this one-volume translation of the major sections of C. A. Diop's two books, Nations negres et culture and Anteriorite des civilizations negres, which have profoundly...
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(C)over Your Head: A Pictographic Chronicle of the Moslem Turban
One of the most enduring symbol of Moorish presence the world over: the Moslem turban. Seeking to invoke the impression of an educational stroll through a niche art gallery, this text examines the Moslem Turban from a Moorish American perspective...
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(C)over Your Head: A Pictographic Chronicle of the Moslem Turban
One of the most enduring symbol of Moorish presence the world over: the Moslem turban. Seeking to invoke the impression of an educational stroll through a niche art gallery, this text examines the Moslem Turban from a Moorish American perspective...
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Òrìsà Devotion as World Religion: The Globalization of Yorùbá Religious Culture
As the twenty-first century begins, tens of millions of people participate in devotions to the spirits called Òrìsà. This book explores the emergence of Òrìsà devotion as a world religion, one of the most remarkable and compelling developments in the...
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Esu Elegbara: Chance, Uncertainly in Yoruba Mythology
This original work is a two-volume study of Èṣù Ẹlégbára, a Yoruba deity. Volume one consisted of six chapters, three appendices, and a bibliography. The texts of praise poems (orìkí), songs, and narratives selected from research in the fThis original...
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Yorùbá Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria: Ọbáfemi Awólowo and Corporate Agency (paperback)
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Yorùbá Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria: Ọbáfemi Awólowo and Corporate Agency (paperback)
Yorùbá Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria investigates the dynamics and challenges of ethnicity and elite politics in Nigeria, Africa's largest democracy. Wale Adebanwi demonstrates how the corporate agency of the elite transformed the modern history and politics of one...
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Yorùbá Bàtá Goes Global: Artists, Culture Brokers, and Fans
Responding to growing international interest in the Yorùbá culture of southwestern Nigeria, practitioners of bàtá—a centuries-old drumming, dancing, and singing tradition—have recast themselves as traditional performers in a global market. As the Nigerian market for ritual bàtá has been declining,...
$55.00
The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples Of The Slave Coast Of West Africa: Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, Etc. (Hardcover)
The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples Of The Slave Coast Of West Africa is a comprehensive book written by Alfred Burton Ellis. The book is a detailed account of the Yoruba-speaking people who lived in the Slave Coast of West Africa during the...
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Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa: Their Culture, History, Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, Etc.
The Yoruba speaking group inhabits Benin and Nigeria. This pioneering investigation, published in 1894, reveals the culture, history, spiritual beliefs and unique language of the Yoruba ethnicity. After introducing the region with maps and descriptions of the coast and its...
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The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of South-Western Nigeria: Western Africa Part IV
Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-coordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African...
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The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of South-Western Nigeria: Western Africa Part IV
Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-coordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African...
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Yoruba-Ondo Proverbs: A Study of Themes, Functions and Poetic Devices
This book examines some salient features of Ondo proverbs with special emphasis on the literary aspects by delving into the themes, functions and poetic devices which are also found in contemporary literature. According to a Malian proverb "when an old...
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Yoruba Trickster Tales
Yoruba Trickster Tales come out of the tradition of evening storytelling, a popular form of entertainment in traditional African societies. A favorite genre among these folktales is the trickster tale, variations of which are found in many cultures around the world....
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Yoruba Traditions and African American Religious Nationalism
Exploring the Yoruba tradition in the United States, Hucks begins with the story of Nana Oseijeman Adefunmi's personal search for identity and meaning as a young man in Detroit in the 1930s and 1940s. She traces his development as an...
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YORUBA TRADITIONAL MEDICAL PRACTICES VERSUS ORTHODOX WESTERN MEDICINE
This book is written by an Orthodox Medicine Practitioner who has practised in an African setting for over 4 decades. Many of the African traditional practises have been discussed and compared with what obtains in Science-based Orthodox Medicine. Most of...
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Yoruba Proverbs (paperback)
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...
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Yoruba Oral Tradition in Islamic Nigeria (paperback)
This book traces Dàdàkúàdá’s history and artistic vision and discusses its vibrancy as the most popular traditional Yoruba oral art form in Islamic Africa. Foregrounding the role of Dàdàkúàdá in Ilorin, and of Ilorin in Dàdàkúàdá the book covers the...
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Yoruba Oral Tradition in Islamic Nigeria
This book traces Dàdàkúàdá’s history and artistic vision and discusses its vibrancy as the most popular traditional Yoruba oral art form in Islamic Africa. Foregrounding the role of Dàdàkúàdá in Ilorin, and of Ilorin in Dàdàkúàdá the book covers the...
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Yoruba Myths
This collection of myths – some of them simple, strong pieces of narrative, others mysterious, poetic and often amusing – illustrate the religion and thought of the West African Yoruba People. Interspersed with drawings by Georgina Beier of Yoruba motifs...
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Yoruba Mythology: Captivating Myths and Legends of the Yoruba and Other West African Peoples
Do you like stories about kings and queens, spirits and monsters, or tricksters and villains? If so, this book is for you. Containing delightful stories from the Yoruba and other West African peoples, this book presents tales of courage and...
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Yoruba lernen für Anfänger, meine ersten 1000 Wörter: Zweisprachiges Yoruba-Deutsch-Lernbuch für Kinder und Erwachsene
Dieses Buch ist dazu gedacht, Ihnen dabei zu helfen, die Grundlagen der Yoruba Sprache zu lernen. Die Größe und die bunten Bilder sind perfekt dazu geeignet, Yoruba Wörter zu lernen.Es umfasst alle wichtigen Themen: Die wichtigsten Verben, Adjektive und Adverbien...
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Yoruba Legends And Their History (Paperback)
The legendary of the Yoruba tribe is widely known. Ogumefu's book shows a glimpse of the richness of the culture and beliefs.
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Yoruba Legends (paperback)
Large Print Edition. The charming, traditional folk tales and legends of the Yoruba people of West Africa. The Yoruba people inhabit a large area of West Africa, primarily in southern Nigeria, Benin and Togo. They are united by language and...
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Yoruba in Diaspora: An African Church in London
The Nigerian diaspora is now world-wide, and when Yoruba travel, they take with them their religious organizations. As a member of the Cherubim and Seraphim church in London for over thirty years, anthropologist Hermione Harris explores a world of prayer,...
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The Yoruba God of Drumming: Transatlantic Perspectives on the Wood That Talks
As one of the salient forces in the ritual life of those who worship the pre-Christian and Muslim deities called orishas, the Yorùbá god of drumming, known as Àyàn in Africa and Añá in Cuba, is variously described as the...
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The Yoruba God of Drumming: Transatlantic Perspectives on the Wood That Talks (hardcover)
As one of the salient forces in the ritual life of those who worship the pre-Christian and Muslim deities called orishas, the Yorùbá god of drumming, known as Àyàn in Africa and Añá in Cuba, is variously described as the...
$144.00
Yoruba Folktales
The author ranks as one of the foremost living traditional African storytellers - as recognized by the acclaim of his first book, The Palmvine Drinkard. This book includes seven folktales especially for young adults, but of universal appeal. Beautiful black...
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Chains and Images of Psychological Slavery
In this book you will learn how to break the chains of your mental slavery by ordering this new book by one of the world's outstanding experts on the African-American mind.
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The Yoruba Diaspora In The Atlantic World (paperback)
This innovative anthology focuses on the enslavement, middle passage, American experience, and return to Africa of a single cultural group, the Yoruba. Moving beyond descriptions of generic African experiences, this anthology will allow students to trace the experiences of one...
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