YORUBA HERITAGE BOOKS
YORUBA HERITAGE BOOKS
Egúngún: (A Guide To Primordial Ancestral Veneration)
EGÚNGÚN: (A Guide to Primordial Ancestral Veneration) is a book that details everything you need to know about Egúngún from the isese perspective.Discover the real meaning of EGÚNGÚN and how to connect with them. A lot of people want to...
$29.95
Embracing Iwa Pele
"Embracing Iwa Pele" delves deeply into the concept of Iwa Pele, which in Yoruba means "good character" or "gentle character." This book explores Iwa Pele's significance in Yoruba spirituality and its practical application in everyday life.Drawing on ancient wisdom and...
$48.00
$45.00
Orunmila's Words Don't Touch the Floor (paperback)
As an English-language manual for IFA priests that provides important translations for the Odus, Orunmila's Words Don't Touch the Floor: IFA Odu Synthesis stands as a rarity in the IFA religion. Religious workers have few English resources, and the creative...
$95.00
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...
$44.00
Ífè Myths: A Collection of Myths of the Yoruba People of Nigeria
The author spent several years as an Assistant District Officer among the Yorubas in Nigeria, and was thus enabled to collect the folklore contained in this book from native sources. The reticence of the natives on religious subjects made it...
$14.95
ÌSỌMỌLÓRÚKỌ: A Guide To Yorùbá Traditional Naming Ceremony
Life would be made easy if we all know the meaning behind our names, if we are all conscious of the fact that our name is as important as our breathe. You are what your name is.This book did justice...
$15.98
ÌGBÉYÀWÓ: (A Guide To Yorùbá Traditional Wedding)
.Are you interested in knowing how wedding ceremonies & marriages worked back in the day of yore? Do you want to know the systems and process of selecting a lady & a young man for marriage in Yorùbá culture &...
$15.00
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...
$38.50
Èṣù is Not Satan: Exploring the Indigenous Yorùbá Worldview
Among the Yorùbá and others who speak its language, a significant predicament has persisted since the colonial era and arrival of missionaries. Many people, essentially from the Abrahamic religions, either on purpose or not, have erroneously equated Èṣù, an Òrìṣà...
$13.98
Ẹ̀kọ́ Nípa Oògùn Akunílórun Apá Kìíní: Yoruba Language for Healthcare Workers
This book is for healthcare professionals and the public interested in how anesthetic agents work. It is in the Yoruba version for readers who will like to learn medical terminologies in patients' local language to enhance service delivery and communication....
$21.98
ÀRẸ̀MÚ ALÁGBẸ̀DẸ Ọ̀RỌ̀: ITAN YORUBA (Afrikaans Edition)
Aremu enjoyed the happiness of a rich family before the demise of his father when he was only a young boy in elementary school. He was thereafter confronted with various challenges of life. His relentless effort was eventually rewarded leading...
$10.00
Yorùbá Performance, Theatre and Politics: Staging Resistance
This book explains the connections between traditional performance (e.g. masked dances, prophecy, praise recitations), contemporary theatre (Wole Soyinka, Ola Rotimi, Tess Onwueme, Femi Osofisan, and Stella Oyedepo) , and the political sphere in the context of the Yorùbá people in...
$109.98
Yor¿b¿ Nominal Expressions: Genitive Constructions, Construals of Bare nouns, Marking salience and specificity and Strategies of Plural Marking
This book is the published version of the doctoral dissertation of Dr. Ol¿di¿p¿ Aj¿b¿y¿ which he defended at the Department of Linguistics, University of British Columbia, Canada in October 2005. It departs from most previous work on Yor¿b¿ Grammar in...
$85.00
Yorùbá Names: (Over 60,000 with correct pronunciation & meanings.)
This book contains over 60,000 Yoruba Names along with the correct pronunciation and meanings, as such, it is a great resource for the intelligent selection of an appropriate name for adults, children and grandchildren. The names in the book include...
$19.98
Yorùbá Music in the Twentieth Century: Identity, Agency, and Performance Practice (Eastman/Rochester Studies Ethnomusicology, 2)
Drawing on extensive field research conducted over the course of two decades, Bode Omojola examines traditional and contemporary Yorùbá genres of music.From the primeval age of Ayànàgalú (the Yorùbá pioneer-drummer-turned-deity-of-drumming) to the modern era, Yorùbá musical traditions have been shaped...
$39.95
Yorùbá Identity and Power Politics (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora, 22)
$130.00
Yorùbá Identity and Power Politics (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora, 22)
Yorùbá Identity and Power Politics covers the major issues in Yorùbá history and politics, offering through narratives of the past and present a solid understanding of one of the most popular ethnic groups in Africa.Yorùbá Identity and Power Politics covers...
$130.00
Yorùbá Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria: Ọbáfemi Awólowo and Corporate Agency (paperback)
$35.99
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...
$35.99
Yorùbá Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria: Ọbáfemi Awólowo and Corporate Agency
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...
$73.98
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,...
$144.00
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
Yorùbá book of Proverbs: Wisdom from Yoruba Kingdom
Yorùbá language has been widely recognised as one of the most important and most dynamic African languages. Proverbs is used by the Yorùbás to communicate deep wisdom encrypted words which can be interpreted, analysed, understood and applied in different situations...
$8.99
YORÙBÁ - Afrikanische Märchen mit Liedern von Babátolá Aloba: Märchen aus Afrika (German Edition)
$10.99
YORÙBÁ - Afrikanische Märchen mit Liedern von Babátolá Aloba: Märchen aus Afrika (German Edition)
"Ẹ jẹ́ kí àwọn ọmọdé gbádùn àsìkò èwee wọn "Lasset alle Kinder ihre Kindheit natürlich erleben" Babátọ́lá Alọ́ba Kinder sind unsere Zukunft. In ihnen muss der Grundstein für Ausgeglichenheit, gegenseitiges Verständnis, Respekt, Toleranz und Wertschätzung anderen Völkern gegenüber gelegt werden....
$10.99
The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples Of The Slave Coast Of West Africa: Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, Etc
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available...
$49.95
The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa (Routledge Library Editions: Colonialism and Imperialism)
The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa (1894) is an important work of in-depth research into one of the principal indigenous communities of West Africa. The territory of the Yoruba peoples extends over the southern parts of western...
$150.00
The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa: Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, Etc.
The book ""The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples Of The Slave Coast Of West Africa: Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, Etc."" by Alfred Burton Ellis is a comprehensive study of the Yoruba people who were living in the coastal regions of West...
$36.95
The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples Of The Slave Coast Of West Africa: Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, Etc.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1894 Edition.
$39.95
The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples Of The Slave Coast Of West Africa: Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, Etc.
The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples Of The Slave Coast Of West Africa: Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, Etc. is a comprehensive study of the Yoruba-speaking peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa. Written by Alfred Burton Ellis, the book provides...
$36.95
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...
$51.95
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...
$11.97
Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa (hardcover)
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other...
$32.95