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Studies in Urhobo culture / edited by Peter P. Ekeh.

LIBRA DT515.45.U74 S78 2005
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Ekeh, Peter Palmer, 1937-
Class of 1924 Book Fund.
Series:
Monograph (Urhobo Historical Society) ; 2.
Monograph / Urhobo Historical Society ; #2
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Urhobo (African people)--Nigeria--History.
Urhobo (African people).
Urhobo (African people)--Nigeria--Religion.
Urhobo (African people)--Nigeria--Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Religion.
History.
Nigeria.
Physical Description:
xiii, 768 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
Place of Publication:
Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria ; Buffalo, N.Y. : Urhobo Historical Society, [2005]
Contents:
A profile of Urhobo culture / Peter P. Ekeh
Urhobo names and their meanings / Aruegodore Oyiborhoro
Urhobo naming practices : principles and cross-cultural applications / Onoawarie Edevbie
Akpo : Urhobo ontology of life and the universe / M.Y. Nabofa
Okoro complex of names in Isoko-Urhobo culture : a comparative perspective on a common Nigerian name / Peter P. Ekeh
Urhobo traditional religion / Samuel U. Erivwo
Urhobo traditional beliefs and values / Samuel U. Erivwo
Image of God in man : dialogue between Christianity and Urhobo traditional religion / Anthony O. Erhueh
Totemism in Orogun / Onigu Otite
Reincarnation : the doctrine of heredity and hope in Urhobo culture / M.Y. Nabofa
Igbe Ubiesha : an indigenous charismatic movement of the Urhobo people / Michael Y. Nabofa
Osanughegbe religious movement and social ferments in Benin Province, 1926-1936 / Uyilawa Usuanlele
Urhobo traditional marriage and modern influences on its institution / Janet Oromafuru Eruvbetere
A report on Women's Roundtable : women and leadership in Urhoboland / Rose Aziza
A text for Isoko-Urhobo traditional marriage in the diaspora / Onoawarie Edevbie
Urhobo's Avwebo and Nigeria's Amebo / Peter P. Ekeh
Aspects of Urhobo poetry / Daniel A. Obiomah
The political-economic factorin Urhobo song-poetry / Godini G. Darah
Selected poems with Urhobo themes
Language endangerment in Urhoboland / Macaulay Mowarin
Women and leadership in Urhobo culture : the language dimension / Rose Oro Aziza
Epha : an Urhobo system of divination and its esoteric language / M.Y. Nabofa and Ben O. Elugbe
The Omonose saga in Okpara folk history / Peter P. Ekeh
Moonlight games in Urhobo Land as creative dramatics / Atiboroko Uyovbukerhi
Aesthetic socialisation of youth through dance and music in Urhobo society / Godini G. Darah
Bruce Onobrakpeya : his art and international reputation / Richard A. Singletary
Outline geography of Urhoboland / Albert O. Aweto
Agriculture in Urhoboland / Albert Orodena Aweto
Grassland vegetation (ato) of Urhoboland / Albert O. Aweto.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
ISBN:
9780677682
9780677690
9789780677695
9789780677688
OCLC:
70710243
Publisher Number:
99966555220

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