Oya : in praise of an African goddess / Judith Gleason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gleason, Judith, 1929-2012.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oya (Yoruba deity).

Yoruba (African people)--Religion.

Yoruba (African people).

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

viii pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First HarperCollins Edition.

Other Title:

Oya

Place of Publication:

[San Francisco, California.] : HarperSanFrancisco a division of HarperCollinsPublishers, 1992.

Contents:

Introduction: Bareback on the Horse of the Wind

Part One. Recalling the Elements

Part Two. Of Masquerades and Woman-Power

Part Three. Buffalo-Woman and the Hunters

Part Four. Observing the Passage.

Notes:

"Diagrms and Drawings by Susan DiMirjian. Photos by the author."

"Cover Design by Janet Duncan. Illustration by Kathleen Edwards inspired by the dancer Xiomara Rodriguez."

Originally published: Boston : Shambhala, 1987. With new introduction.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-310).

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Other Format:

Online version: Gleason, Judith Illsley. Oya.

ISBN:

0062504614

9780062504616

OCLC:

25315926