Arts of being Yoruba : divination, allegory, tragedy, proverb, panegyric / Adeleke Adeeko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adéè̳kó̳, Adéléke, author.

Series:

African expressive cultures.

African Expressive Cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yoruba (African people)--Social life and customs.

Yoruba (African people).

Nigeria--Civilization.

Nigeria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 PDF (xxv, 200 pages) :) illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indianapolis, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2017.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction

1. "Writing" and "reference" in Ifá divination chants

2. Culture, meaning, proverbs (for Oyekan Owomoyela, in memoriam)

3. Reading, writing, and epistemic instability in Fágúnwà's novels

4. Sex, gender, and plot in Fágúnwà's adventures

5. Akínwùmí Ìṣ1lá's Ẹfúnṣetán Aníwúrà and Yorùbá woman-being

6. Photography and the panegyric in con temporary Yorùbá culture

Conclusion : book launches as cultural affirmation.

Notes:

Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 12, 2017).

ISBN:

9780253026729

0253026725

OCLC:

1003272222