Encyclopedia of the Yoruba / edited by Toyin Falola and Akintunde Akinyemi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Akínyẹmí, Akíntúndé, editor.

Falola, Toyin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Yoruba (African people).

Yoruba (African people)--Civilization--Encyclopedias.

Yoruba (African people)--HIstory--Encyclopedias.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : Indiana University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written by Yoruba experts on all continents, this encyclopedia provides comprehensive background to the global Yoruba and their distinctive and vibrant history and culture.

Contents:

BODY ADORNMENT AND COSMETICSBODY AND LANGUAGE IDIOMS; BOUNDARIES: COLONIAL AND MODERN; BURIAL AND FUNERAL; C; CARTOONS; CARVERS; CERAMICS AND POTTERY; CEREMONIAL SONGS; CHARMS; CHILDBIRTH AND CHILDBEARING; CHILDREN AND CHILDHOOD; CHILDREN'S FOLKLORE, EDUCATION, AND DEVELOPMENT; CHRISTIANITY: THE ALÁDURÀ AND PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES; CHRISTIANITY: EARLY BEGINNINGS AND EXPANSION; CIRCUMCISION AND FACIAL SCARIFICATION; CITIES; CIVIL SOCIETY; COLONIAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES; COLOR SYMBOLISM; COMMERCE; COMMUNICATION, NONVERBAL; COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS; COSMOLOGY; CRAFTS

JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1846-1901)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253021564

0253021561

OCLC:

952109673