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Perspectives of Yorubaland: Compendium of Writings about Yoruba Arts and Culture
By Rotimi Ogunjobi
Perspectives of Yorubaland:
Compendium of Writings about Yoruba Arts and Culture
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Rotimi Ogunjobi
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xceedia – tee publishing, 2010 – Art – 128 pages
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
References
References
Contents
The Lost Kingdom
7
The Place of Susan Wengers Art in Yorùbá Religion
13
Ethical Insights from Odu Ifá
36
Exploring Art and Spirituality In The Yorùbá Culture
41
Metaphysics and Gender in an African Ritual Play
48
Exploring Ile
62
The Batá Drums
71
Ìbéjì Custom in Yorùbáland
81
The Death Of Yorùbá Language?
89
ODU EJI OGBE Ori Chant
97
The Leopard and Chimera A fable
101
Appendix
128
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Title Perspectives of Yorubaland: Compendium of Writings about Yoruba Arts and Culture
Author Rotimi Ogunjobi
Editor Rotimi Ogunjobi
Edition illustrated
Publisher xceedia – tee publishing, 2010
ISBN 9784983710, 9789784983716
Length 128 pages
Subjects Art / General
Reference / General
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Posted by YEYE AKILIMALI FUNUA OLADE at 1:59 AM 
Tags: AFRICA, African Americans, BLACK MEN, BLACK PEOPLE, BLACK RELIGION, Black woman, BLACK WOMEN, CULTURE, IFA, LANGUAGE, NIGERIA, RELIGION, YORUBA, YORUBA LANGUAGE IS DYING, YORUBA RELIGION
November 9, 2010 at 1:30 am |
We need to reclaim our schools and assert that those in that region be them foreigners or naught learn the Yoruba language or they can not do business there.
November 10, 2010 at 2:08 pm |
N3-AGREED AGAIN ! SET UP YORUBA ACADEMIES WHERE EVERYTHING IS TAUGHT IN YORUBA LIKE ALL OTHER SELF-RESPECTING LANGUAGE GROUPS TOO! ORGANIZE YOUR OWN NOW EVEN IF IT’S ONE DAY A WEEK IN YOUR HOUSE LIKE WE USE TO DO IN USA-BLACK SCHOOLS STARTED FROM OUR HOMES!