Africa's Ogun: old world and new
The second edition of this landmark work is enhanced by new chapters on Ogun worship in the New World. From reviews of the first edition: ... an ethnographically rich contribution to the historical understanding of West African culture, as well as an exploration of the continued vitality of that culture in the changing environments of the Americas."--African Studies Review ... leav[es] the reader with a sense of the vitality, dynamism, and complexity of Ogun and the cultural contexts in which h…
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- Full title :Africa's Ogun : old world and new / edited and with a new introduction by Sandra T. Barnes.
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The second edition of this landmark work is enhanced by new chapters on Ogun worship in the New World. From reviews of the first edition: ... an ethnographically rich contribution to the historical understanding of West African culture, as well as an exploration of the continued vitality of that culture in the changing environments of the Americas."--African Studies Review ... leav[es] the reader with a sense of the vitality, dynamism, and complexity of Ogun and the cultural contexts in which he thrives ... magnificent contribution to the literature on Ogun, Yoruba culture, African religions, and the African diaspora." -- International Journal of Historical Studies
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- Publication Date:©1997.
- Edition:2nd, expanded ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Indiana University Press
- Place of Publication:Bloomington [Ind.]
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1997.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxi, 389 pages) : : illustrations, maps
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780253113818, 0253113814, 0585357048, 9780585357041
- oclc:ocm47011084
- LC Classification:BL2480.Y6
- Dewey Decimal:299/.63
Table of Contents
Africa's Ogun transformed : introduction to the second edition / Sandra T. Barnes -- The many faces of Ogun : introduction to the first edition / Sandra T. Barnes -- The etymology of the word "Ògún" / Robert G. Armstrong -- Ogun, the empire builder / Sandra T. Barnes and Paula Girshick Ben-Amos -- Systematic remembering, systematic forgetting : Ogou in Haiti / Karen McCarthy Brown -- Ogum and the Umbandista religion / Renato Ortiz -- The dreadful God and the divine king / John Pemberton III -- A portrait of Ogun as reflected in Ijala chants / Adeboye Babalola -- Ogun's Iremoje : a philosophy of living and dying / Bade Ajuwon -- Dancing for Ogun in Yorubaland and in Brazil / Margaret Thompson Drewal -- Art or accident : Yoruba body artists and their deity Ogun / Henry John Drewal -- A comparative analysis of Ogun in precolonial Yorubaland / J.D.Y. Peel -- Repossession : Ogun in folklore and literature / Donald J. Cosentino -- Unveiling the Orisha / Philip Scher -- Ogun and body/mind potentiality : Yoruba scarification and painting traditions in Africa and the Americas / Henry John Drewal and John Mason -- Ògún : builder of the Lùkùmí's house / John Mason.
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