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Books on: yoruba belief

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Olaodaumarae: God in Yoruba Belief

Book by E. BȨlaji Idowu; Praeger, 1963

Subjects:

Yoruba (African People)--Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

OLODUMARE God in Yoruba Belief BY E. B LAJI IDOWU FREDERICK...of good standard textbooks on Yoruba beliefs and thoughts. It is thus my hope...that the whole superstructure of Yoruba belief rests. Then there are the divinities...
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Olodumare: God in Yoruba Belief

Book by E. BO+̩laji Idowu; Longmans, 1962

Subjects:

Yoruba (African People)--Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

OLODUMARE God in Yoruba Belief BY E. BO+ LAJI IDOWU, B...of good standard textbooks on Yoruba beliefs and thoughts. It is thus my hope...that the whole superstructure of Yoruba belief rests. Then there are the divinities...
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African Philosophy: Traditional Yoruba Philosophy and Contemporary African Realities

Book by Segun Gbadegesin; Peter Lang, 1991

Subjects:

Africa--Economic Conditions--1960-, Africa--Social Conditions--1960-, Philosophy, African, Philosophy, Yoruba, Yoruba (African People)--Social Life And Customs

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...peoples traditional beliefs. But some proverbs...other peoples. Many Yoruba proverbs now include...we have seen, the belief in predestination...suggest that the Yoruba have some anxiety...relationship between beliefs in predestination...reincarnation. The Yoruba believe that earthly...
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Folk Poetics: A Sociosemiotic Study of Yoruba Trickster Tales

Book by Ropo Sekoni; Greenwood Press, 1994

Subjects:

Semiotics And Folk Literature--Nigeria, Tricksters In Literature, Tricksters--Nigeria, Yoruba (African People)--Folklore

Collections: Entire Library

Of all the different sub-genres of oral prose fiction among the Yoruba of Nigeria, the trickster tale is the most popular, especially among the nonruling stratum of society. Sekoni describes and explains literally what makes the trickster tale a trickster tale. The focus is to establish the ...
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Of all the different sub-genres of oral prose fiction among the Yoruba of Nigeria, the trickster tale is the most popular, especially among the nonruling stratum of society. Sekoni describes and explains literally what makes the trickster tale a trickster tale. The focus is to establish the phenomenology of the trickster tale discourse from a sociosemiotic perspective. More specifically, Sekoni attempts to investigate the sociological and narratological conditions that govern the formation, transformation, and persistence of the trickster tale primarily among the Yoruba masses and secondarily among contemporary Yoruba authors writing in English.
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Trinidad Yoruba: From Mother Tongue to Memory

Book by Maureen Warner-Lewis; University of Alabama Press, 1996

Subjects:

Yoruba Language--Dialects--Trinidad

Collections: Entire Library

...beloved, others that defied death, and some that expressed a belief in the return of the "shadow" or ghost of the dead one. Apart...dedication and by individuals who had some training in the Yoruba priesthood. Ceremonies were held over a number of days to commemorate...

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Journal Articles on: yoruba belief

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The Yoruba Orisha Tradition Comes to New York City

Journal article by Marta Moreno Vega; African American Review, Vol. 29, 1995

Subjects:

New York, New York--Music, Yoruba (African people)--Music

Collections: Entire Library

...club, in tribute to the Yoruba Orisha Chango. Julito...of this ancient African belief system.(8) The music...Americans to initiate into the Yoruba belief system were Oba Sergiman...initiation and rebirth into the Yoruba belief system. 10. According...
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The Use of Human Images in Yoruba Medicines(1)

Journal article by Norma H. Wolff; Ethnology, Vol. 39, 2000

Subjects:

Cunas--Philosophy, Dogons (African people)--Philosophy, Indigenous peoples--Rites and ceremonies, Medicine--History, Occult medicine--History, Wood-carved figurines--Usage, Yoruba (African people)--Medicine

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...personalistic medical system of indigenous Yoruba belief, everything (animate and inanimate...the medicine figure reflects Yoruba beliefs about humans and their place in...E. B. 1963. Olodumare: God in Yoruba Belief. New York. Johnson, S. 1921...
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Aworan: Representing the Self and Its Metaphysical Other in Yoruba Art

Journal article by Babatunde Lawal; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 83, 2001

Subjects:

Art, Nigerian--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Self--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Yoruba (African people)--Art

Collections: Entire Library

...looking lie in a belief that objects are...them." (153) The Yoruba have a similar concept...technology on the Yoruba, they have not completely given up their belief in the ontological...In short, a strong belief in an interface of...looking and seeing in Yoruba culture is much more...
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'Without Women, Nothing Can Succeed': Yoruba Women in the Oodua People's Congress (OPC), Nigeria

Journal article by Insa Nolte; Africa, Vol. 78, 2008

Subjects:

Political power--Demographic aspects, Political power--Social aspects, Power (Social sciences)--Demographic aspects, Power (Social sciences)--Social aspects, Women in public life--Social aspects, Yoruba (African people)--Political aspects, Yoruba (African people)--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...to all practices and beliefs deriving legitimacy from...supporters in several Yoruba towns and cities. (4...2005). (28) Traditional Yoruba belief includes the worship...roots. (30) Traditional Yoruba belief includes the highly complex...
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Twinship in an Ekiti Yoruba Town(1)

Journal article by Elisha P. Renne; Ethnology, Vol. 40, 2001

Subjects:

Ethnology--Research, Indigenous peoples--Folklore, legends, etc., Multiple birth--Folklore, legends, etc., West Africa--Folklore, legends, etc., Yoruba (African people)--Folklore, legends, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...recent ritual practices and beliefs associated with Yoruba twins, this essay builds upon...London. Awolalu, J. O. 1979. Yoruba Beliefs and Sacrificial Rites. London...Traditional and Religious Beliefs of the Yoruba. Acta Geneticae Medicae et...

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Magazine Articles on: yoruba belief

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We Need More Spirit, Less Obedience: Diran Adebayo, Yoruba by Origin, Wonders If Something in Africans' Upbringing Has Led to a Deferential Mindset That Makes It Hard for Them to Get Rid of Bad Rulers as Quickly as They Should

Magazine article by Diran Adebayo; New Statesman, Vol. 134, March 14, 2005

Subjects:

Africa--Political aspects, Africa--Social aspects, Africans--Psychological aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Rwandans, Southern Africans, even the loud and argumentative Yorubas (my crew). I have a friend, Brother Nye, who is wont to leave...related, survival-friendly: stoicism, fortitude, religious belief. But such a mindset can slide so easily into passivity, into...
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"Amen" and "Ashe": African American Protestant Worship and Its West African Ancestor

Magazine article by Will Coleman; Cross Currents, Vol. 52, Summer 2002

Subjects:

African Americans--Religion, Cosmology--Religious aspects, Liturgies, Protestantism

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Middle Passage." Since the Yoruba belief system is illustrative...I should add that the Yoruba-based belief system and ceremonies...Euro-centric Christian beliefs and liturgies can be...Among them all, the Yoruba-based system is the most...
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Benin's Art of History

Magazine article by Stephen Williams; New African, April 2006

Subjects:

African art--History, Art, African--History, Beninese history--Analysis

Collections: History, Entire Library

...people closely related to the Yoruba, migrated from around the River...his power and began to codify belief systems, particularly voudou...the practice of voudou and the belief--not only in a supreme being...possess unique powers. These belief systems can be directly traced...
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Blue Door

Magazine article by Sarah Hart, Tanya Barfield; American Theatre, Vol. 23, December 2006

Subjects:

Barfield, Tanya, Dramatists, Playwrights

Collections: Entire Library

...Coast, the director, Leah Gardiner, had a friend who spoke Yoruba and he was willing to look at it and correct the grammar and...first foray into historical plays. I learned a lot about Gullah beliefs from writing that play, but since its a childrens play, you...
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African Foundations of World Religions

Magazine article; New African, July 2001

Subjects:

Africa--Religious aspects, Monotheism--History, Religion--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...become conversant with Igbo and Yoruba languages and vice versa is...formidable social glue known to man, belief systems provide a totalising...offspring of the Bantu, Congo, Yoruba, Akan, Dahomean, Hausa, Mandinka...a product and victim of its belief systems, its spiritual traditions...

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Newspaper Articles on: yoruba belief

5 results

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Abiodun "Abbey" Adepoju

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 24, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Nigerians in the Diaspora Organization; Block captain, Kingswood Civic Association. Last book read: "Olodumare: God in Yoruba Belief," by E. Bolaji Idowu. Last movie seen: "Nutty Professor 2" What kind of car do you drive? Toyota Corolla What...
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The London School Where Pupils Speak 71 Languages

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 20, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...achievement team, said: "These children have a burning desire and belief that education is the way forward. People say they hold other...Perera, Thai 43 Marijana Adinjak, Croatian 44 Rebecca Omotosho, Yoruba (Nigeria) 45 Tifunseyami Mtonga, Tumbuka (Zambia) 46 Akram...
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Thanks for Donations of Time and Money

Newspaper article by Adrienne T. Washington; The Washington Times, March 6, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...heaven." In her book "Act of Faith," Iyanla Vanzant quotes a Yoruba proverb: "What you give you get, 10 times over." If you dont...an earlier subject. Like so many others, she demonstrates my belief that each one of us can contribute in some small way to improve...
4.

Listings

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), June 27, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Pastimes Join Tudor travellers. English Heritage: Aydon Castle, Corbridge. 11.30am, Entry (01434 632450) Sunday 23 July Beyond Belief The Power of the Paranormal. Mind reading and so on. Customs House, Mill Dam, South Shields. 7.30pm, pounds 12.50, pounds 10...
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Driskell Exhibit Echoes a Centered Way of Life: First Retrospective of His Lifetime of Artwork Shows Strong Influence of Family and Relegion

Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, November 1, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...by his mothers banded quilts, with African Yorubas motifs in "Yoruba Posts" (1983). His lithographed "Spirits Watching," a claustrophobic...collecting art. * * * Today, he looks back to his mothers belief that "the mind and hand go together." She was a quilter and...

Encyclopedia Articles on: yoruba belief

1 results

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SanterÍa

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...originating in W Africa, developed by Yoruba slaves in Cuba, and practiced by an estimated...in the United States. Blending African beliefs with those of Roman Catholicism, it fuses...priestess, and reincarnation is a main belief. One of its most important rituals involves...

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