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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 cul...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Barnes, Sandra T. (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Bloomington [Ind.] : Indiana University Press, ©1997.
Édition:2nd, expanded ed.
Collection:African systems of thought.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.