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  • Arts of Being Yoruba – Divination, Allegory, Tragedy, Proverb, Panegyric: Divination, Allegory, Tragedy, Proverb, Panegyric

    Arts of Being Yoruba – Divination, Allegory, Tragedy, Proverb, Panegyric by Adéèkó, Adélékè;

    Divination, Allegory, Tragedy, Proverb, Panegyric

    Series: African Expressive Cultures;

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    Estimated delivery time: In stock at the publisher, but not at Prospero's office. Delivery time approx. 3-5 weeks.
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    Product details:

    • Publisher MH – Indiana University Press
    • Date of Publication 17 July 2017
    • Number of Volumes Print PDF

    • ISBN 9780253026231
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages226 pages
    • Size 234x158x20 mm
    • Weight 448 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 13 b&w illus., 3 tables - 13 Illustrations, black and white - 3 Tables, black and white Illustrations, black & white
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    There is a culturally significant way of being Yorùbá that is expressed through dress, greetings, and celebrations—no matter where in the world they take place. Adélékè Adék documents Yorùbá patterns of behavior and articulates a philosophy of how to be Yorùbá in this innovative study. As he focuses on historical writings, Ifá divination practices, the use of proverbs in contemporary speech, photography, gendered ideas of dressing well, and the formalities of ceremony and speech at celebratory occasions, Adéékó contends that being Yorùbá is indeed an art and Yorùbá-ness is a dynamic phenomenon that responds to cultural shifts as Yorùbá people inhabit an increasingly globalized world.

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