Download or read book YORUBA LEGENDS written by Various and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Yoruba people are descendants from a variety of West African communities. They are united by Geography, History, Religion and most importantly their Language. The 31 legends and tales in this volume belong to the Yoruba people. They relate the adventures of men and animals, and try to explain the mysteries of Nature - Why Women have Long Hair, How the Leopard got his Spots, the Three Magicians, the Boa- Constrictor, How the Elephant got his Trunk and more. There are 9 extra tales about the adventures of the rascally and mischievous tortoise. These stories grew from the imagination of the people. We read these folk-tales for their quaintness and humour, for their sympathy with Nature, and because we find in them the ideas and ideals, not just of one man, but of a race of people. Many years ago, before the advent of the West African slave trade, the Yoruba people inhabited an area which stretched, along the coast of West Africa, all the way inward and down to Angola in South West Africa. Today this is not the case. In modern times we have begun paying close attention to folklore - old tales, not invented by one man, but belonging to the whole people; not written down, but told by parents to their children, and so handed on for hundreds of years. The legends express primitive notions of right and wrong. As a rule, the wicked are punished and the good rewarded; and that, we feel, is as it should be. We may weep at the death of rascally Tortoise, but we may also feel that he somehow has deserved his fate! A percentage of the net sale from this book will be donated to Edgbarrow School in Crowthorne, Berkshire to augment fundraising for their Ghana Project.

Download or read book Yoruba Trickster Tales written by Oyekan Owomoyela and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of twenty-three tales involving Aj'ap'a, a tortoise with human traits who has relationships with an assortment of animal and human characters

Download or read book Yoruba Myths written by Ulli Beier and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1980-10-02 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This mysterious, poetic and often amusing collection of myths illustrates the religion and thought of the West African Yoruba People.

Download or read book Yoruba Folktales written by Amos Tutuola and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author ranks as one of the foremost living traditional African storytellers - as recognised by the acclaim of his first book, The Palmvine Drinkard. This book includes seven folktales especially for young adults, but of universal appeal. Beautiful black and white ink drawings illustrate the tales whose cast of characters include humans, a goddess, an elephant woman, a boa constrictor and a shell-man.

Download or read book Ajantala other Yoruba Folktales written by Rotimi Ogunjobi and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-03 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into the magical world of Yoruba folklore with Ajantala and other Yoruba Folktales, a captivating collection of stories that will transport you to another time and place. In this book, you'll discover a rich tapestry of tales that have been passed down through generations of Yoruba storytellers. Some of the stories are as old as the art of storytelling itself, while others are relatively newer. Some of the stories are familiar to those who grew up with Yoruba culture, while others are unique to the author's own imagination. But regardless of their origin, all of the stories in this collection share one thing in common - they're filled with magic, wonder, and the timeless wisdom of Yoruba culture. You'll meet a cast of colorful characters, from wily tricksters to wise elders, and journey through the lush landscapes and mystical realms of Yoruba mythology. With its vivid prose, vibrant imagery, and timeless wisdom, Ajantala and other Yoruba Folktales is a must-read for anyone interested in the art of storytelling, folklore, or African culture. So sit back, relax, and prepare to be transported to a world of magic and wonder that you'll never forget.

Download or read book Divining the Self written by Velma E. Love and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divining the Self weaves elements of personal narrative, myth, history, and interpretive analysis into a vibrant tapestry that reflects the textured, embodied, and performative nature of scripture and scripturalizing practices. Velma Love examines the Odu—the Yoruba sacred scriptures—along with the accompanying mythology, philosophy, and ritual technologies engaged by African Americans. Drawing from the personal narratives of African American Ifa practitioners along with additional ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Oyotunji African Village, South Carolina, and New York City, Love’s work explores the ways in which an ancient worldview survives in modern times. Divining the Self also takes up the challenge of determining what it means for the scholar of religion to study scripture as both text and performance. This work provides an excellent case study of the sociocultural phenomenon of scripturalizing practices.

Download or read book Yoruba Legends written by M. I. Ogumefu and published by NuVision Publications. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IN modern times we have begun paying close attention to folklore-old tales, not invented by one man, but belonging to the whole people; not written down, but told by parents to their children, and so handed on for hundreds of years. The legends and fairy stories in this book belong to the Yoruba country of Southem Nigeria. They relate the adventures of men and animals, and try to explain the mysteries of Nature-Why Women have Long Hair, How the Leopard got his Spots, and so forth. Most of them include very old songs, but these cannot here be given in full. We must not think that the stories are scientifically true; they grew out of the imagination of the people, and for actual, proven facts we must look in our text-books. We read these folk-tales for their quaintness and humour, for their sympathy with Nature, and because we find in them the ideas and ideals, not just of one man, but of the race.

Download or read book Yoruba Folk lore written by John Parkinson and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Kini Kini Bird and more Yoruba Folktales written by Rotimi Ogunjobi and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-12 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kini-Kini Bird and more Yoruba Folktales is a selection of folklore thought to have originated from the Yoruba people. The Yoruba are native to the western part of Nigeria. A few centuries ago, the cultural influence of this ethnic group stretched much further out into the West Africa region. Folk tales of the Yoruba are often severely fantastic, the themes generally underscoring the largely agrarian occupation and also the great reverence accorded the gods and the traditional rulers of the communities.

Download or read book Tales of Yoruba Gods and Heroes written by Harold Courlander and published by New York : Crown Publishers. This book was released on 1973 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Myths, legends and heroic tales of the Yoruba people of West Africa"--Cover subtitle.

Download or read book My Life in the Bush of Ghosts written by Amos Tutuola and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Amos Tutuola's second novel, was first published in 1954. It tells the tale of a small boy who wanders into the heart of a fantastical African forest, the dwelling place of innumerable wild, grotesque and terrifying beings. He is captured by ghosts, buried alive and wrapped up in spider webs, but after several years he marries and accepts his new existence. With the appearance of the television-handed ghostess, however, comes a possible route of escape.'Tutuola ... has the immediate intuition of a creative artist working by spell and incantation.' V. S. Pritchett, New Statesman

Download or read book Ajantala and Other Yoruba Folktales written by Rotimi Ogunjobi and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-04 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories in this collection are derived from Yoruba folklore. Some are as old as the art of storytelling itself, some are relatively newer, some I have gleaned from places that have become lost to memory, and some I have made up entirely on my own . In all cases I have attempted to retell the stories in my own way, and in the way of a Yoruba storyteller.-Rotimi Ogunjobi, Author

Download or read book The Rare Leaf written by Olola Olabode Ogunlana and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There is a rich tradition of storytelling within Yoruba culture, with stories passed down through the generations but never written down .... This book sets out to present a particular sub-group of these: oral stories which have some kind of historical basis, handed down in the Ogere-Remo area (now in Ogun State) in the Remo dialect of Yoruba."--Page 10.

Download or read book Yoruba African Folk Tales written by YORUBA AFRICAN FOLK TALES. and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book f Myths written by John Wyndham and published by Rolled Scroll Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-30 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This short book is a translation of some of the myths of the Yoruba people of Nigeria. It is a history of the creation of the world, the gods, and humanity, and the early days of the sacred city of Ífè, the traditional center of Yoruba culture. The text was recited to the author/translator by the high priests of Ífè, and the book is still cited in some books on traditional Yoruba religion and thought today. It has undeservedly become quite rare, as it can be considered a minor classic in the field.

Download or read book The Yoruba from Prehistory to the Present written by Aribidesi Usman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich and accessible account of Yoruba history, society and culture from the pre-colonial period to the present.

Download or read book Legends from Yorubaland written by Kemi Morgan and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoruba eventyr, myter og legender fra Nigeria. Også for voksne