Download or read book The Benin Kingdom and the Edo Speaking Peoples of South Western Nigeria written by R. E. Bradbury and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African peoples. Concise, critical and (for its time) accurate, the Ethnographic Survey contains sections as follows: Physical Environment Linguistic Data Demography History & Traditions of Origin Nomenclature Grouping Cultural Features: Religion, Witchcraft, Birth, Initiation, Burial Social & Political Organization: Kinship, Marriage, Inheritance, Slavery, Land Tenure, Warfare & Justice Economy & Trade Domestic Architecture Each of the 50 volumes will be available to buy individually, and these are organized into regional sub-groups: East Central Africa, North-Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, West Central Africa, Western Africa, and Central Africa Belgian Congo. The volumes are supplemented with maps, available to view on routledge.com or available as a pdf from the publishers.
Download or read book Ethnographic Survey of Africa The Benin kingdom and the Edo speaking peoples of south western Nigeria By R E Bradbury written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Benin Kingdom and the Edo speaking Peoples of South western Nigeria written by R. E. Bradbury and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Benin Kingdom and the Edo speaking Peoples of South western Nigeria written by R. E. Bradbury and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Africa s Ogun Second Expanded Edition written by Sandra T. Barnes and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1997-06-22 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Download or read book Art and Risk in Ancient Yoruba written by Suzanne Preston Blier and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 793 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Suzanne Preston Blier examines the intersection of art, risk and creativity in early African arts from the Yoruba center of Ife and the striking ways that ancient Ife artworks inform society, politics, history and religion. Yoruba art offers a unique lens into one of Africa's most important and least understood early civilizations, one whose historic arts have long been of interest to local residents and Westerners alike because of their tour-de-force visual power and technical complexity. Among the complementary subjects explored are questions of art making, art viewing and aesthetics in the famed ancient Nigerian city-state, as well as the attendant risks and danger assumed by artists, patrons and viewers alike in certain forms of subject matter and modes of portrayal, including unique genres of body marking, portraiture, animal symbolism and regalia. This volume celebrates art, history and the shared passion and skill with which the remarkable artists of early Ife sought to define their past for generations of viewers.
Download or read book Appraisal of the Growth of the Christian Faith in Igboland written by Bartholomew N. Okere and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-05-19 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Igbo people in Nigeria continue to make some movements toward Christianity, but many fail to practice the faith properly. Tribal traditions and old beliefs continue to be mixed with Christian concepts. By exploring the problem from a psychological and pastoral perspective, author Bartholomew N. Okere seeks to discover ways to advance the Christian faith. Okere, an ordained Catholic priest, asks serious questions about the nature of religion: Can someone believe in a supernatural being without any proof that the being is a?ecting his life? Can the notion of God be therapeutic in any sense, especially when people face di? rent life-threatening situations? Can a hungry person sing and praise God on empty stomach? Can the name of God be employed for political gains? The Christian religion in Nigeria has dramatically a?ected the people of Igboland. Discover why this is so important, and learn more about faith, religion, and life in Nigeria in An Appraisal of the Growth of the Christian Faith in Igboland.
Download or read book Religion Morality and the Person written by Meyer Fortes and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1987-10-15 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meyer Fortes (1906-1982) was one of the foremost anthropologists of this century, who for many years worked among the Tallensi of northern Ghana. Although he published seminally important monographs on Tallensi family and kinship and on political organization, his work on their religion has hitherto remained confined to disparate journals and edited volumes. This collection brings together in one place his major writings on religion.
Download or read book Studies in Ibo Political Systems written by Ikenna Nzimiro and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.
Download or read book Development Economics on Trial written by Polly Hill and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1986-06-26 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the gulf that separates development economics from economic anthorpology.
Download or read book Popular Islam South of the Sahara written by John David Yeadon Peel and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bibliography of Africa written by James Douglas Pearson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1970. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Ifa Divination written by William Russell Bascom and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1991-03-11 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The sacred texts of Ifa, repository of the accumulated wisdom of countless generations of Yoruba people, are an invaluable source not only for all students of African oral literature and Yoruba civilization, but also for future generations interested in the continuing vitality of Ifa divination and a Yoruba way of life and thought." —Henry Drewal This landmark study of Ifa, the most important and elaborate system of divination of the Yoruba people of Nigeria, remains a monumental contribution to scholarship in anthropology, folklore, religion, philosophy, linguistics, and African and African-American studies.
Download or read book The Anthropology of Art written by Robert Layton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991-08-30 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative introduction to art forms in the non-Western world addresses the problem of cross-cultural aesthetic appreciation in societies ranging from traditional West African craftsmen to Australian hunter-gatherers.
Download or read book To Dance is Human written by Judith Lynne Hanna and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1987-09-15 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring dance from the rural villages of Africa to the stages of Lincoln Center, Judith Lynne Hanna shows that it is as human to dance as it is to learn, to build, or to fight. Dance is human thought and feeling expressed through the body: it is at once organized physical movement, language, and a system of rules appropriate in different social situations. Hanna offers a theory of dance, drawing on work in anthropology, semiotics, sociology, communications, folklore, political science, religion, and psychology as well as the visual and performing arts. A new preface provides commentary on recent developments in dance research and an updated bibliography.
Download or read book Benin Studies written by R. E. Bradbury and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-08-16 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of R. E. Bradbury's papers, originally published in 1973 includes edited sections of his (then hitherto) unpublished thesis on the Benin village in Western Nigeria. The book is arranged in 3 parts: historical and political studies of the kingdom of Benin; Benin village organization and religion and art. An introduction by Peter Morton-Williams traces bradbury's development as an interpreter of the culture, society and art of Benin, beginning with his first studies in the filed and culminating in the important anthropological and historical essays.
Download or read book African Art and Leadership written by Douglas Fraser and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1972 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scholarly analysis of the close relationships among the structure, function, and history of the sub-Saharan African arts.
