The Masquerade in Nigerian History and Culture
Author | : Nwanna Nzewunwa |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 542 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Festivals |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Nwanna Nzewunwa |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 542 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Festivals |
ISBN | : |
Author | : University of Port Harcourt. School of Humanities |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9789782321237 |
Author | : Richard Olaniyan |
Publisher | : Longman Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Raphael Chijioke Njoku |
Publisher | : Rochester Studies in African H |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2020-06-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781580469845 |
A revisionist account of African masquerade carnivals in transnational context that offers readers a unique perspective on the connecting threads between African cultural trends and African American cultural artifacts
Author | : Femi Abodunrin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
A novel exploring a fictional Nigerian history with strong social, religious and cultural themes running through.
Author | : John Thabiti Willis |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2018-01-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0253031451 |
“Willis should be commended for penetrating a complex and socially guarded ritual resource to glean the hidden histories manifested therein.” —African Studies Review In West Africa, especially among Yoruba people, masquerades have the power to kill enemies, appoint kings, and grant fertility. John Thabiti Willis takes a close look at masquerade traditions in the Yoruba town of Otta, exploring transformations in performers, performances, and the institutional structures in which masquerade was used to reveal ongoing changes in notions of gender, kinship, and ethnic identity. As Willis focuses on performers and spectators, he reveals a history of masquerade that is rich and complex. His research offers a more nuanced understanding of performance practices in Africa and their role in forging alliances, consolidating state power, incorporating immigrants, executing criminals, and projecting individual and group power on both sides of the Afro-Atlantic world. “Willis cites oral traditions, archival sources, and publications to draw attention to the link between economic development and spectacular and historically influential masquerade performances.” —Babatunde Lawal, author of The Gelede Spectacle “Important in its emphasis on the history of an art form and its specific cultural context; of interest to academic audiences as well as general readers.” —Henry Drewal, editor of Sacred Waters “Willis’s work should be a must-read for students and established scholars alike.” —Africa
Author | : Jan M. Vansina |
Publisher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 1985-09-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0299102130 |
Jan Vansina’s 1961 book, Oral Tradition, was hailed internationally as a pioneering work in the field of ethno-history. Originally published in French, it was translated into English, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, and Hungarian. Reviewers were unanimous in their praise of Vansina’s success in subjecting oral traditions to intense functional analysis. Now, Vansina—with the benefit of two decades of additional thought and research—has revised his original work substantially, completely rewriting some sections and adding much new material. The result is an essentially new work, indispensable to all students and scholars of history, anthropology, folklore, and ethno-history who are concerned with the transmission and potential uses of oral material. “Those embarking on the challenging adventure of historical fieldwork with an oral community will find the book a valuable companion, filled with good practical advice. Those who already have collected bodies of oral material, or who strive to interpret and analyze that collected by others, will be forced to subject their own methodological approaches to a critical reexamination in the light of Vansina’s thoughtful and provocative insights. . . . For the second time in a quarter of a century, we are profoundly in the debt of Jan Vansina.”—Research in African Literatures “Oral Traditions as History is an essential addition to the basic literature of African history.”—American Historical Review
Author | : International Scientific Committee for the drafting of a General History of Africa |
Publisher | : UNESCO Publishing |
Total Pages | : 1038 |
Release | : 1993-12-31 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9231027581 |
One of UNESCO's most important publishing projects in the last thirty years, the General History of Africa marks a major breakthrough in the recognition of Africa's cultural heritage. Offering an internal perspective of Africa, the eight-volume work provides a comprehensive approach to the history of ideas, civilizations, societies and institutions of African history. The volumes also discuss historical relationships among Africans as well as multilateral interactions with other cultures and continents.
Author | : Nkparom C. Ejituwu |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
This books represents a survey of the historical experience of women in the Niger Delta region, intending to fill the gap in information on Nigerian women. It arises from a conference on historiography and women's history, and focuses on the documentation of women's contribution to historical development, or rather lack thereof, which has resulted in the invisibility of women in historical narratives. It advocates gender as a tool of historical analysis; discusses the corrective role of Gender Studies, and to what extend expansion in this field is providing a solution. The volume includes a contribution by the renowned Nigerian feminist Professor of History at the University of Ibadan, Awe Bolanle.
Author | : Tom A. Miachi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Igala (African people) |
ISBN | : 9789789180684 |