Global Yorùbá

Regional and Diasporic Networks

AvToyin Falola

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

In Global Yorùbá, renowned scholar Toyin Falola covers the history, people, traditions, environment, religion, spirituality, cosmology, culture, and philosophy of one of Africa's largest cultural groups, the Yorùbá, all while considering the people's relationship with their immediate and distant neighbors. Falola examines how the Yorùbán people have adapted to their environment and tapped it to (re)invent their civilization, shape their culture and traditions, and inform their socioeconomic relations with their neighbors. These interactions have guided the Yorùbá philosophy that developed over time, expressing their conviction regarding society's evolution and the place that humans occupy within it. This web of knowledge can present a more coherent account than any other text yet produced regarding Yorùbá civilization. This volume demonstrates how global dynamics have been adopted in the creation of a Yorùbá community across different times and spaces.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-11-19
Mått:216 x 254 x 33 mm
Vikt:1 225 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:594
Förlag:Indiana University Press
ISBN:9780253070555

Utforska kategorier

Afrikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Toyin Falola is Distinguished Teaching Professor and Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin. Professor Falola is author/editor of over one hundred and fifty books on African history, politics, and society and the recipient of sixteen honorary doctorates from around the world, as well as more than thirty lifetime achievement awards.

Recensioner i media

"Toyin Falola's book Global Yoruba: Regional and Diasporic Networks, is a landmark in Yoruba Studies, and almost certainly going to become a permanent point of reference. It is an epic book in its breadth in exploring the natal, larger African and diasporic development of Yoruba history and culture, emphasizing the growth of Yoruba cosmology as a unifying force across both its native, larger African and trans-Atlantic developments."—Michael O. Afolayan, Toyin Falola Network

Innehållsförteckning

MapsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Making and Form of Global YorùbáPart 1: Pan-Yorubana2. Mythologies: Yoruba Society and Knowledge System3. Early History and Mythologies of Networks4. Cosmologies and Epistemologies5. Oyo and Its Heterogeneity6. The Yorùbá and Their Neighbors7. Mobility within West AfricaPart 2: The Yoruba in the World of Religion8. Òrìà: Spiritual Networks and Practices9. Islam in the Yorùbá World10. Christianity in the Yorùbá World11. Religion and GlobalizationPart 3: Modernity, Post-Coloniality, and Globalization12. Yoruba and Modernity13. Colonialism and the Yorùbá14. Cultural Icons and Progress Narratives15. Obafemi Awolowo's Politics in Global Context16. Ibadan: The Intellectual Capital City17. Nollywood in the World of Creativity18. The Yorùbá Nation and Its Borderless Creativity19. The Media and Internet NationConclusion20. Yorùbá beyond BordersNotesBibliographyIndex