Forest of A Thousand Daemons

Forest of A Thousand Daemons
Author: D.O. Fagunwa
Publisher: City Lights Publishers
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2013-09-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0872866300

The first novel written in the Yoruba language and one of the first to be written in any African language.

Critical Perspectives on Wole Soyinka

Critical Perspectives on Wole Soyinka
Author: Wole Soyinka
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Total Pages: 288
Release: 1980
Genre: Nigeria
ISBN: 9780914478492

Distinguished scholars analyze the plays, poetry, and prose of Wole Smoyinka, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986. Essays trace his career and place his work in the general context of African literature.

The Yoruba from Prehistory to the Present

The Yoruba from Prehistory to the Present
Author: Aribidesi Usman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 519
Release: 2019-07-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107064600

A rich and accessible account of Yoruba history, society and culture from the pre-colonial period to the present.

The Black Mind

The Black Mind
Author: Oscar Ronald Dathorne
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 541
Release: 1976
Genre:
ISBN: 1452912289

Yoruba Myths

Yoruba Myths
Author: Ulli Beier
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 106
Release: 1980-10-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780521229951

This mysterious, poetic and often amusing collection of myths illustrates the religion and thought of the West African Yoruba People.

African Literature in the Twentieth Century

African Literature in the Twentieth Century
Author: O. R. Dathorne
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 408
Release: 1975
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0816607699

Explores intellectual currents in African prose and verse from sung or chanted lines to modern writings

Encyclopedia of African Religion

Encyclopedia of African Religion
Author: Molefi Kete Asante
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2009
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1412936365

Collects almost five hundred entries that cover the African response to spirituality, taboos, ethics, sacred space, and objects.

Arts of Being Yoruba

Arts of Being Yoruba
Author: Adélékè Adéèkó
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2017-07-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0253026725

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.