Akintunde (Hrsg.) Akinyemi

Sango in Africa and the African Diaspora

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S ng in Africa and the African Diaspora is a multidisciplinary, transregional exploration of S ng religious traditions in West Africa and beyond.S ng -- the Yoruba god of thunder and lightning -- is a powerful, fearful deitywho controls the forces of nature, but has not received the same attention as otherYoruba orishas. This volume considers the spread of polytheistic religioustraditions from West Africa, the mythic S ng, the historical S ng, andsyncretic traditions of S ng worship. Readers with an interest in the Yoruba andtheir religious cultures will find a diverse, complex, and comprehensive portrait ofS ng worship in Africa and the Afri… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Falola, Toyin (Hrsg.) / Tishken, Joel E. (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-253-22094-3
EAN: 9780253220943
Produktnummer: 4308741
Verlag: Indiana University Press (IPS)
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 376 S.
Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D2.0 cm 570 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 570

Über den Autor

Joel E. Tishken is Assistant Professor of African and World History at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington.Toyin Falola is Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor in History at The University of Texas, Austin. He has edited The Yoruba Diaspora in the Atlantic World (IUP, 2005) and Archaeology of Atlantic Africa and the African Diaspora (IUP, 2007).Akintunde Akinyemi is Associate Professor of Yoruba Language and Literature in the Department of African and Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Florida in Gainesville. He is author of Yoruba Royal Poetry: A Socio-Historical Exposition and Annotated Translation.