Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-325) and index.
Contents
Aje in Yorubaland -- Aje across the continent and in the Itankale -- Word becoming flesh and text in Gloria Naylor's Mama Day and T. Obinkaram Echewa's I saw the sky catch fire -- Initiations into the self, the conjured space of creation, and prophetic utterance in Ama Ata Aidoo's Anowa and Ntozake Shange's Sassafrass, cypress & indigo -- Un/complementary complements : gender, power, and Aje -- The relativity of negativity -- The womb of life is a wicked bag : cycles of power, passion, and pain in the mother-daughter Aje relationship -- Twinning across the ocean : the neo-political Aje of Ben Okri's Madame Koto and Mary Monroe's Mama Ruby.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
